Friday Open Thread 9.13.13

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Happy Friday the 13th. Hopefully nothing unlucky has happened to you today. CNN: "With the clock ticking towards two crucial deadlines, a new national poll indicates congressional Republicans would shoulder more blame than President Barack Obama for a possible government shutdown. [..] Only a third would consider President Barack Obama responsible for a shutdown, with 51% pointing a finger at the GOP - up from 40% who felt that way earlier this year."
“Clueless and running on fragments of family lore” is this the future of the GOP?

“Clueless and running on fragments of family lore” is this the future of the GOP?

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The GOP is as out of gas as any political party in American history (except possibly the Prohibition Party). Clearly in the absence of some strategy change, the party's future isn't bright. Neither, judging by Meghan McCain, are the next wave of conservative pundits. McCain, who's celebrity status rests on the fact that her Dad got trounced in a Presidential election, is taking up the mantle of the party's party girl in a new cable TV series.
The series, which debuts on the new network Pivot TV this Saturday, is a combination talk show and unscripted series — half “The View,” half “Sarah Palin’s Alaska.” It follows the exploits of one Meghan McCain, the daughter of the current U.S. senator from Arizona and one-time presidential nominee John McCain; she alternates between interviewing her guest and showing a slice of what it is like to be the daughter of a U.S. senator who lost the presidency in a landslide. She has been given 30 minutes a week on an aspirant cable network to prove that she has nothing to say. Prior to the release of her current series, Meghan McCain was a columnist for the Daily Beast; her columns for the site, for which her last piece ran shortly after the last presidential election, included such pieces as “Yes, I Wear Fake Hair” and “The GOP’s House Hottie.” She interviewed Snooki, too!