brian bilbray

Yesterday on Hardball I heard the most amazing spin/lie I think I have ever heard. While discussing the new law in Arizona that says candidates must show their birth certificate to be on the ballot, Rep. Brian Bilbray (R-CA) decided to totally twist the reason for the new law and declare that it is aimed at John McCain:

This is a very interesting statement, and one that follows politics at all knows to be false. John McCain has been on the ballot in Arizona for over three decades and it was never an issue before. It didn’t become an issue until the crazy birthers came out questioning President Obama’s citizenship – something that has been disproven time and time again.

I’ll hand it to Matthews for handling this idiot rather well. I am also kind of shocked this exchange hasn’t gained more attention in the blogosphere. I doubt Bilbray is just speaking from the crazy corner of his brain. I got a feeling this is the kind of spin we will hear a lot more as people talk about Arizona’s transformation into a police and birther state.

Well today is the end of days. It is 6-6-6. The bible thumpers should be going crazy.

It is also D-Day, even though Bush 41 thinks that is in December.

Today happens to also be Primary day in numerous states and a special election in California to replace Rep. Duke Cunningham. The states with primaries are: Alabama, California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. While every primary is extremely important, they are not the indicator that we will get from the special election in California.

Francine Busby is the Democrat taking on Republican Brian Bilbray. Currently polls have them at a dead tie so this race is going to be close. What is amazing is that this race is so close in a district the Republicans have had a stronghold on for a very long time. It reminds me of how close Paul Hackett came to Defeating Jean Schmidt in the OH-2 special election last year. OH-2 is a comparable district to CA-50 in it being a Republican stronghold.

As US News and World Reports pointed out last week, the Republicans are worried about losing this district (h/t RandyMI):