The “Mitt Romney and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad – and oh, right, tied in Gallup – Month” Weekend Open Thread.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 22nd at 10:29 PM  | 

As has been noted here and here… what an awful month Mitt Romney is having.  Exhibit A: the Gallup tracking poll for September. Absolutely horrendous.  Why, at this rate, Obama for America might even throw Mitt Romney into a… …A… …A briar patch. Open thread. Moe lane PS: The polls go up.  The polls go down.

Democrats, filibusters, and briar patches.

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 15th at 09:30 PM  | 

Let’s set the (somewhat stylized) scenario, here: The Senate on January 5, 2011 – as per the apparent wishes of Senators Tom Udall of New Mexico and Tom Harkin of Iowa, neither of whom are up for reelection in 2012 – votes to change the rules so that a simple majority may short-circuit the filibuster.  Cheers and applause from the progressives; silence from the Republicans.  | Read More »