Haven’t blogged much today, because everywhere I look is just an unrelenting stream of bullshit about Obama. Then, in a moment of clarity, I remembered at this point in 2008, we were still dealing with the PUMA crowd and the incessant nonsense of Lanny Davis, Terry McAuliffe, and the rest of the idiots with the …
Election 2012
Electioneering agreement
I don’t know if you heard about this back in May: “A true marriage is male and female and God.” These words appear on the nameplate sign in front of the Devon Park United Methodist Church in Wilmington – a church that also served as a polling place Tuesday for voters in New Hanover County. …
Some money and a list
We had a spaghetti dinner fundraiser for our statehouse candidate Saturday night at the Eagles hall. This is John Vanover, the candidate: The dinner was from 4 to 7, we had early shift and later shift diners so John gave his speech twice. John works at a factory here and he’s very active in his …
Have You Forgotten How to Love Yourself?
Even though it’s astonishing that any union member would vote for Scott Walker, union voters not voting for a Democrat is not news, as Kevin Drum points out: Take a look at past elections. In 2004, 38% of union members and 40% of voters in union households voted for George Bush. In 2008, 39% of …
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Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
The panel on Latino voters I attended this morning was an interesting mix. There’s a lot of dissatisfaction with the Obama administration’s deportation policies, and also the implementation of prosecutorial discretion. Markos Moulitsas was on the panel and he re-iterated his feelings about John Tester’s vote against DREAM (“Fuck You” is the short version), but …
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Slap Fight!
None of Santorum’s kids are old enough to have political careers, so Rick has yet to be bought off by the Romney handlers. But it looks like he hasn’t given up hope, because he’s going after the elderly quitter rather than the Designated Candidate: ROSEMONT, Ill.—Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have never gotten along, and …
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A perfect spokesperson for the voter fraud scam
Which national Republican strategist decided it was a good idea to make the ethically impaired and extremely unpopular Governor of Florida the public face of GOP vote suppression efforts? Several polls have shown now that Rick Scott would lose in 2014 if Charlie Crist became a Democrat and ran against him but our newest survey …
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