PPP has Kathy Hochul ahead by a 6 points (MOE 2.9%) over Republican Jane Corwin in tomorrow’s special election in NY-26. Tea Partier by day Jack Davis is down to 13%. This poll, and Saturday’s Siena survey show that Davis and Corwin are splitting conservative votes. A good part of the reason is the many …
It’s Not “Our System” That’s Broken
James Joyner makes a pretty restrained version of a point I’m sure we’ll be seeing from other pundits once they’ve passed through the five stages of mourning Mitch Daniels’ candidacy: It’s long been cliché that the process drives out all the good candidates and that anyone who would willingly subject himself and his family to …
Bowser from Sha-Na-Na
This is the guy that the Hochul campaign is sending into nursing homes to talk about Medicare in NY-26. I wish that the average Democratic Congressman or Senator could be half as articulate as he is in the second minute of this interview. (via Buffalopundit who has many more NY-26 items)
Hochul Takes the Lead in NY-26
In the three-way special election in NY-26, a new Siena poll was just released showing Democrat Kathy Hochul leading Jane Corwin, 48-32 42-38 (MOE 3.9%). Erstwhile teabagger Jack Davis is bringing up the rear with 12%. The Republican conventional wisdom on this race was that Republicans who were flirting with Davis would come home to …
Estimated Crowd: 2000
This is South Carolina Governor NIkki Haley speaking at a Tea Party rally that was supposed to feature Donald Trump. Can we stop pretending this is a real political movement now?
Blood Drive
It’s blood donation time again for all of us who started giving after Gabby Gifford’s shooting. I’ll be giving this morning, and I hope some of you can find the time to do it. Speaking of Gabby, she’s had a busy week. On Monday, she saw her husband pilot Endeavour into space. On Wednesday, she …
Rapture
Blogging time is over — I’ll be finger fucking for the rest of the day, because tomorrow is the end of the world as we know it. It seems like the 80’s was a key decade in end-times music, but perhaps you have some other suggestions in this open thread.