He sounds more presidential than all the others combined. An amazing speech. Count me as a new supporter. (Sorry John Edwards.)
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Time For Someone Else To Sit In The Religious Right’s Chump Seat
Atrios calls it “huckenfreude.”
Following an entertaining discussion in our comments, an artist’s conception of the rampaging Huckernaut:
Note to the GOP: better throw a temper tantrum and smash the Huckabee campaign to bits. There’s no way that won’t work.
***Update***
A moment of silence for Hugh Hewitt’s credibility, even if it already died more deaths than Jason Voorhees.
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Live Blogging the Caucuses
For those of you who don’t have access to a television, I’ll keep you up to date on results till about 11pm EST.
Update XV: (10:00pm): I said I would go till 11, but it seems to have been called – Huckabee and Obama. Just want to say that I hope Mitt Romney goes completely broke during the primary season, and I hope he loses miserably.
Oh, and Edwards is slightly ahead of Clinton. w00T!
Update XIV: (9:52pm): Quote of the day from Donna Brazile (paraphrase):
African Americans have always lifted up Democrats. Now it’s time for Democrats to lift up an African American.
Fine by me!
Update XIII: (9:343pm): A commenter:
Clinton’s going to get ugggggly against Obama now.
I think that’s probably true, and it would be Clinton’s downfall. She needs to reach out to Obama supporters. Anything else would seem like “I’m the candidate that’s supposed to win!” It would turn off a lot of people. Obama is now completely viable. Hillary can no longer consider him anything less than a solid challenger. In fact, she now has to look at him as someone with whom she has to catch up.
Another Open Thread
Because the last caucus thread got all messed up by unruly guests. Sheesh.
*** Update ***
My GAWD, the coverage of the Iowa caucus is boring. Kill me now.
Spicy Sausage and Pepper Stew
Try this delicious Greek recipe. Just made last night.
Ingredients:
Two bell peppers (your favorites. I used red & orange)
5tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 1/4lb spicy sausage (I used turkey sausage)
14 oz can of diced tomatoes
1 tsp dried oregano
3 tbsp fresh parsley
Salt & Pepper to taste
Cut each pepper into 8 chunks. In a skillet, heat the olive oil and add the peppers. Cook until they are starting to turn a little brown around the edges. Turn off the heat, and put the leftover olive oil into a frying pan. Cut the sausages into bite sized chunks and add them to the frying pan. Cook until brown, but don’t cook through.
Add all ingredients to a baking pan and stir well. Cook on 350 for about 40-45 minutes, stirring every 10. Serves 4.
As a side dish, I made stuffed Portobello mushrooms. Not very Greek, but very easy.
Ingredients:
4 medium mushrooms
1/4 cup of swiss cheese (or whatever you like)
Rosemary
Parsley
3tbsp diced garlic
Put all the stuffing ingredients into a bowl and mix together. Stuff the shrooms. Cook on 350 for about 20 minutes. Yum! As always, you should vary the recipe depending on your taste. Don’t like sausage? Use chicken. Don’t like Swiss? Use feta. In fact, feta might be bettah.
An Open Caucus Thread
Predictions? Expectations? Put them here.
BTW- One more reason why Dodd is teh awesome. He really is the best candidate the Dems are offering, and he doesn’t stand a chance. Kind of depressing.
Equal Access To A Nasty Divorce
For years, family court judges leaned toward a maternal preference when it came to custody disputes. But what to do when both parents are women, or neither is? Judges in Massachusetts have been grappling with that question since gay and lesbian couples began filing for divorce in 2004, seven months after the state Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage.
Why not award the kids to the biological parent? Amateur.
In the case of the doctor, she and her spouse each gave birth to a boy fathered by the same sperm donor. They then adopted one another’s sons. Biologically, their children are half-siblings; legally, they are full brothers.
Fun. The legal rights attendant with marriage (hospital visitation and medical decisions, inheritance, insurance, etc.) clearly make it a transformative experience in a good way for most gay and straight couples alike. Looking back on my own fairly short married life, as Edith Piaf liked to say, Non, je ne regrette rien. Now a moment of silence for those who just might.