Guest Post by Morbo What does it take to get an unethical scumbag Republican to agree to leave Congress? Apparently you have to hit him where it hurts: the wallet. Consider Bob Ney. Consider this paragraph from The Washington Post: House Majority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) met with Ney last week to urge him […]
Guest Post by Morbo Ninety-nine percent of us call plastic flying discs Frisbees, but guess what, some of them aren’t. Wham-O makes Frisbees. Other plastic flying discs are just that. Products can become too successful. When this happens, their names often become generic stand-ins for all similar products. It can happen to services too. Consider […]
Guest Post by Morbo There is probably not much left to be said about Sen. Joe Lieberman’s loss to Ned Lamont Tuesday night, but let me add a couple of thoughts to a blogosphere already groaning under a mountain of comment and analysis. For starters, I have a message for Lanny Davis and all of […]
I hesitate to return to the Senate race in Connecticut — we’ve all had quite a bit of our Lamont/Lieberman fill this week, haven’t we? — but there are a few campaign-related items that still warrant attention. For example, Joe Lieberman wants voters to know he believes Middle Eastern terrorists are at least as bad […]
To update a post from this morning, you’ll be pleased to know that a) Dems were apoplectic about the RNC’s Giuliani fundraising letter that sought to capitalize on the terrorist plot; and b) the RNC has found a scapegoat. The RNC blamed a low-level staffer for distributing the fundraising appeal, which the party said had […]
The meme of the day for many conservatives is straightforward enough: intelligence acquired through warrantless searches helped prevent the thwarted terrorist hijackings, which makes Dems both wrong (about eavesdropping) and dangerous (about stopping terrorism). The Wall Street Journal raised the argument today, and John Hinderaker summarized the meme nicely. We were able to do this […]
If you’ll indulge a little Friday-afternoon diversion, I thought this was hilarious. A California Republican will no longer use a campaign fund-raising letter penned by [tag]Mel Gibson[/tag] following the actor’s anti-Semitic outburst during a traffic stop, the candidate’s spokesman said on Wednesday. State Sen. [tag]Tom McClintock[/tag], Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, will stop mailing the […]
Earlier this week, a memo written by Republican pollster Fred Steeper and sent to RNC Chair Ken Mehlman was leaked to the media. It contained polling data that showed — surprise, surprise — everything the GOP has been doing is exactly right. The base still loves Bush, Republican voters are motivated for the election, and […]
Sometimes, I just have to wonder if I live in the same country as these guys (via NewsUnfiltered). Ron Bonjean, communications director for Speaker of the House J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) today issued the following statement: “Every day is not an election day, but it seems for the Democrats it is. Today our British allies […]
Today’s installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn’t generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers: * In the first post-primary poll in Connecticut, conducted on Wednesday and Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) enjoys a narrow lead over Ned Lamont (D). A Rasmussen poll, which My Left Nutmeg obtained, […]