[Reprinted from Margaret and Helen, who definitely deserve the last word on the election.] Margaret, happy days are here again. The skies above are blue again. It really is just too good to be true. The Republican gains delivered by the Tea Party are almost more than I could hope for. I only wish that […]
© Ben Garrison According to a survey by Rasmussen Reports, most voters expected Republicans to win control of the House of Representatives. But what is really ironic is that — even before the election — 59% think it is likely that most voters will be disappointed with the Republicans in Congress before the elections in […]
Still think the Tea Party movement helped the Republicans win this election? Electoral Vote (one of my favorite websites) makes a really good point that the Tea Party actually cost them control of the Senate. Democrats held on to the Senate, but by the slimmest of margins. And what the Tea Party did, when they […]
It is just after 9pm on the west coast, and Nate Silver is predicting that the Republicans will take over the House while Democrats will keep control of the Senate, but just barely. But what makes me a bit sad is that Silver is saying that the Republicans seem to be doing slightly better than […]
I thought singing and dancing ads went out in the 70s: A lame attempt to do a satire on the “I’m on a horse” Old Spice ad: Dale Peterson became an internet sensation with his rifle-over-the-shoulder campaign ads: But Pamela Gorman shows she can fire automatic weapons with a smile: Chuck DeVore attempts to win […]
© Keith Tucker Tucker adds: Vote with your brain, not with your emotions!
NPR gets to the bottom of how Arizona’s controversial immigration law was created. It was written by a group of private companies, many of whom stood to profit from getting the law passed. Then, the companies turned around and gave donations to the politicians who helped them get it passed. And — this is the […]
Hallowe’en is one of my favorite holidays — it is the one day you get to pretend. But some people use Hallowe’en as an excuse for “parental paranoia”. For example, if you are a parent, are you worried that some stranger is going to give your child candy with poison or razor blades in it? […]
Usually, when a megachurch pastor is revealed to be gay, it is because he was outed by a young man who was pushing his luggage. But I have to praise Jim Swilley, who founded Conyers’ Church in the Now 25 years ago in Georgia. Swilley was moved by the recent rash of gay teen suicides […]
A new poll finds that by an astounding two-to-one margin, likely voters in next week’s election think that federal taxes have gone up, believe the economy has shrunk, and are under the distinct impression that the money lent to banks as part of the TARP program won’t be recovered. The truth is that Obama cut […]
Gus Brindi has a thoughtful rant on why he can’t bring himself to vote for any Republicans, even though he is a moderate and has no love for the Democrats. For example, he points out that the GOP and “their mentally challenged little brother, the ‘Tea Party’” keep screaming about the issue of government spending, […]
Jesse Kelly, who is a GOP candidate for Congress in Arizona attended a campaign rally hosted by a local Tea Party group. During the question and answer session, Kelly was asked about the recent salmonella outbreak, which sickened 1,300 people and led to a recall of half a billion eggs. The outbreak was traced back […]
[Thanks, Ezra Klein] What’s doubly ironic about this is that it is a positive ad. And yet oh so devastating.
Three Republican candidates — Meg Whitman, Rick Scott, and Linda McMahon — have collectively spent $243 million dollars of their own money on their campaigns. Yes, almost a quarter of a billion dollars. That’s more than the combined spending during this election of the US Chamber of Commerce, Karl Rove’s American Crossroads, and major union […]
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