All of these folks can expect primary challenges from grade a wingnuts: Eight Republican senators on Tuesday voted to preserve earmark spending despite pressure from the Tea Party movement. Sens. Thad Cochran (Miss.), Susan Collins (Maine), James Inhofe (Okla.), Dick Lugar (Ind.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Richard Shelby (Ala.) voted against an amendment to food-safety …
Election 2012
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
Joe Scarborough is about to be excommunicated from the GOP: Republicans have a problem. The most-talked-about figure in the GOP is a reality show star who cannot be elected. And yet the same leaders who fret that Sarah Palin could devastate their party in 2012 are too scared to say in public what they all …
Hypocrites!
I’m not surprised by this: Most Americans think incoming Congressmen who campaigned against the health care bill should put their money where their mouth is and decline government provided health care now that they’re in office. Only 33% think they should accept the health care they get for being a member of Congress while 53% …
Resentment Politics 101
Sam Stein reports on Sarah Palin’s latest dig against Michelle Obama, and has this bit of analysis: That the former Alaska Governor thinks the president’s family members are fair game is now obvious. But the apparent glee she takes in attacking the first lady remains surprising, at least politically. Among the deficits in public opinion …
Feel the Joementum
I wonder what he will choose to do: Joe Lieberman essentially has two options for 2012: Retire or become a Republican. The Connecticut senator and Democratic exile hasn’t made up his mind whether to seek a fifth term, Lieberman and those close to him say. But if he does, the GOP ticket appears to offer …
Don’t Mess With Snowbillies
Apparently the pain from David Letterman’s joke about her is causing Willow to lash out: Willow Palin was responding to a boy named Tre who updated his Facebook status on Sunday night to read: “Sarah Palin’s Alaska, is failing so hard right now.” Willow then replied, saying: “Tre stfu. Your such a faggot.” Willow also …
Open Thread: Piling On
Yet another angle on the Cadell/Schoen disaster, from someone who’s paid to examine the media. Tom Scocca, in Slate, on “Two Full-Time Obama Opponents [Who] Say Obama Should Pledge Not to Run Again“: … This is bilge. Fred Hiatt, the insufferable editor of the Post’s opinion pages, seems to believe that people hate his section …