Maurice Clemmons wasn’t the first person that Huckabee released from Prison, only to have them go out and continue a life of crime. Wayne Dumond was a rapist who Huckabee released, only to go out and rape and kill a woman shortly after being freed: New sources, including an advisor to Gov. Mike Huckabee, have […]
Image via Wikipedia What a way to really shrink the size of the RNC tent: First Read has obtained a resoultion being e-mailed around to Republican National Committee members for comments that proposes a conservative litmus test of sorts. This comes on the heels of a rift in the party that was exposed in the […]
Here’s Fred today: “It really doesn’t matter how President Obama divides the Afghan baby, how he splits the difference between McChrystal and Biden. Because the war has been lost,” Thompson said on his radio show today. “I say this because of one sad and simple fact. The president does not have the will and determination […]
And with this we have our first Democrat: Artur Davis was one of the Democrats to vote against healthcare this past Saturday. Given the fact that over 2,200 veterans without health insurance died last year, it’s kind of hard to believe that Davis is “profoundly grateful” to their service. [congress]D000602[/congress]
Steve Benen finds one of the most important lessons from Tuesday night: Keep in mind, the two Republican statewide candidates who won this week — Christie in New Jersey and McDonnell and Virginia — wanted nothing to do with Palin, while the high profile conservative candidate who embraced Palin — Doug Hoffman in NY23 — […]
So says the New York Times. Cesca does a good job at tearing this trash piece by the NYT down: Every Republican in Congress defends Rush Limbaugh and parrots Glenn Beck, and all of the really important Republicans from Chuck Grassley to Big John Cornyn have at one time or another engaged in the “death […]
Al Franken had his first amendment pass the Senate since being sworn in, and it is a good one: On Tuesday night, the Minnesota Democrat got his first piece of legislation passed by the United States Senate via roll call vote. The amendment stopped federal funding for those defense contractors who used mandatory arbitration clauses […]
When Arlen Specter switched parties last month the chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party came under fire for posting a picture of a bald Specter and comparing him to Dr. Evil. Well the latest antics of Alex Triantafilou aren’t as derogatory, but could rather be chalked up as just idiotic ramblings: Is the winner […]
TBogg makes a very interesting and accurate point that Nancy Pelosi has become the next Lynndie England: Due to “process” reporting we have learned that the Torture Years were not the responsibility of the Administration who demanded them, the legal counsel who found legal justification for them, the medical personnel who stood by and watched, […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC that Arlen Specter is going to announce he is switching parties, which will give the Democrats that 60 vote margin. UPDATE: Chris Cillizza reports: Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat and announced today that he will run in 2010 as a Democrat, according […]