Archive for February, 2012
Rush Limbaugh is Right.
He is saying that he Republican base is looking for the purest candidate running, and he is right. The radical religious right voter that makes up the Republican base is a purist. And they are delusional enough to believe that, without any doubt whatsoever, that the purest conservative candidate cannot ever be beaten.
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The Gall of Mitt Romney
“When Republicans act like Democrats, they lose. And in Newt Gingrich’s case he had to resign. In Rick Santorum’s case, he lost by the biggest margin of any Senate incumbent since 1980.” Mitt Romney, quoted by NBC News.
Mitt Romney WAS a Democrat as late into his life as 1992.
Liberal Critics of President Obama Did Not Follow FDR’s Advice
President Obama receives criticism from the left wing of the Democratic Party with respect to several national security and civil liberties issues. The first is is the closing of Guantanamo. Guantanamo remains open, largely due to Congressional insistance rather than any direct action on Obama’s part. He asked Congress to close it and Congress said no, and that was the end of the fight. The second issue is the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists abroad, including terrorists who are American citizens.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said to a group of progressive reformers “I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it.” The obvious implication there is that progressives have to convince enough of the public as to why the reform is needed so as to create a public clamor for the reform that is so loud and demanding that FDR would be forced to make the reform.
Would it surprise you to learn that keeping Guantanamo open and using drones is popular…. among liberals and Democrats?
In Red Clay It Shouldn’t Be City vs Suburbs
I’m not even going to link to the article in today’s News Journal, because it really doesn’t say much and the reporter missed the opportunity to report on the real story – a story that involved parents and citizens all over the district are discussing around their kitchen tables, on blogs and at work. This story has several parts.
First, not all Red Clay Schools are created equal. For an interesting discussion on this check out Kilroy’s posts on Red Clay (there’s a lot of them) and this conversation taking place on The Seventh Type. Yes, we’ve been over this, and if you need to catch up check out my posts here and here.
One of the problems I’m seeing is the split in the District. Suburbanites want their neighborhood suburban schools. City parents don’t want their schools to suffer because of these new schools, and want the District to invest in these schools.
Wednesday Open Thread [2.8.12]
The next Republican primary contest is in Arizona on February 28th. And there is no new polling on that. So here is some Virginia polling, showing President Obama doing very well there. Meanwhile, Nate Silver thinks this primary race will now be prolonged, and Chuck Todd says we know that the economy is improving because the Republicans are reverting back to their culture war playbook.
Every Nominee Has a “Near-Death” Experience, but this is Ridiculous
No candidate can win the nomination of either party without suffering a near death experience, a moment when the campaign suffers what appears to be a substantial if not fatal setback that would doom other less worthy campaigns. Mitt Romney’s near death experience appeared to be his loss of South Carolina. At that moment, everything was conspiring against him. But he survived. And then last night happened.
The Good Ones Always Leave Us.
First Ginger Gibson left our fine state for the Star Ledger up north, and then onto Politico. Who can forget her stellar reporting on Christine O’Donnell and her race against Mike Castle? Now Chad Livengood, who has taken Ginger’s place as the premiere political reporter in the First State, is leaving the News Journal for the Detroit News, where he will be covering Republican Governor Rick Synder in Lansing. I am sure Governor Synder is going to wish Chad stayed back east.
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Going to the Chapel……..
Well, in less than six months time, the gay community has scored another victory. In a 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 8 was unconstitutional. It also upheld a decision that the original trial judge was not biased in deciding the case because he is gay.
Santormentum II: The Lubrication
Are we really going to experience Santormentum II? We have three contests today and Public Policy Polling has polled them all: the Colorado and Minnesota caucuses, and a non-binding Missouri primary in which Newt Gingrich did not make the ballot. That fact has made Santorum the defacto conservative candidate for all right wing radicals, and proves that if one of the two Non-Romneys drop out, the right wing radicals could easily beat Romney.
The SuperPAC War is Joined
President Obama has signaled to “wealthy Democratic donors that he wants them to start contributing to an outside group supporting his re-election, reversing a long-held position as he confronts a deep financial disadvantage on a vital front in the campaign.” That is fine by me. We must do everything and anything legal we can to win this election. Super PACs are legal. We want to make it illegal in the future, but we fight in the present. We fight in reality, not fantasy.
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