Plunderbund

from the PD:
With his primary opponent out of the way, though not out of earshot, U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown is re-tooling for his November battle against incumbent Republican Mike DeWine.
Among the campaign’s recent changes: Dan Lucas, the controversial interim campaign manager, is out. He left the campaign Sunday and moved back to Washington.
So Lucas […]

(hat tip UAPA):

They touch upon (gloss over really) the primary debacle, but Brown stops fully short of giving those on the blogs and in the grassroots what they’ve been asking for. Sounds like the same old to me…damn. Even puts out the bogus “behind in polls” argument. I wish Jerry knew enough […]

Iraq teetering on civil war, Bush approval numbers lowest ever, the culture of corruption everywhere you look, and now this…Neoconservatism a failure. Francis Fukuyama, once a staunch support of the PNAC and all things Neocon, blasts the Bush administration and points to the failure that is the current global war on terror (hat tip […]

psst, Pipeline from CNN (online video news streams) is free today. Check it out. Been using it for a while now and well worth the yearly subscription.

(CNN):
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Bush said his 2004 re-election victory over Sen. John Kerry was inadvertently aided by Osama bin Laden, The Washington Examiner newspaper reported Tuesday.
…”I thought it was going to help,” Bush said.
“I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn’t want Bush to be the president, something must be […]

Hackett sitting in for Bill Cunningham again today. Online stream available. Thus far I think he’s jumped the shark. He might have lost it. Audio later….Okay, maybe just a shaky start. He’s no radio pro (yet) either.

I’ve been tough on Sherrod and his campaign. I disagree strongly with how some things have gone down, both by the candidate and by his staff. I make no bones about that. PBD recently put up a post in an attempt to find away out of the mess that is the aftermath […]

Paul is interviewed by Angie Coiro on Mother Jones Radio - an Air America show. Paul talks about the importance of getting out his message and how that was prevented due to the now famous “machinations”. Paul denies he wouldn’t do fundraising calls. His answer is a bit weak, but he called […]

The more I think about this UAE port deal, the more I think it is a straw man. Think about it. What do the Republicans need now going into the 2006 election season? Separation from Bush. He’s down right nucular at this point with rock bottom job approval numbers.
The […]

I thought the following would be good accompaniment for the following post:

(CBS) The latest CBS News poll finds President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to an all-time low of 34 percent, while pessimism about the Iraq war has risen to a new high.
Just 30 percent approve of how Mr. Bush is handling the Iraq […]

from philly.com:
What I learned in the process is that, even though I’m a big Bruce Springsteen fan, I was not born to run. Serve yes, run for office no.
It’s too bad, too. The job of the DSCC and Schumer is to bring guys like Hackett into the process in such a way that they […]

Is this a signal that someone wants Paul out of the limelight? Why would a letter from a Republican’s “lady friend” be coming out in the PeeDee Openers to attempt to disparage a candidate who isn’t even in the freakin’ race? Apparently someone wants Paul to stfu. I wonder who that someone […]

LOL…right now Paul is calling John Ryan live on the air. Audio later…
Hackett calls John Ryan on the air live at WLW (actually returns a call, but doesn’t get through - still a funny clip):

(sorry for the gaps, didn’t edit out the buffering from the streaming)
…more audio coming
Paul tells a caller to put down […]

via email:
Bryan Flannery, Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, announced today the addition of Anthony Fossaceca to his campaign team as Communications Director. Fossaceca most recently served as Campaign Manager for State Senator Eric Fingerhut in his bid for Governor.
“I’m excited to add one of Ohio’s brightest, young political talents to our team” Flannery said. […]

Yet another MSM “journalist” gets it wrong, and John Nichols should know better. He’s been in Ohio (former Blade writer and editor) and should no better than to write:
Hackett was not the strongest candidate in the Democratic primary race, and he certainly wasn’t the strongest progressive. With the filing deadline for the May Democratic […]