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 […]
No one wants you to be senator anymore! The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday rejected Republican Norm Coleman’s request to count an additional 654 rejected absentee ballots in his weeks-old Senate showdown with Democrat Al Franken. The ruling clears the way for the state Canvassing Board to certify results showing Franken the winner after the […]
Not good news for Norm Coleman when the fate of his Senate re-election still hasn’t been decided: Federal investigators are looking into allegations that a longtime friend and benefactor tried to steer money to U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, the Pioneer Press has learned. Agents with the FBI have talked to or made efforts to talk […]
The Politico: Chris Matthews is dead serious about running for the Senate in Pennsylvania – and shopping for a house in the state and privately discussing quitting MSNBC as proof of his intense interest, according to NBC colleagues, political operatives and friends. Even so, some NBC insiders think it’s all simply a negotiating ploy to […]
Chuck Hagel today: “We are educated by the great entertainers like Rush Limbaugh,” Hagel said Tuesday during a speech in Washington, according to the Huffington Post. “You know, I wish Rush Limbaugh and others like that would run for office,” a sarcastic Hagel continued. “They have so much to contribute and so much leadership and […]
Poor Ted Stevens: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens dropped further behind Democrat Mark Begich in his re-election bid Tuesday as the convicted felon’s 85th birthday became a grueling wait that could determine whether his decades-long hold on power is over. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed the Anchorage mayor by 2,374 votes […]
Joe Lieberman won more than just the vote to stay in the caucus and keep his chairmanship today. He is now the focus of attention of all the blogs on this side of the blogosphere. For an attention whore like Lieberman, that is orgasmic. People need to just forget about Joe and move on. We […]
As the votes continue to get counted in Alaska, Democrat Mark Begich is now beating Ted “series of tubes” Stevens by a margin of over 1,000 votes. It’s amazing that the state with the smallest populace takes so long to tally the votes.
And it is Valerie Jarrett: ABC News’ Sunlen Miller Reports: President-elect Barack Obama has named Valerie Jarrett Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, according to an Obama advisor. One of Obama’s closest confidantes, Jarrett has been friends with Obama and his wife, Michelle, since the President-elect decided to […]
I have been staying pretty clear of all the Lieberman stuff going on. Would I like to see him stripped of his chairmanship? Yes I would. Will I be upset if he isn’t? No. There has been a lot going on in the left blogosphere over Lieberman. A lot of bigger blogs are adamant about […]