I really wish Steve Gilliard were here today, because only he could do full justice to both Bloomberg’s victory and Corzine’s failure. And while Mr. Gilliard was, IIRC, no fan of Mayor Bloomberg, he would certainly have had some useful if excoriating advice for those goo-goos who are now shocked, [...]
Remember the other day when Hillary Clinton asserted that she did not think drone attacks killing civilians could be viewed as a form of terrorism by the Pakastani populace? This cracked me up:
A letter about healthcare reform to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), apparently from former Surgeon [...]
I have to admit that I’m disappointed by the media’s fairly measured response to last night’s elections. Sure, we’ve been told that two Democratic defeats in state elections prove Americans hate the Democrats in the federal government while two Democratic victories in federal elections don’t mean anything, but I’m surprised [...]
SSDD:
Newsweek magazine is teaming up with an oil-industry lobbying group to host an invitation-only event on climate-change and energy issues for lawmakers, just as the Senate gets set to take up legislation on the subject.
The panel discussion, entitled “Climate and Energy Policy: Moving?”, will feature Jack Gerard, CEO [...]
Ever, in the history of the country, have state Governor’s races not even in a midterm election year, but one year into an administration, been portrayed as a referendum on the President. And this is ignoring the fact that the two Democrats running for national office both won, one of [...]
Hokuto, Baby grasshopper on Clematis. Olympus E-300 + ZD50mm f2 macro
cleek, Happy moth.
Email me a link to your one or two favorite pics on a photo site like Flickr (do not send the image itself please) and I will put up favorites [...]
So, to review, the wingnuts took a seat that would have been a win for the Republicans, so much so that the seat had not gone to a Democrat since Reconstruction and the Democratic candidates had been getting about 35% of the vote the last few elections, ran the Republican [...]
The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens.
This is a huge win for conservatives.
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I have said all along that the goal of activists must be to defeat Scozzafava. Doug Hoffman winning would just be gravy. A Hoffman win is not in the cards, but we [...]
John Cole, DougJ, Tim F., Anne Laurie
