Friday’s political round-up

July 20, 2007

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:

* Mitt Romney went after Barack Obama aggressively yesterday for his support for science-based sexual education in public schools. The attack backfired — Obama shrugged off the criticisms, while noting that Romney supported the same policies Obama does as governor of Massachusetts. The result was yet another reminder for the GOP base that Romney’s record doesn’t match his rhetoric.

* Speaking of Romney, he may be losing fights with Obama, but he’s winning over Bush’s big donors. Romney reportedly leads the GOP field in donations from the president’s “Pioneers.”

* John McCain’s comeback plan in a nutshell: raise more money, spend less money, and win the New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries after a decent showing in Iowa. Well, if it’s that easy….

* NPR’s John Ridley had an odd commentary yesterday, criticizing Barack Obama for hanging out with “elites” at an Oprah Winfrey fundraiser. As Ridley sees it, Obama can’t relate to regular working people if he goes to an event with wealthy people. Or something. I didn’t quite get it.

* Remember Christine Jennings, who was robbed of her rightful victory in Katherine Harris’ former Florida House district? Good news: she’s running again.

* And finally, Salon ran an interesting interview with Bill Richardson, during which the New Mexico governor acknowledged that he’s stumbled a bit as a candidate. “I admit that I don’t have my shtick down,” Richardson said. “I admit that my policies are evolving.”

I found this article on Raw Story… and it is VERY disturbing…
Reminds me of something my dad told me once… “Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they aren’t actually out ot get you”

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Oldline_Republican_warns_somethings_in_works_0719.html

  • RE: Ridley,

    Republicans obviously want to make it so that only poor politicians who don’t smooze donors are allowed to advocate policies that help the other 95% of America. We won’t bring up how millionaire Republicans can’t relate to average folk, because they’re authentic, and principled, you know, because they only run government to line their own pockets.

  • citizen_pain,
    Yep, scary. I think our hope rests with the military, just as it was prosecutors who have been the only ones bringing accountability, and the CIA the only ones asking for restraint. It will have to be the military who reigns in the militarism. The MSM is too in the bag, and the people have their heads too far in the sand.

  • Well, I think that it is essential that impeachment proceedings begin as soon as possible. If White House officials like Harriet Myers continue to snub subpoenas, then Congress should excercise their authority to in effect arrest them and force them to testify… I forgot what the actual term for that is. At any rate, to use a simple analogy, Bu$h is a schoolyard bully that relies on fear. Sometimes, all it takes is someone to stand up and fight back, which can reveal how much of a coward the bully really is.

    This is why we have to face these fascists head on, to force their hand. Let’s see if they do in fact have some sort of 9-11 in the works…

    I agree the military may be our only hope to wrest these usurpers from power. We can’t rely on the Supreme Court to rule in favor of democracy on this inevitable constitutional showdown; they obviously are more loyal to the fascists and the corporations than to the Constitution. But first the military will have to purge their own ranks of these “Christian Warriors”, then wipe out Blackwater’s ability to fight, as Blackwater is Bu$h/Cheney’s own private army.

    Makes me wonde what’s wrong with this world; why the good people get assasinated and the evil ones remain. Wish we could reverse that trend, huh? 🙂

  • Richardson was the guy I thought could make it.
    Tsk.
    You don’t become a front-runner by saying you are one.
    He went for middle of the pack too soon to match the three real front runners.
    That means he didn’t stand out.
    If you wanted bland and not standing out, you join Biden and Dodds, not Clinton and Edwards.

    He had the chops, it’s disappointing to see he didn’t realize he had to use em a little while longer. He tacked into a dead calm and just sat there. Surprisingly amateur move.

  • And these new funds McCain is expecting to raise are going to come from where, exactly? Frankly I don’t think anyone would invest more than pocket change in his campaign at this point, if that much.

  • citizen_pain, there may be a plan in Cheney’s office, but from the looks of the GOP overall, it isn’t widely distributed. They seem to be ass-navigating.

  • Well, it’s reassuring that McCain’s plan to win the GOP nomination is based on the same kind of logic that his plan to win the Iraq war is based on: complete and utter wishful thinking.

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