Halperin asks: 6. How much money will conservative groups spend to try to beat him? How on earth could that possibly matter? It will be a shock if whatever whack job the Republicans nominate comes within ten points of Specter. He’s now a Democrat and a long-time incumbent in a blue state (comfy Obama win, …
Archives for April 2009
Specterschadenfreude
Atrios: On the plus side, Senate staffers inform me that Republicans in the Senate are visibly in agony right now. So at least we have that! At this point, the GOP might want to re-introduce the Schiavo legislation, just replacing the name “Terri Schiavo” with Republican. It is also worth noting that however much fun …
Been There, Done That
Once you get over the patchouli smell and get used to all the barefoot hippies, it isn’t so bad: Specter’s decision would give Democrats a 60 seat filibuster proof majority in the Senate assuming Democrat Al Franken is eventually sworn in as the next Senator from Minnesota. (Former Sen. Norm Coleman is appealing Franken’s victory …
Activist F–king Judges
At least you can still cling to your guns: Splitting 5-4, the Supreme Court upheld the government’s power under existing law to ban the use on radio and TV of even a single four-letter word that is considered indecent — but left open the question of whether the ban might violate the First Amendment, at …
Swine flu politics
Predictably enough, wingers are trying to turn the swine flu outbreak into a way to bash immigrants. It will be interesting to see if the Village goes into “Obama needs to do something to stop the swine flu” mode. I’m not sure if invading Mexico or torturing people to find out where the swine flu …
The Stupid Party
We laughed about one of the idiotic graphics at the Republican website last night, now here is another one for you: As noted in the comments, the graphic isn’t even right, as they forgot to include the year 2011. Bunch of morans.
The Chrysler Deal
What does everyone think of this: The United Auto Workers union will own 55% of a restructured Chrysler LLC and its retiree health care trust will get a seat on the board if union members vote to approve contract concessions this week. Chrysler stock could even be traded publicly again, as there are mechanisms for …