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Washington Post: Will Beau Run?

By El Somnambulo October 22, 20095 Comments

Long speculative piece from today's Washington Post. I found these comments from Jack Markell a little--incongruous: "He's not the type of guy who is going to let other people's timetables…

Breaking: Carper On Board With Public Option!?

By El Somnambulo October 22, 200910 Comments

It's the current lead story on Talking Points Memo: Guess he's been getting the messages left at his office. He still sounds a little weaselly about it, and decidedly unenthused,…

More Like This Please

By Unstable Isotope October 22, 20099 Comments

Will Al Franken become the Alan Grayson of the Senate? He's already gotten 30 Republicans on record supporting KBR over rape victims. In this video he puts a health care…

Thursday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope October 22, 200924 Comments

Thursday's open thread: PHILLIES! Courageous blogger Mike Stark attends a press conference by the ACORN video producers and learns: Some things you probably don't know about James O’Keefe ("the pimp")…

Who’s The Most Underrated Governor?

By pandora October 22, 20098 Comments

Chris Cillizza, The Fix, asks the question - complete with poll. Aside from that handful of high-profile governors, most of the nation's 50 chief executives toil in semi or total…

Speaking Of Marriage…

By Unstable Isotope October 22, 20097 Comments

Does Senator David Vitter support interracial marriage? He has avoided commenting on the Judge Bardwell incident. Liberal bloggers finally cornered Vitter's spokesman: Greg Sargent spoke to Vitter spokesperson Joel DiGrado,…

Why We Need Marriage Equality

By Unstable Isotope October 22, 200914 Comments

I'll let WWII veteran Phillip Spooner explain. He does a better job than I ever could. Partial transcript (full transcript at the link): [...] I am here today because of…

Late Night Video — Coal!

By cassandra_m October 21, 20097 Comments

Coal! Cheap! ~~Clean~~!

This Sort Of Lazy Blogging Drives Me Crazy

By pandora October 21, 200926 Comments

Tennessee Walker, over at Delaware Politics, has a post up that tells me the little chick-a-dee could use some time off the farm. It starts as a rant about Eric…

Socialists Stealing Paychecks!

By nemski October 21, 20095 Comments

Kenneth Feinberg of the Treasury Department has been watching the sycophant banks and trading companies very closely and he's a little pissed that many of decided to give themselves bonuses,…

Chris Christie Is In Political Trouble

By pandora October 21, 20097 Comments

You know how I know that? Well, check out his latest web ad. Shouldn't he be latching onto a Republican's coattails instead of Obama's? Oh yeah, he's in trouble. TPM…

Wednesday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope October 21, 200918 Comments

It's Wednesday and we have thread. Are you suffering from Crazy Fatigue? I know I am. Speaking of crazy, crazy birther lawyer/dentist/real estate agent Orly Taitz is appealing her $20,000…

Stamping Feet When There’s No Reason To

By nemski October 21, 200938 Comments

A recent Gallop poll shows that most gun owners (55%) think that President Obama wants to ban the sale of guns. Gallup Poll editor-in-chief Frank Newport notes that President Obama…