It’s Thursday and the open thread is open. What’s on your mind today besides sadness at the Phillies loss?
In Ohio, citizens marched to the polls on Tuesday and voted to allow gambling casinos in the state. This was a obviously a message to President Obama that independent voters are not happy with the way the health care bill is going.
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Although there is no way to deny that New Jersey and Virginia were terrible, horrible, disastrous, cataclysmic blows to Obama’s prestige. No wonder the White House said he was not watching the results come in. How could the man have gotten any sleep after he realized that his lukewarm support of an inept candidate whose most notable claim to fame was experience in hog castration was not enough to ensure a Democratic victory in Virginia?
New Jersey was even worse. The defeat of Gov. Jon Corzine made it clear that the young and minority voters who turned out for Obama will not necessarily show up at the polls in order to re-elect an uncharismatic former Wall Street big shot who failed to deliver on his most important campaign promises while serving as the public face of a state party that specializes in getting indicted.
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We have a dramatic saga story line brewing here, and I do not want to mess it up by pointing out that Obama’s party won the only two elections that actually had anything to do with the president’s agenda. Those were the special Congressional races in California and upstate New York. But obviously they reflect only a very narrow voter sentiment, since one involved a district that was safe for the Democrats and the other a district that had not been represented by the party since 1872.
I love you Gail Collins!
Where has donviti been? I just searched back a week and I couldn’t find anything from him.
Did he do something to anger Delaware Dem? Is that why he appears to be gone?
Got to love it when another moralist falls – http://www.tmz.com/2009/11/04/carrie-prejean-sex-tape-settlement-miss-california-usa-pagneat/
I won’t believe it until I see it. 🙂
A freakin’ remake of The Prisoner!
I’m listening to a guy on NPR right now who thinks it is not an inspired remake, to put it diplomatically. And Jim Cavieziel in the Patrick McGoohan role. As.If.
But Cassandra, Ian McKellan as Number 2!
MJ, that Carrie Prejean story is a hoot! Another greedy christianist shown to be a hypocrite. How long will it take for these christianists to spin it into more PC-ness.
I love Ian McKellen (especially since he helped me win an argument once), but it is The Prisoner, for cryin’ out loud!
Cassandra – I know. I loved the original and am so glad that IFC is showing it weekly on Friday nights. And Sir Ian is perfect for Number 2 – did you ever see him as Richard III?
I saw the movie Richard III and McKellan is utterly diabolical (and gets you sympathetic to his character’s POV with uncomfortable ease) and a fantastic performance. I think that he was touring the US for that movie when I had a chance to talk to him via Marty Moss-Cowane’s show on NPR.
Just a reminder, the PDD meeting tonight is all about bloggers and how you helped win the elections in 2008. Come hear kudos to you from Professor Matt Kerbel as he talks about his new book “Netroots”. We’ll be at Delaware Democratic Party Headquarters at 7:00 Tonight. That’s 19 E. Commons Bld, New Castle. Open to the public. Bring a friend, or significant other who can’t understand why you spend so much time blogging.
Rebecca, I’d love to come to the meeting, but you know, us folks down here in Sussex are only allowed to venture north of the canal once a month and I’m doing that next Tuesday night for the JJ Dinner.
BREAKING!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/04/glenn-beck-hospitalized-w_n_346212.html
Glenn Beck was hospitalized today with emergency appendicitis. They took it out.
Good thing Fox News probably provides him with health insurance. Same thing happened to me a year ago, all told bills came to around $12,000. My insurance paid for all but $100 bucks of it.
ok haha not breaking, it was posted yesterday. Breaking to me.
7 Hardin County officials switch to GOP (Texas)
Beaumont Enterprise ^ | November 4, 2009 | Blair Dedrick Ortmann
Seven Democratic Hardin County elected officials announced Wednesday they will become Republicans. Sheriff Ed Cain, who confirmed his switch earlier this week, was joined at Wednesday’s formal announcement by County Judge Billy Caraway, Precinct 4 Commissioner Bobby Franklin, County Attorney Rebecca Walton, Precinct 5 Constable Wayne McDaniel, Precinct 4 Justice of the Peace Kent Walker and Precinct 5 Justice of the Peace Butch Cummings. As each of the officials spoke, they repeated the same theme — their beliefs and values have stayed the same, but are no longer reflected by the Democratic Party.
Uh.. who gives a shit, exactly?
Ever been to Beaumont? ’nuff said.
And, for crying out loud, lizard. Learn how to post a damn link. I’m this close to yanking your constant cut and pasting.
As each of the officials spoke, they repeated the same theme — their beliefs and values have stayed the same, but are no longer reflected by the Democratic Party.
Translation – they have secure government jobs with publicly-funded health care.