The diversity of Fox News:
“There is no inherent power in the office of the vice presidency. Zero. None. It’s all a reflection of your reflection of your relationship with the President. I mean, Kennedy never let Johnson in the office. I spend somewhere between four and seven hours a day with the President.” — Vice President Joe Biden. Which is probably why Johnson had Kennedy killed.
Dan Balz: “House Republicans’ latest revolt against immigration reform spells potential trouble for the party’s 2016 presidential candidates. The last thing the GOP needs in 2016 is another primary season marked by debate and dissension over the fraught issue. [..] The party’s handling of immigration-reform legislation since President Obama won reelection with 71 percent of the Hispanic vote reprises a decades-long pattern that has weakened the GOP in the competition for Hispanic votes. On the one hand, there is the recognition that the party needs to do more to attract Hispanic votes. On the other, there are repeated actions, both individual and collective, that send the opposite signal.”
Republicans shooting themselves in the foot, the calf, the lower leg, and the thigh is becoming a theme. Here is an excerpt from a piece about how the right wing is going to elect President Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton.
[She] drives the right bonkers. This isn’t how a woman is supposed to act. She’s not supposed to be speaking up and certainly shouldn’t be thinking about the presidency.
Look at the clownish Rand Paul, who has been going on and on about somehow making Sec. Clinton to blame for President Clinton’s infidelities. Do these morons not get it? Bill Clinton is responsible for doing what he did, not his wife. And bringing up the entire episode only brings to mind the moment of Sec. Clinton’s highest possible public approval.[..]
They can’t think straight when “Clinton” is invoked. Out comes the conspiracy theories (Benghazi!) , the misogyny (everything Rush Limbaugh says), the ancient “scandals” from 20 years ago that are as ridiculous now as they ever were.
If she chooses to run, they’ll go right back to the well, and in the process they’ll wonder where all those anti-Clinton voters went (mostly dead) and where all those Clinton voters came from (everyone who isn’t a misogynistic doofus).
From the New York Times, it would seem that the Democrats are working 2014 like it was 2008 and 2012. It’s about time.
“The Democrats’ plan to hold on to their narrow Senate majority goes by the name “Bannock Street project.” It runs through 10 states, includes a $60 million investment and requires more than 4,000 paid staff members. And the effort will need all of that — and perhaps more — to achieve its goal, which is nothing short of changing the character of the electorate in a midterm cycle…”The question is whether the party’s Obama-era volunteer base will replicate itself for a Mark Pryor or a Mary Landrieu or a Kay Hagan,” said Sasha Issenberg, author of “The Victory Lab: The Secret Science of Winning Campaigns,” referring to three vulnerable incumbent Democratic senators…Campaigns are realizing that the smartest way to win the next vote is by mobilizing a nonvoter than by trying to win over a voter.”
POLLING:
FLORIDA–GOVERNOR–University of Florida: Former Gov. Charlie Crist (D) 47, Gov. Rick Scott (R) 40.
COLORADO–GOVERNOR–Quinnipiac: Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) 48, Tom Tancredo (R) 39; Hickenlooper 46, Scott Gessler (R) 40; Hickenlooper 47, Greg Brophy (R) 37; Hickenlooper 47, Mike Kopp (R) 38.
The poll also shows 52% of Coloradans approve of the job Hickenlooper is doing.
GEORGIA–US SENATE–REPUBLICAN PRIMARY–The Polling Company: Rep. Phil Gingrey (R) 19, Karen Handel (R) 14, Rep. Paul Broun (R) 13, Rep. Jack Kingston (R) 11 and David Perdue (R) 8.
“The close poll shows a wide-open field — and potential for concern for establishment Republicans. Both Broun and Gingrey have a history of gaffes and are considered seriously flawed general election candidates.”
Michelle Nunn and the Democrats are smiling.
ALASKA–US SENATE–Public Policy Polling: Sen. Mark Begich (D) 43, Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (R) 37; Begich 41, Dan Sullivan (R) 37; Begich 45, 2010 GOP and Teabag Nominee Joe Miller (R) 25.
Go Joe Miller!