Plunderbund

Tim Ryan. Of all the things I missed out on while away in the mountains, THIS was the biggest disappointment. Yes, I missed the big Sherrod Brown interview, but the steam was kinda going out on that for a while now - I hated to miss that one as well, but there is […]

via email from Strickland camp:
Which Ken Blackwell Is It?
Columbus, Ohio - Ken Blackwell was quite an athlete growing up, but who would have guessed he would be so flexible in middle age?
Blackwell weighed in with his third position this year on the Ohio Commercial Activity Tax this week, telling the Central Ohio Chambers of […]

Update: Alternet wins the headline award on this one (makes me green): Hackett manhandles GOP talking-points action figure
The question: Would you take this guy on?

The answer: Fuck no! (or that’s what Van Taylor is thinking about now)

(ht C&L)
This definately merits my “Damn son!” award of the month. The contrast is […]

Probably the most disturbing thing about the war in Iraq (and any modern war in the age of the military industrial complex) is the potential for abuse on both sides. The latest Brave New Film deals with the issue of war profiteering. Interestingly enough, all bills put forth in Congress to […]

I return to this? Bush pitifully trying to hold up old imagery about Iraq and spin mercilessly like an F5 tornado on the Texas panhandle? Please tell me there is more. I know there is…I’m catching up!
(NYT) Mr. Bush said the United States would not leave Iraq until “the mission is complete.” […]

Well, we made it out of the wildnerness and have returned to mostly normal - though my brain is still in the mountains, I think. It was pretty much all I thought it would be, especially concerning the anniversary celebration and reconnecting with my wife. I had no idea how remote our cabin […]

Starting at 7am tomorrow morning I’ll be on vacation. Headed out to the mountains to chill in a cabin with the most amazing woman you’ve ever met, who I’ll be married to for 10 years here soon. No phone. No lights. No motorcars. Not a single luxury. We’ll also […]

Say it ain’t so! Just in time to build up the fear for the midterms. Lovely. The White House takes immediate opportunity:
“This is an ongoing investigation that will play out over several days and weeks,” White House spokesman Tony Snow said Thursday morning.
At least a couple months, right Tony?
Here is […]

When one reads how Max got behind Joe Lieberman - going so far as to let Joe compare himself to Max - you have to then wonder how this jives:
“Because if you don’t get this thing right - you’re spending $8 billion a month in Iraq - you’ll never be able to reinvest in the […]

You remember the cartoon “Baseball Bugs” featuring the Gashouse Gorillas and the Tea Totalers? Bugs takes over and plays every position. Encouraging himself on as pitcher, catcher Bugs shouts out “That’s the old pepper, boy! That’s the old pitchin’!”
That is the scene that popped into my head when I read this snippet […]

Interesting piece from Hallet and Ruskind today on what can be taken away from Ohio in the Lieberman loss to Lamont. It is interesting to see the world “purge” come up multiple times from wingnuts - must be on a talking point memo!
I think the only real take away in this is that […]

Breathtaking and very telling (via ABC News Blog ht redhorse):
According to a close Lieberman adviser, the President’s political guru, Karl Rove, has reached out to the Lieberman camp with a message straight from the Oval Office: “The boss wants to help. Whatever we can do, we will do.”
The kiss AND the reach-around! Nice.

Been too busy to comment much on this press release over at the ORP, but it’s time. It has become more and more clear what the Republicans are doing with this illegal immigration issue. The narrative has been set that there is this huge threat that we must secure ourselves from. Some […]

Nailed it. Also nailed Lieberman would go indy and try to find a way to skirt the voters wishes and regain power. Concession speech was funny. He says he will always vote for what he thinks is best regardless of the political consequence. Horseshit. If that were the case you’d […]

I keep hearing there is no exit polling on the ground in CT, yet a reader on the ground there says there are several groups asking what sound like polling questions outside of the polls. One from CBS and the others unidentified (possibly campaigns).