Civility! Fortunately, Representative Michael Capuano’s (MA-08) call for “blood” at a rally on the steps of Beacon Hill went viral and he has been shamed. But an assault on a pro-Walker demonstrator at that same rally has been underreported. The assault by a union goon was caught on camera by the State House News Service. The link has not been enabled, but you can read | Read More »
Representative Joseph Cao’s seat was suppose to be for Democrats what Senator Byron Dorgan’s seat is for Republicans, an automatic flip. Look at any list of seats targeted by Democrats and LA-02 is always number one. A slam dunk. Automatic. “Thanks for keeping it warm Cao, we’ll take it back now, you race traitor.” So what does it say when your losing your number one | Read More »
Haley Barbour and the Republican Governors Association are making waves in Massachusetts. Last spring, Massachusetts gubernatorial candidates Tim Cahill (I), Charlie Baker (R), and Deval Patrick (D) had similar poll numbers and some polls had Cahill leading Baker by a slim margin. Then we witnessed the power of a million dollars. The RGA dropped a cool million in Massachusetts this summer. Oddly, they didn’t use | Read More »
Here’s a tip for all aspiring conservative upstarts in 2010; use talk radio. Sounds simple right? But not really. I know of no other politician, whether during their campaign or during their term, to use talk radio to reach the people like Scott Brown. Brown is ubiquitous on Boston talk radio, morning, noon and night. He leaves the campaign mode and the politico speak behind | Read More »
(This started out as a comment, but got too long for the Meacham thread.) This is quick diary. There was a blog about Sarah Palin and David Cameron that I wanted to investigate, but never got the time to fully research. I wanted to watch Cameron’s last debate and measure it by American standards. The blogger, who is on top of UK politics, noted that | Read More »
Bad news: Ignoring inconvenient facts doesn’t make them go away. Conservatives have relied on Rasmussen polls for a while and shouldn’t dismiss ones they don’t like. The new Rasmussen poll shows Charlie Crist leading Marco Rubio by four. Rasmussen has been accurate and that number is above the margin of error. Its a fight. Good news: Democratic turnout flopped yesterday. Polls and public sentiment are | Read More »
It really doesn’t matter what one thinks of Arizona’s immigration bill, this is ridiculous. Even if the law has some minor flaws, it is a duly enacted law supported by the majority of the people. This type of grandstanding is preposterous and I don’t care about the demographics of the fans. According to the Politico article: The Phoenix Suns on Tuesday announced that they will | Read More »
If you haven’t seen it by now, Contessa Brewer, of MSNBC, made some truly despicable comments regarding Faisal Shahzad that are generating much buzz. Essentially, Brewer lamented the fact that Shahzad has ties to an Islamic country before admitting she wished the terror suspect was home grown. But Ed Morrissey’s blog on Hot Air criticized Brewer for wishing the terror plot proved “Tea Party bigotry”, | Read More »
I have some serious commentary on Russia, Ukraine and their naval base agreement, but honestly I just wanted an excuse to post this video. I haven’t yet decided whether this is awesome or sad, but it is pretty funny: I watched this video a few times just to study the nonchalant faces, as if this happens all the time. Getting egged on the floor of | Read More »
Here are some pictures of the Boston Tea Party on Wednesday. The Boston Common: Gorgeous day, big crowds: Rays of sunshine all around: The crashers came too: But no one took them seriously: The Tea Partiers weren’t so scary: Another scary face: More hate and anger: The crashers weren’t so scary either just… dopey: The other Red State: Blah, blah, blah: “Hey you, I demand | Read More »
I’ve often defended Kelly Ayotte, but I have to admit that one may have a hard time trying to reconcile her looks and her demeanor with her record… “This is that tough as nails, ace prosecutor that everyone fears? She looks more like a pre-school teacher.” But Kelly is tough and that is part of her appeal in the granite state. Outsiders may not understand | Read More »
Representative Carol “Che” Porter (NH-01) held a town hall last night in her district, where she addressed her health care vote. She is either courageous or delusional, and I’m ‘all in’ on delusional. A couple of things stand out about this clip, the reaction of the crowd and her denial. This is what denial looks like: Porter is clinging to that one, old, post-vote poll | Read More »
I prefer to analyze the possibility of repeal through the prism of reality and facts, and not through the prism of wishful thinking or defeatism. I’ve been chewing on many things including the reality of obtaining sixty plus senate seats by 2013. Here are some thoughts. Of the three branches, winning the House is the easy part, well, the easiest part. I’m not buying pie-in-the-sky | Read More »
There is still an unwritten chapter in the left’s pursuit of a permanent majority, and its not amnesty, card check or cap and tax. In fact, it has nothing to do with Congress. It is redistricting. In 2006 and 2008, the left looked longingly at the horizon that is 2010, the year their massive majorities would enable them to redraw the Congressional map, vanquish enemies | Read More »
Sean O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, is one of the good guys. He is a man of ardent faith and impeccable integrity, who has earned the utmost respect of his community. He is an Archbishop, not a politician. But since others have made such an aggressive effort to support this health care bill in the name of the Catholic Church, he has decided to throw down | Read More »
If this the whole health care charade wasn’t such serious business, it would actually be kind of funny. The Democratic comedy of errors continues this evening. As reported by Roll Call: Senate Democratic leaders have decided they will not publicly release a health care reform letter signed by their rank and file intended to calm nervous House Democrats before their historic vote this weekend on | Read More »
Here are a couple of clever videos in case you missed them, one depicts Carol “Che” Porter and the other Bart Stupak. The videos speak for themselves. If you were an undecided Democrat, how would you want history to remember you? History will either remember you as this type of Democrat: Or history will remember you as this type of Democrat: Your choice.
(Thought the Caterpillar letter might slip by, but Drudge picked it up. This could really put pressure on Cuellar.) As Tip O’Neill famously stated, all politics is local, which makes me think that Caterpillar Inc, a heavy-equipment company, might be targeting the wrong people. On Thursday, Caterpillar penned a letter to Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner warning them that the impending health care legislation will | Read More »
Stunner. Steve Lynch is a loyal South Boston Democrat. He is also one of Nancy Pelosi’s floor whips. He has just publicly stated that he will probably vote against the Senate bill and urged the Democratic leaderships to avoid a deem and pass tactic. So what’s different about Lynch? Two things. South Boston takes Saint Patrick’s Day very seriously. Lynch has been in South Boston | Read More »
I think this is huge. According to the Huffington Post: The Senate parliamentarian told Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Wednesday afternoon that her proposal to create a National Insurance Rate Authority runs afoul of reconciliation rules, Feinstein told HuffPost after the conversation. “I’m crushed it’s out,” she said. But she added that she would bring it up with him one more time to try to make | Read More »
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