Archive for 2010

Glen Urquhart, Coalition Builder

Filed in National by on October 23, 2010 4 Comments
Glen Urquhart, Coalition Builder

Glen Urquhart shows us the coalition-building skills that he will bring to the job of U.S. Representative.

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How to fix Clint Eastwood’s “The Hereafter”

Filed in National by on October 23, 2010 4 Comments

The first 5 minutes were keepers, except in the revised version the tsunami would catch the French journalist without her shirt on.

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Friday’s Asshat of the Day

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 4 Comments

Nasty ads have become the norm in our political campaigns over the past 20 years, and it seems that with each election cycle, the ads become nastier. And this is on both sides. Hell, we can go back to 1950 when Tricky Dick Nixon referred to Helen Gahagan Douglas as the “Pink Lady” and told […]

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Help A Good Candidate This Weekend

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 1 Comment

If you don’t mind coming down this way, Jim Westhoff can use some help tomorrow. They are doing a massive lit drop on Saturday. If you can make it, show up at 417b S. Main Street in Bridgeville between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM to pick up a map and some literature. Let Jim know […]

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Anita Hill, Vindicated

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 7 Comments

Lillian McEwen, Clarence Thomas’s former girlfriend, finally comes clean about Clarence Thomas. She support’s Anita Hill’s account and thinks Thomas’s bitter anger is hypocritical and unjustified.

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More Like This, Please

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 9 Comments

It’s about time the Democrats have started to take off the gloves. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAHZiP_gTw&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

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Christine O’Donnell Promised Access For Favorable Coverage

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 32 Comments

The News Journal has an editorial today on coverage of the Senate race, particularly the O’Donnell campaign’s treatment of Ginger Gibson.

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 15 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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California’s Prop 19

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 9 Comments

California has an intiative on the ballot to decriminalize the use of marijuana. According to the latest polling, it is favored to pass 48% to 44%.

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Pre Election Winners

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 7 Comments

The winners won by not running.

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Teabagger Terrorists Send Toxic Nazi Mail to Democratic Congressman

Filed in National by on October 22, 2010 56 Comments

White powder delivered in an swastika-covered envelope to the Tucson, Ariz., office of Rep. Raul Grijalva is a toxic substance, the Democratic congressman said the FBI told him Thursday afternoon.

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O’Donnell’s Extremist Ties

Filed in Delaware by on October 22, 2010 2 Comments

The 9/12 Patriots, key backers of Christine O’Donnell, have ties to radical groups detailed in a new report from Think Progress.

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The DE Senate [2010] – Two Weeks Out

Filed in National by on October 21, 2010 17 Comments
The DE Senate [2010] – Two Weeks Out

The GOP has a tall order to win back the majority in the State Senate. In fact, it is impossible. Because the GOP failed to challenge 3 of the 8 Democrats up for election, and out of the five remaining Democratic seats they are contesting, two Democrats are safe. But the GOP will pick up a seat. Which will be be?

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