Fred Barnes, writing from his undisclosed la-la land location, is arguing that Paul Kirk won’t be able to vote after Tuesday. His argument: But in the days after the election, it is Kirk’s status that matters, not Brown’s. Massachusetts law says that an appointed senator remains in office “until election and qualification of the person […]
Today is the First Lady’s birthday. She got a nice surprise last night: President Barack Obama has treated first lady Michelle Obama to a surprise birthday party at a tony Washington restaurant known for its commitment to organically grown food. Surprising the birthday girl Saturday night at Restaurant Nora in Washington’s Dupont Circle neighborhood were […]
A new mailer has surfaced in the Massachusetts Senate race: This is absolutely brutal: Massachusetts Dems have dropped a mail piece accusing GOP Senate candidate Scott Brown of wanting hospitals to turn away “all” rape victims. The mail piece — sent over by the Brown campaign — shows pictures of women who are supposed to […]
We saw today what it was like when politics don’t matter as two former presidents appeared with President Obama: Now if only the rest of our country could do the same.
This is how sick the Republican Party has become, supporting a candidate who had no respect for the 9/11 workers what so ever: One month after the September 11th attacks, Scott Brown was one of only three Massachusetts State Representatives to vote against a bill to provide financial assistance to Red Cross workers who had […]
From TPM: “As I look back it was a waste of time dealing with [Snowe],” Reid is quoted as saying about the White House in a forthcoming New York Times Magazine piece, “because she had no intention of ever working anything out.” I really wonder if Harry Reid actually knows how politics work. Arlen Specter […]
Chris Cillizza just tweeted the following: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee buying time in Massachusetts Senate special election….developing…more soon on Fix… It spells trouble for Democrats to have to keep dumping money into a race that should be solid Democrats. Even more troubling is that they are having to do it during a special election, when […]
From TPM: The message delivered at today’s tea party protest of the Detroit Auto Show: protecting American jobs beats telling Democrats to “keep their hands off” the economy. A group of Michigan tea partiers successfully shut down a protest of the Detroit Auto Show arranged by the National Tax Payer’s Union today on the grounds […]
To all the Republicans out there who think Sarah is great for your party, please take a moment and consider this: Palin resigned as Governor last July. A few months later she starts a nationwide book tour. She refuses to speak at CPAC and instead speaks at a tea party convention. She would have made […]
Think Progress is reporting that there are now 16 tea partiers that are challenging GOP incumbents and recruits. Most of the races appear to be in the House, so this is great news for Democrats. Last week it was reported that the NRCC is facing some serious troubles raising cash for the elections, and if […]