Tuesday, May 13, 2008
My whereabouts
Just getting on a plane for a 48 hour turnaround to Seattle, so I'll be out of touch today until late afternoon. Bug my co-bloggers to step up, or post your favorite links of the day in the comments. We need to feed the beast around here.
5 Comments:
By 
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Tue May 13, 12:06:00 PM:
While everyone is no doubt thoroughly sick of discussing Rev. Wright, you may want to read this short article before putting the subject to bed once and for all. Wright's speeches have always seemed to me more about truly ugly politics than any version of religious belief, "liberation" or otherwise, and this article concerns some of the articles in Trinity's house magazine "Trumpet". Worth reading.
By 
Cassandra, at
Tue May 13, 12:44:00 PM:
Oh, you are so going to regret that.
By , at
Tue May 13, 05:23:00 PM:
This Don Surber provided link is much better than another RevWright talk.
The Hill went around and asked each non-Presidential candidate Senator if they'd like to be V.P.
Not much to do down there at the Hill, I guess, just like at the Senate.
Some great answers (Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah)“Of course. Big house, big car, not much to do. Why not?”), and some Senatorial answers (Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.)“No. I love my job. I’ve got the best job in the world, representing Montana in the U.S. Senate. It doesn’t get any better than that.”).
By Viking Kaj, at
Wed May 14, 09:53:00 AM:
Even though TH's request for posts is from yesterday, I have a topic which I believe merits further comment.
Two recent defeats in special congressional elections have given cause for concern in the Republican House ranks. First they lost former speaker Dennis Hastert's district for the first time in 76 years. Then Democrat Cazayoux won the Louisiana 6th district (Baton Rouge) last week, which had been Republican for 36 years and which Bush carried by 19 points in the last election. All of this had Newt Gingrich posting on Human Events that the House Republicans either need to "chart a bold course of real change" or they are going to face a decisive defeat in November. Couple this with the statement by RNCC Chair Tom Cole that the NRCC does not have enough cash to save candidates in fall if they do not run strong campaigns or raise enough themselves, and things are not looking good.
But last night was the kicker. The GOP lost the special race for the 1st district in Mississippi despite visits from VP Cheney, Haley Barbour, and $1.3 million in cash from the NRCC, a lot more than was spent on the Louisiana race. This is a district that had been Republican for 14 years with margins between 63-79%! Apparently NRCC-funded TV spots running against and featuring Pelosi and Obama were not of help.
Increasingly it looks like McCain's appeal for moderates does not extend to include any coattails for beleagured congressional candidates. And it looks like Republican fund raising efforts on the house level are falling short in comparison to the Dems. So even if McCain manages to eke out a win in November, are we facing a major sea change in Congressional complexion? And if so, how does this bode for continued support of national security policy? Could we be facing more years of policy by Pelosi?
I'll further suggest that this topic perhaps warrants it's own post. With the recent focus on disarray in the Democratic presidential race, we have perhaps been missing a more significant disarray in the Republican party. I tend to think that Newt is on to something with his suggestion for a positive program, but unfortunately his street cred with the Bush dominated crewe in DC is low. Nonetheless, as a libertarian fiscal conservative I would love to see the return of the balanced budget attack and less intrusion by various security agencies into our cherished personal liberties. Dare we hope?
By , at
Wed May 14, 01:01:00 PM:
Powerline has already dispensed with the issue of GOP house losses, and handled the subject quite well. What can you say, other than the GOP is in bad shape and needs to change.
