++The website Born To Run put out their month-to go numbers.
Democrats will have 48 Senators.
Democrats will have 199 House members
Democrats will have 24 Governors.
++48 seems to be the number DailyKos, Huffington Post, the New York Times is centering on.
++Nate Silver asks at 538.com "What's the matter with South Dakota?" He thinks the Senate seat now might be in play. The Lessig SuperPac has poured a million into the state for Rick Weiland. Silver points out that Larry Pressler is notching up big numbers with only slightly over 100k in the bank. It seems Tom Daschle was right to criticize Harry Reid in his refusal to financially back Weiland.
++With Crist leading the last three polls,it received a bonus when the FBI's Whistleblower came forth in Florida to document how Rick Scott personally was involved in the Medicare fraud that brought his company into the Fed's attention.
++Jerry Brown just aired his first television commercial in California's race for Governor. He has to spend something. He is sitting on a war chest of nearly $200 million.
++Last night was debate night. David Perdue went against Michelle Nunn. Perdue is now fighting the accusations that he outsourced Georgian jobs, which he did. Kay Hagan took it to Tom Tillis and didn't play it safe.
++Democracy Corps had a poll out that the Democrats' populist message this year is the reason the GOP tide was thwarted so far. They said it gained Democrats an additional 2%.
++Tom Cotton running to take Senator Pryor's seat found a way to fuse ISIS, Ebola and the Mexican drug cartels and immigration reform. Curious observers found that this mix has appeared in right-wing blogs,radio broadcasts and television shows. Naturally, there is no truth to this like there is no truth that hordes of illegals are heading to Arkansas because there is no border security.
++Latino voters are miffed because President Obama said he would "do" immigration reform after the election. Their logical point is that there is a human cost the longer you wait. It also dampens enthusiasm for a Latino turnout, which could be crucial in states like Colorado.
++Nullification is back after the Supreme Court refused to hear appeals of same sex marriage. States like South Carolina, Oklahoma and Wyoming vow to disobey the law. The National Review actually said the Supreme Court non-decision was the same as the Dred Scott decision. You figure it out. The mind boggles.
++In Michigan the Republicans have pulled the plug on Terri Land, canceling the rest of her television commercials. The Democrats have pulled the plug on several House races as both parties are committing tirade.
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Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Saturday, October 4, 2014
More Gratuitous Polls
++Sam Wang at Princeton still hands tough. His probability for election day is that Democrats have 56% chance of retaining the Senate. Nate Silver says Wang is out of touch with the world. The meta-margin is now R +0.8%.
++Survey USA has Charlie Crist at 46 to Rick Scott at 40. Crist has taken the lead in the last polls and seems to have momentum.
++Maine's Portland Press Herald has Michaud 41%,LePage at 39 and Cutler at 14. Michelle Obama is supposed to be in Maine to campaign for Michaud.
++We are a month out. Be sure to Vote!
++Survey USA has Charlie Crist at 46 to Rick Scott at 40. Crist has taken the lead in the last polls and seems to have momentum.
++Maine's Portland Press Herald has Michaud 41%,LePage at 39 and Cutler at 14. Michelle Obama is supposed to be in Maine to campaign for Michaud.
++We are a month out. Be sure to Vote!
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Houston, We Have A White Male Problem
++The LAX shooter was a white New Jersey male who wanted to get even with that bulldyke Janet Napilitano, whom he thought was still the head of Homeland Security. The shooter left an anti-government manifesto that the Southern Poverty Center noted was based on the talking points of the Minutemen. Charles Pierce, Esquire's political blogger, notes that there is nothing random about the LAX incident,saying it is inevitable given the country's refusal to face up to our gun problem. When you have 10,000 deaths since Newtown by guns, you have a problem.
++Texas Voter ID laws nabbed the 90-year old former Speaker of the House, Jim Wright, who was denied voter identification.
++Rand Paul's plagiarism problem goes beyond the Rachel Maddow Show. Now it looks like he ripped off pages from Conservative think tanks.
++For the best in elderly white male lunacy, check out today's Jason Linkins review of Sunday's talking heads. At least he makes you laugh.
++Car thief Darryl Issa has subpoened Kathleen Sebelius to produce all the documents detailing the business involved in setting up Healthcare.gov.
++Benghazi survivors will testify this week before Issa's committee behind closed doors.
++The 60 Minutes Benghazi contractor who claimed he was at the attack has been shown to have somewhat mixed credibility. MediaWatch is demanding 60 Minutes pull the segment because in his statements to the FBI and to his company he said he wasn't there.
++It was Jon Huntsman,Sr., who told Harry Reid, Mitt Romney hadn't paid taxes for ten years. But Romney says Obama lies about healthcare or 3% lied or something. Romney did say Chris Christie was a fatso.
++Jason Linkins in his post this morning at Huffington Post did print the HHS' statements on how many Americans would not be able to keep their insurance. The post was from 2010. Another inconvenient truth.
++Washington Monthly has a blurb about a 50-year old white male from Georgia complaining about his healthcare premium. They rightfully pointed out that this was not Obama's fault but Georgia failing to create an exchange and turning down the Medicaid expansion. The man would have qualified for Medicaid or a subsidy.
++The Washington Post's Chris Cillia handicaps the GOP's race for then 2016 presidential nomination. The Fatboy leads the pack because he will win by large margins on Tuesday in New Jersey.
++The Cooch can't wait for President Obama's appearance in Arlington, Virginia this afternoon because this will galvanize his supporters in a fit of anger or something. The Chamber of Commerce seems to be having second thoughts about insane white men. The Cooch got Zip for the election, while the Transvaginal Gov received $500,000 for his campaign.
++GOP business donors seem skittish about Georgia's Tea Party senatorial candidates. They are donating to Michelle Nunn's campaign as a Democrat.
++The Second Circuit Court has ruled that white men who own businesses and pretend to be religious don't have to carry health insurance covering contraceptives for women. Next, we will see white men who own businesses not having to pay taxes because their business is a religion.
++Charlie Crist couldn't take it anymore. He's registered as a Democrat and will run against Governor Scott, the king of Medicare Fraud. Watch this space as more white men flee to take safe haven in the Democratic Party because they can't take the insanity any more.
++Texas Voter ID laws nabbed the 90-year old former Speaker of the House, Jim Wright, who was denied voter identification.
++Rand Paul's plagiarism problem goes beyond the Rachel Maddow Show. Now it looks like he ripped off pages from Conservative think tanks.
++For the best in elderly white male lunacy, check out today's Jason Linkins review of Sunday's talking heads. At least he makes you laugh.
++Car thief Darryl Issa has subpoened Kathleen Sebelius to produce all the documents detailing the business involved in setting up Healthcare.gov.
++Benghazi survivors will testify this week before Issa's committee behind closed doors.
++The 60 Minutes Benghazi contractor who claimed he was at the attack has been shown to have somewhat mixed credibility. MediaWatch is demanding 60 Minutes pull the segment because in his statements to the FBI and to his company he said he wasn't there.
++It was Jon Huntsman,Sr., who told Harry Reid, Mitt Romney hadn't paid taxes for ten years. But Romney says Obama lies about healthcare or 3% lied or something. Romney did say Chris Christie was a fatso.
++Jason Linkins in his post this morning at Huffington Post did print the HHS' statements on how many Americans would not be able to keep their insurance. The post was from 2010. Another inconvenient truth.
++Washington Monthly has a blurb about a 50-year old white male from Georgia complaining about his healthcare premium. They rightfully pointed out that this was not Obama's fault but Georgia failing to create an exchange and turning down the Medicaid expansion. The man would have qualified for Medicaid or a subsidy.
++The Washington Post's Chris Cillia handicaps the GOP's race for then 2016 presidential nomination. The Fatboy leads the pack because he will win by large margins on Tuesday in New Jersey.
++The Cooch can't wait for President Obama's appearance in Arlington, Virginia this afternoon because this will galvanize his supporters in a fit of anger or something. The Chamber of Commerce seems to be having second thoughts about insane white men. The Cooch got Zip for the election, while the Transvaginal Gov received $500,000 for his campaign.
++GOP business donors seem skittish about Georgia's Tea Party senatorial candidates. They are donating to Michelle Nunn's campaign as a Democrat.
++The Second Circuit Court has ruled that white men who own businesses and pretend to be religious don't have to carry health insurance covering contraceptives for women. Next, we will see white men who own businesses not having to pay taxes because their business is a religion.
++Charlie Crist couldn't take it anymore. He's registered as a Democrat and will run against Governor Scott, the king of Medicare Fraud. Watch this space as more white men flee to take safe haven in the Democratic Party because they can't take the insanity any more.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Midafternoon Madness Continues
Well, we found out why Ben Nelson is acting like an asshole on financial reform. His wife owns $6 million in Berkshire Hathaway which we learned yesterday owns about $30 billion in derivatives. What if there was a conflict-of-interest law, probably no Senator--all multimillioniares--could actually vote on anything having to do with commerce.
Great news! On May 29, here in D.C. we have the first Birther March sponsored by the original birther a 9/11 truther, disbarred lawyer Phil Berg. They are combining the march with a protest against Healthcare Reform, saying that since Obama is not eligible the law is unconstitutional. So we'll have Joe Biden sign it and say it's a "Big F***king Deal".
The Final arguments for the Prop.8 trial has been set for June 16th. They are still hassling over a move by the defense to strike Dr. Tam's testimony. He's the evangelical who argued homosexuals are pedophiles and other noxious things. The other dispute has to do with the motion by the pro-gay lawyers to have the names of the supporters for the Proposition named. Here there is alot of big money from Mormans and the evangelicals involved and they are arguing there will be physical retribution by the gay community if the names are released.
The Orange County Republican Party is in deep trouble because they deceived people into registering as Republicans.
Governor Christie of New Jersey has sunk to a 33% approval rating--not bad for less than a year in office. 18,000 students have organized to protest teacher lay-offs and cuts in budgets for 600 districts. The New Jersey equivalent of the CBO has analyzed Christie's budget and found that lower income familes, senior citizens, and the young will be hurt the most by his budget cuts, while the only beneficiaries are people earning over $500,000 a year. They will earn a few hundred more off their taxes. This is the man George Will and Marc "Torture Man" Thiessen believes should run for President.
Steven King,Christianist Republican from Iowa, defended the Arizona immigration law as an "example of American exceptionalism". Fellow Iowa Republican Rep. Bertoche, running in the 3rd District,wants microchips implanted in immigrants so we'll know where they are. A Christianist himself, he seems to be at odds with his co-religionists who have outlawed the practice in Virginia and Georgia because it means putting the "mark of the beast" on people. Perhaps, there will be an ecumenical meeting on the matters.
The cities of Phoenix and Tucson among others are going to fight the law. It seems there has been a negative economic impact already and the cops are up in arms on having to enforce it. Meanwhile, the state says it needs federal agents to train 12,000 law enforcement officers on how to apply the law. Word from Washington so far has been lukewarm.
Ohio however wants an Arizona-style immigration law of their own. Perhaps to catch all the illegal Canucks. Meanwhile, in California, Republicans want all children of illegal immigrants deported.
Oklahoma has overruled the Governor's veto of the abortion laws. Civil liberty groups are going to sue. The law calls for vaginal probes of pregnant women to produce sonograms of fetuses, which will be shown to the woman prior to any abortion. Then the law protects doctors from malpractice suits if the physician happens to neglect the fetus has birth defects. Let's recall abortion is a constitutionally protected medical procedure. Apparently, some people are having difficulty with that concept.
Florida's Charlie Crist is going to run as an independent and should say so within the hour. This would create a three-way race with Rubio and Meeks. Crist also reacted to the Gulf Oil spill by declaring he is now against off-shore drilling because it's too dangerous.
Great news! On May 29, here in D.C. we have the first Birther March sponsored by the original birther a 9/11 truther, disbarred lawyer Phil Berg. They are combining the march with a protest against Healthcare Reform, saying that since Obama is not eligible the law is unconstitutional. So we'll have Joe Biden sign it and say it's a "Big F***king Deal".
The Final arguments for the Prop.8 trial has been set for June 16th. They are still hassling over a move by the defense to strike Dr. Tam's testimony. He's the evangelical who argued homosexuals are pedophiles and other noxious things. The other dispute has to do with the motion by the pro-gay lawyers to have the names of the supporters for the Proposition named. Here there is alot of big money from Mormans and the evangelicals involved and they are arguing there will be physical retribution by the gay community if the names are released.
The Orange County Republican Party is in deep trouble because they deceived people into registering as Republicans.
Governor Christie of New Jersey has sunk to a 33% approval rating--not bad for less than a year in office. 18,000 students have organized to protest teacher lay-offs and cuts in budgets for 600 districts. The New Jersey equivalent of the CBO has analyzed Christie's budget and found that lower income familes, senior citizens, and the young will be hurt the most by his budget cuts, while the only beneficiaries are people earning over $500,000 a year. They will earn a few hundred more off their taxes. This is the man George Will and Marc "Torture Man" Thiessen believes should run for President.
Steven King,Christianist Republican from Iowa, defended the Arizona immigration law as an "example of American exceptionalism". Fellow Iowa Republican Rep. Bertoche, running in the 3rd District,wants microchips implanted in immigrants so we'll know where they are. A Christianist himself, he seems to be at odds with his co-religionists who have outlawed the practice in Virginia and Georgia because it means putting the "mark of the beast" on people. Perhaps, there will be an ecumenical meeting on the matters.
The cities of Phoenix and Tucson among others are going to fight the law. It seems there has been a negative economic impact already and the cops are up in arms on having to enforce it. Meanwhile, the state says it needs federal agents to train 12,000 law enforcement officers on how to apply the law. Word from Washington so far has been lukewarm.
Ohio however wants an Arizona-style immigration law of their own. Perhaps to catch all the illegal Canucks. Meanwhile, in California, Republicans want all children of illegal immigrants deported.
Oklahoma has overruled the Governor's veto of the abortion laws. Civil liberty groups are going to sue. The law calls for vaginal probes of pregnant women to produce sonograms of fetuses, which will be shown to the woman prior to any abortion. Then the law protects doctors from malpractice suits if the physician happens to neglect the fetus has birth defects. Let's recall abortion is a constitutionally protected medical procedure. Apparently, some people are having difficulty with that concept.
Florida's Charlie Crist is going to run as an independent and should say so within the hour. This would create a three-way race with Rubio and Meeks. Crist also reacted to the Gulf Oil spill by declaring he is now against off-shore drilling because it's too dangerous.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
They want you as a new recruit--cue in the Village People
Rahm Emmanuel did a little rope-a-dope with the Fox News crowd by saving the best on Massa until right before he appeared on the Glenn Beck. First Steny Hoyer said Massa's charges about being forced out were "not serious", then Gibbs at the White House press briefing in the morning downplayed Massa's charges that the White House wanted him out because he opposed health care reform as ridiculous. Then as the day moved on, the press already knew right before Beck that the charges against Massa was he molested a series of male aides. The ones who hadn't pressed the ethics charges soon followed to make it known they had complaints also. By the time Massa got on Fox he was nearly as incoherent as he was the day before and only admitted to "tickle fights" with male staff. All the grave charges against the Democratic leadership disappeared and finally Beck had to apologize to the audience for wasting their time. Nicely done.
Meanwhile Howard Dean led a rally of pro-healthcare protestors in Dupont Circle. The group wanted to make citizens' arrests of medical insurance company executives who have called an emergency meeting in the Capital now that President Obama has taken out after them.
There are now 50 Senators on the record for reconciliation and 40 have signed on for the public option so far. Senate and House Republicans made it clear to day that they are going to make the mid-term elections a referendum on health care reform and will campaign to repeal it. I guess they are throwing in the towel. Now let's walk this one through. Let's say the republicans actually win both the House and the Senate and pass a bill repealing healthcare reform. Do you really think they will have 2/3rds of the Senate to override a veto? It's just a red herring.
Republican news outlets like Politico and Drudge are now circulating the story that Nancy Pelosi has "lost control" of the Democratic caucus because of how she handled the Rangel case. There is virtually no evidence of this. It's just another late minute ploy to shake Democrats who are wavering on health care.
What does disturb me is Steny Hoyer's statement that the vote may not be March 18th as the White House said today. That's the day President Obama is supposed to fly abroad. Don't go, Mr. President, until these clowns vote on it.
While all this is going on, the left appears to be throwing a tantrum and I can't figure it out why. Yes, the health care bill is far from perfect but it will help 30 million people and a few of us who remain at the mercy of the health insurance industry. But this drumbeat about how Obama is going to lose this constituency, that constituency for crimes real and imagined are at this early stage hyperbolic and certainly premature.
The good news is that a Zogby-Newsmax poll has Obama beating Bush 48-38. Zogby has definitely taken the one way ride to Palookaville. Once the premier pollster during the Carter years, he is just scrapping bottom for any clients he can get. For me, there is virtually no worth to Zogby polls at this stage.
Which brings me to the sad state of Rasmussen polls, which during past cycles were sensible and reasonable. My gut tells me Rasmussen is cashing in big time in the 2010 election cycle, perhaps to sell the business off. Rasmussen has been repeatedly been conducting polls around the country for Republicans in such a frequency as to raise questions about motivations. There is no earthly reason to have conducted so many polls so early in an election year except to establish a climate , a tone, a background favorable to Republicans and to influence the electorate. And to make buckets of cash.
Breaking down any of his polls recently, you will see Rasmussen over samples Republicans, often by as much as 8-9%. I was sad when Zogby bit the dust of credibility and I also regret Rasmussen travelling down the same road. Check for yourself, the difference in Rasmussen's approval polls for President Obama against Gallup or anyone else. You will find Obama has been in the low 40s in Rasmussen for quite some time, while Gallup ranges from 49 to 52. The difference is not plausible in my mind.
In many of these state races, Rasmussen has the only poll out there. If the Republican leads by less than 10 percent, then consider the race a toss-up. I think that is the margin of real error. And if the Democrat is in any type of lead, you already know the results.
All of this is part of an effort to manufacture a Republican comeback at a time when the party has no ideas or leaders. It's a very tricky thing to pull off. It's true they have their own private TV channel, which is the only one in my lifetime to actively organize protests against a sitting President. They also have dominance in my opinion over the other networks and the Washington Post. But so far they are just throwing anything at the wall to see if it will stick. The rolling Rasmussen polls are part of a strategy of psywarfare. I'm interesting to see what Rasmussen will do from a business angle after the mid-terms are over.
For the public good, I think it would be great to have the media boycott U.S. Senators of both parties for one week. I think this would be a great experiment and it would send our Samurai Warlords crazy. Frankly, I don't care if Blanche Lincoln is for health care but doubtful about reconciliation. Or that Lindsey Graham put his finger in the air and decided it was OK to criticize Liz Cheney. And why must we have John McCain on every week since he lost to President Obama? Did we have Michael Dukakis on every week or John Kerry? And, by the way, where are the Democrats when it comes to national security issues? They never appear to defend the Administration even though it's cleaning up on the war on terror.
I've been watching Alabama ever since accusations were made against Karl Rove manipulating the case against Governor Spiegelman. Alabama over many election cycles has been owned by Republicans. Between Ralph Reed and Karl Rove, there have been dirty tricks played galore in the state. But I've noticed recently that the Democrats are beginning to put together a solid team of candidates, including for Governor. I think this is one state to watch for some interesting changes this year. The other state is Texas.
I was fascinated today to learn Rupert Murdoch is going to move the headquarters for his media empire to Dubai. I wonder how much of this is related to the Saudi ownership in the company. His leading business partner as I've posted elsewhere is a Saudi Prince, who reportedly funds the families of suicide bombers. Interesting that this goes uncommented on in the U.S.
I'm having a tough time becoming a permanent Yankee Fan. Steinbrenner will not extend the contracts of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera until after the season ends. He's the same old goat.
The Packard family is taking out after Carly Fiorina in California. Carly's main argument why she should be a Senator was her "superb" job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Not so, say the Packards, who believe she brought the company close to ruin. They had to intercede to stop her attempt to acquire Compaq and finally stimulated a shareholder revolt to can her. You will recall the memorable moment in the McCain campaign where Carly told everyone that as CEO she purposely kept H-P funds abroad to escape paying Americam corporate taxes. So the people of California can elect a tax-dodger.
Charlie Crist looks like he's toast in Florida. Marco Rubio has an insurmontable lead for the Republican primary. Rubio is a major scandal waiting to happen. He's already been caught out using the party American Express card to charge his rather extensive personal expenses. He will be a disaster as a Senator, even though conservatives believe he is one of them--he's not. Crist has been a decent governor in hard times. Remember Jeb lost the entire state pension fund at Lehman Brothers. The Democratic candidate is too weak. Crist should either change parties or run as an independent.
Things are looking up for former Republican Lincoln Chaffee in Rhode Island. He appears to have a commanding lead in the race for the state house. He is one of those who was run out of the Republican party by the right.
The New York profile of Liz Cheney is worth a read. The operative elements of the article concern her personal and her husband's relationships with key media personalities in town. All her appearances are very managed and limited with the collusion of her media friends. It's not political, it's totally personal.
Finally, Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune is sweet. You forget how good he was. This is the last album he recorded before he died. It was hung up in litigation until the family won the rights to all his work. It was recorded shortly after Electric Ladyland. I could have done without the copious notes on every single personnel dispute and where the band stayed in Manhattan during this period. But good listening.
Meanwhile Howard Dean led a rally of pro-healthcare protestors in Dupont Circle. The group wanted to make citizens' arrests of medical insurance company executives who have called an emergency meeting in the Capital now that President Obama has taken out after them.
There are now 50 Senators on the record for reconciliation and 40 have signed on for the public option so far. Senate and House Republicans made it clear to day that they are going to make the mid-term elections a referendum on health care reform and will campaign to repeal it. I guess they are throwing in the towel. Now let's walk this one through. Let's say the republicans actually win both the House and the Senate and pass a bill repealing healthcare reform. Do you really think they will have 2/3rds of the Senate to override a veto? It's just a red herring.
Republican news outlets like Politico and Drudge are now circulating the story that Nancy Pelosi has "lost control" of the Democratic caucus because of how she handled the Rangel case. There is virtually no evidence of this. It's just another late minute ploy to shake Democrats who are wavering on health care.
What does disturb me is Steny Hoyer's statement that the vote may not be March 18th as the White House said today. That's the day President Obama is supposed to fly abroad. Don't go, Mr. President, until these clowns vote on it.
While all this is going on, the left appears to be throwing a tantrum and I can't figure it out why. Yes, the health care bill is far from perfect but it will help 30 million people and a few of us who remain at the mercy of the health insurance industry. But this drumbeat about how Obama is going to lose this constituency, that constituency for crimes real and imagined are at this early stage hyperbolic and certainly premature.
The good news is that a Zogby-Newsmax poll has Obama beating Bush 48-38. Zogby has definitely taken the one way ride to Palookaville. Once the premier pollster during the Carter years, he is just scrapping bottom for any clients he can get. For me, there is virtually no worth to Zogby polls at this stage.
Which brings me to the sad state of Rasmussen polls, which during past cycles were sensible and reasonable. My gut tells me Rasmussen is cashing in big time in the 2010 election cycle, perhaps to sell the business off. Rasmussen has been repeatedly been conducting polls around the country for Republicans in such a frequency as to raise questions about motivations. There is no earthly reason to have conducted so many polls so early in an election year except to establish a climate , a tone, a background favorable to Republicans and to influence the electorate. And to make buckets of cash.
Breaking down any of his polls recently, you will see Rasmussen over samples Republicans, often by as much as 8-9%. I was sad when Zogby bit the dust of credibility and I also regret Rasmussen travelling down the same road. Check for yourself, the difference in Rasmussen's approval polls for President Obama against Gallup or anyone else. You will find Obama has been in the low 40s in Rasmussen for quite some time, while Gallup ranges from 49 to 52. The difference is not plausible in my mind.
In many of these state races, Rasmussen has the only poll out there. If the Republican leads by less than 10 percent, then consider the race a toss-up. I think that is the margin of real error. And if the Democrat is in any type of lead, you already know the results.
All of this is part of an effort to manufacture a Republican comeback at a time when the party has no ideas or leaders. It's a very tricky thing to pull off. It's true they have their own private TV channel, which is the only one in my lifetime to actively organize protests against a sitting President. They also have dominance in my opinion over the other networks and the Washington Post. But so far they are just throwing anything at the wall to see if it will stick. The rolling Rasmussen polls are part of a strategy of psywarfare. I'm interesting to see what Rasmussen will do from a business angle after the mid-terms are over.
For the public good, I think it would be great to have the media boycott U.S. Senators of both parties for one week. I think this would be a great experiment and it would send our Samurai Warlords crazy. Frankly, I don't care if Blanche Lincoln is for health care but doubtful about reconciliation. Or that Lindsey Graham put his finger in the air and decided it was OK to criticize Liz Cheney. And why must we have John McCain on every week since he lost to President Obama? Did we have Michael Dukakis on every week or John Kerry? And, by the way, where are the Democrats when it comes to national security issues? They never appear to defend the Administration even though it's cleaning up on the war on terror.
I've been watching Alabama ever since accusations were made against Karl Rove manipulating the case against Governor Spiegelman. Alabama over many election cycles has been owned by Republicans. Between Ralph Reed and Karl Rove, there have been dirty tricks played galore in the state. But I've noticed recently that the Democrats are beginning to put together a solid team of candidates, including for Governor. I think this is one state to watch for some interesting changes this year. The other state is Texas.
I was fascinated today to learn Rupert Murdoch is going to move the headquarters for his media empire to Dubai. I wonder how much of this is related to the Saudi ownership in the company. His leading business partner as I've posted elsewhere is a Saudi Prince, who reportedly funds the families of suicide bombers. Interesting that this goes uncommented on in the U.S.
I'm having a tough time becoming a permanent Yankee Fan. Steinbrenner will not extend the contracts of Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera until after the season ends. He's the same old goat.
The Packard family is taking out after Carly Fiorina in California. Carly's main argument why she should be a Senator was her "superb" job as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Not so, say the Packards, who believe she brought the company close to ruin. They had to intercede to stop her attempt to acquire Compaq and finally stimulated a shareholder revolt to can her. You will recall the memorable moment in the McCain campaign where Carly told everyone that as CEO she purposely kept H-P funds abroad to escape paying Americam corporate taxes. So the people of California can elect a tax-dodger.
Charlie Crist looks like he's toast in Florida. Marco Rubio has an insurmontable lead for the Republican primary. Rubio is a major scandal waiting to happen. He's already been caught out using the party American Express card to charge his rather extensive personal expenses. He will be a disaster as a Senator, even though conservatives believe he is one of them--he's not. Crist has been a decent governor in hard times. Remember Jeb lost the entire state pension fund at Lehman Brothers. The Democratic candidate is too weak. Crist should either change parties or run as an independent.
Things are looking up for former Republican Lincoln Chaffee in Rhode Island. He appears to have a commanding lead in the race for the state house. He is one of those who was run out of the Republican party by the right.
The New York profile of Liz Cheney is worth a read. The operative elements of the article concern her personal and her husband's relationships with key media personalities in town. All her appearances are very managed and limited with the collusion of her media friends. It's not political, it's totally personal.
Finally, Jimi Hendrix Valleys of Neptune is sweet. You forget how good he was. This is the last album he recorded before he died. It was hung up in litigation until the family won the rights to all his work. It was recorded shortly after Electric Ladyland. I could have done without the copious notes on every single personnel dispute and where the band stayed in Manhattan during this period. But good listening.
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