Voinovich that Son of a bitch (as my great grandmother always referred to him as) announced this morning that he is retiring. When rumors started circulating about this the other day, I said it could become a very hopeful pickup for Democrats in 2010. Hopefully someone like Tim Ryan will become the next senator for […]
Kit Bond announced this week that he would not be running for re-election in 2010, but now there are hints that George Voinovich may also be following suit: U.S. Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio is leaving open the possibility of not running for re-election in 2010. Voinovich, 72, is thinking about the challenging economic situation […]
Day one of the new Congress and Roland Burris got rejected. Actually it wasn’t by anyone in the Senate, but rather by Illinois’ Secretary of State, who refused to sign his credentials. This is going to be very interesting to watch. As much of a creep as I think Blago is, it was a shrewd […]
Al Franken is now the projected winner of the Minnesota Senate race, which will us to 59 Democrats in the Senate.
It just amazes me hearing Republicans, like Bob Corker, say that Bush caused our economic troubles. So much has helped lead to it and Bush is at fault on most of it, but so our the Republicans. For example, the Republicans couldn’t spend a whopping $14 billion on the auto industry, yet the Pentagon has […]
The talk right now is that the White House will use TARP funds to bailout the auto industry. This was what Democrats originally wanted to do, but the White House opposed. Hopefully when/if the White House does it, they will show some balls and call out the Republicans for blocking the bailout last night. I […]
You’re probably wondering why I am thankful for that. Well it’s because of this: In a year when national Republican fortunes took a turn for the worse, Louisiana delivered the GOP two seats in Congress in elections delayed by Hurricane Gustav. Indicted Democratic U.S. Rep. William Jefferson was ousted Saturday from his New Orleans area […]
Bob caught Chuck Todd saying this today: “You guys [Team Obama] own the economy at 12 o’clock eastern time today, correct? When Senator Obama announces his Treasury Secretary, announces the Larry Summers position. It is now Barack Obama’s responsibility on the economy, is that not correct?” So the Constitution says “the President shall take office […]
Just now breaking on MSNBC that the Democrats have voted to keep Lieberman in place.
Jed posted this video of a Republican strategist saying that Democrats and Obama need to reach out to Lieberman. Should the Democrats really take advice from the party that just got their asses handed to them and is still to afraid to admin what really happened? I don’t think so.