Last week I posted a list of states slated to gain and lose congressional seats in the upcoming election. While doing that post, my inner geek had me focusing on the numbers and I totally missed this part: Minnesota (-1): Open seat in 2010; state Senate 46 D, 21 R; state House 87 D, 47 […]
As Chris Cillizza points out there was one big news item last week that got lost in the shuffle – redistricting. Look at this break down of states that will gain and lose seats according to the Census Bureau’s early estimates: States Gaining Seats Arizona (+1)*: Gov. Jane Brewer (R) up in 2010; state Senate […]
(Sorry this week’s Freaky Friday is a day late. Had a full day yesterday replacing the kitchen floor.) Our first stop on this week’s Freaky Friday is in Pittsburgh, where a senior citizen has found a new way to supplement his social security: An 80-year-old man acknowledged Wednesday that he dealt drugs at his house […]
Here is something that is a silent buzz on the internet right now. I think in part because many people do not know how to really react to it: Rep. John P. Murtha (Pa.), one of the Democrats’ leading antiwar voices, startled his political colleagues yesterday by announcing he would seek a senior leadership position […]