So our good friend the Perfesser Gingrich won South Carolina tonight. More proof that spite as an end in itself motivates the modern GOP -- in this case it was against the librul media, and on behalf of a serial adulterer, you know, because … [Read more...]
Archives for January 21, 2012
Gingrich Carries Confederacy
South Carolina: Gingrich 40, Romney 26, Santorum 18, Paul 14. The current national Republican coalition — the rich, plus religious fundamentalists and social regressives — coalesces into two representatives: Romney for the former, … [Read more...]
Breaking news…
...NBC called South Carolina for Gingrich as soon as polls closed at 7PM. No precincts reporting yet so this must be exit poll data. I guess this will last a little while longer. … [Read more...]
Scott Brown messaging #fail: rhetoric doesn’t match the signs
Team Brown is looking a little shaky as it launches itself out of the starting blocks. Check out this gem, noted by alert BMGer dougdavidoff. Here's part of Brown's kickoff speech: "They’ll try again and again to talk about something … [Read more...]
Chuck Todd’s Toto Moment
.. I worry we're going to trivialize our institutions, make people more cynical, raise an entire generation that's even more cynical than they are now... --Chuck Todd Remember when Dorothy's indomitable Cairn terrier pulls back the … [Read more...]
This just in from the bizarro world department: teachers and cops are rich, but Senators aren’t
Scott Brown talked to the Lowell Sun's editorial board yesterday. He'll no doubt get the Sun's endorsement, but that was a given anyway, and the interview may well have done him more harm than good. Just check this out. Brown also took … [Read more...]
Reverse Citizens United With Court Stripping
Larry Kuchimba, in an article at www.opednews.com, has said that Congress can overturn Citizens United and end corporations buying the elections, by using the following parts of the US Constitution as it is today: US Constitution, … [Read more...]
Citizens United, two years later: we need a fix, but beware of unintended consequences
Two years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down what has quickly become one of its most controversial decisions: Citizens United v. FEC, which went a long way toward wiping out Congress's ability to regulate corporate spending in … [Read more...]
Rumors All Over the Place Re: Indictments
a rep, a former house leader, and two senators seem to be the odds on favorites to get hauled into federal court. Now I'm hearing one or two judges are on the hook and maybe a current house leader. Wow!!! … [Read more...]