Campaign 2008

[MrRant 0]

No, it's designed to support at least one person. You CAN live on it. You would just have to do without things like cable, steaks, etc.

[EricMM 0]

Really that depends on your location.

 

The DC metro area housing rates are getting ridic...

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Danville,

 

I think the AZ race (Kyl) has gotten closer. As close as the TN race, anyway.

[Stephen Joseph 0]

Yeah, in DC 200,000 will get you a cardboard box in the ghetto.

 

Sucks. Tis why I found a girl who already owned a home in a nice area of alexandria.

 

hoorah

[EricMM 0]

......

 

you bastard

[Guest Princess Leena]

Really that depends on your location.

 

Indeed. And it needs to be changed for many areas.

 

In Western NY, one can live easily with $6.75 (up to $7.15 next year).

 

In Arizona, there isn't even minimum wage (which is generally $5) where it costs much more to live.

[SuperJerk 0]

No, it's designed to support at least one person. You CAN live on it. You would just have to do without things like cable, steaks, etc.

...electricity, running water, heat, a telephone....

[Guest Felonies!]

Danville,

 

I think the AZ race (Kyl) has gotten closer. As close as the TN race, anyway.

Kyl still has a double-digit lead according to the Washington Post, though. I don't think the Republicans will lose that seat.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Yeah, it's a longshot. But Kyl is under 50% (which is bad for an incumbent) and I'm sure that his name rec is way higher than Pederson's this early in the cycle.

[Guest Felonies!]

By the way, the Post has a fun little state-by-state coverage thing. I recommend giving it a scan. I learned that Jon Tester ain't got three fingers!

[SuperJerk 0]

http://www.courant.com/news/nationworld/hc...0,3050516.story

 

Add Chris Dodd to the list.

[Guest Felonies!]

Ugh, I hate when people include the "F." in Kerry. It's like they're really trying to beat you over the head with Kennedy comparisons.

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

Newt Gingrich recently told Newsweek magazine that he is looking into a 2008 bid. Asked what would push him into the "definitely running" category Gingrich said he would have to build a second Contract with America and see if it would have enough appeal.

 

You also have to wonder how the 2006 elections will impact each of the nomination processes. If the Democrats win they might attribute their success to being against Bush and nominate a polar opposite of Bush in 2008 (ex. Feingold) while the Republicans might opt for a more moderate candidate (ex. Guiliani or McCain). Then again, the GOP could go far right because they think Bush wasn't conservative enough and then we get someone else.

 

I also wish the Jeb Bush rumors would die because there is absolutley NO WAY the American people are going to elect another Bush president, especially after his brother just served for eight years.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

I predict that if McCain or Guiliani get the nod, they win.

[SuperJerk 0]

You also have to wonder how the 2006 elections will impact each of the nomination processes. If the Democrats win they might attribute their success to being against Bush and nominate a polar opposite of Bush in 2008 (ex. Feingold) while the Republicans might opt for a more moderate candidate (ex. Guiliani or McCain). Then again, the GOP could go far right because they think Bush wasn't conservative enough and then we get someone else.

 

Democrats taking control of the Congress in the midterms hurts their chances of taking the White House in 2008. No matter who the Democrats nominate, the Republicans will demonize and run against Nancy Pelosi (not that that's hard to do). It'll be a rerun of the 1996 campaign, where Democrats ran more attack ads against Newt Gingrich than they did against Bob Dole. They even went so far as to refer to the Republican ticket as Dole-Gingrich instead of Dole-Kemp.

 

I predict that if McCain or Guiliani get the nod, they win.

Either guy will cause a lot of conservatives to stay home or support a third-party candidacy.

[Guest Felonies!]

Apparently, Chris Dodd's goddaughter is Christy Carlson Romano. She's cute as far as Disney Channel girls go, but no Annalise whateverthehellherdutchnameis.

[bobobrazil1984 0]

McCain I think *might* be able to turn some hardcore republicans back to his side in an election, specially since it seems like he's veering that way and a bit away from the maverick role, but not Guliani, he's way way way too socially liberal for them.

[SuperJerk 0]

McCain I think *might* be able to turn some hardcore republicans back to his side in an election, specially since it seems like he's veering that way and a bit away from the maverick role, but not Guliani, he's way way way too socially liberal for them.

This is true, but don't forget how enthusiastically the right-wing smear machine (aka the Bush campaign) attacked him back in 2000.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

McCain I think *might* be able to turn some hardcore republicans back to his side in an election, specially since it seems like he's veering that way and a bit away from the maverick role, but not Guliani, he's way way way too socially liberal for them.

 

It looks like National Review absolutely eviscerated Guiliani this month:

[Dr. Zaius 0]

Nobody reads NR anymore.

 

I'll admit I used to read it in college, but their writing has no substance beyond "here's why so and so is a liberal".

[snuffbox 0]

Will "tar baby" do to Mitt Romney what "brainwashed" did to his father in 1968?

[2GOLD 0]

Apparently, Chris Dodd's goddaughter is Christy Carlson Romano. She's cute as far as Disney Channel girls go, but no Annalise whateverthehellherdutchnameis.

 

Annalise Van Der Pol

 

As for Dodd, I don't know what to think about him. Not a big fan of democrat from Connecticut and his bio reads like the voter buzz word package. I'll need to learn some more of his policies and see if he's his own man or just a party bullhorn (my main problem with most political candiates).

 

Even though he doesn't have a shot in hades of getting the nod, I'd like to learn more about not from his website.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

He's Ted Kennedy's drinking pal. I will eat a live hedgehog if Dodd wins a single state primary or caucus.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Rumors on the internets.

 

August 03, 2006

Harry Reid May Ask Senator Clinton to Preempt Presidential Ambitions to Succeed Him as Senate Majority/Minority Leader

 

Some high level Democratic Party political insiders have shared with TWN details of a potential shift in vectors for several of the major political stars in that party.

 

First of all, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, whom most give high marks for the manner in which he has stewarded the Dems in the Senate despite the absence of a clear Democratic Party chief, has sent private signals to Senator Hillary Clinton and other stalwarts of the party that he "would like to" step down from his post in early 2009. Reid has not stated definitively that he will -- but he apparently prefers "whipping" the Party from behind and the side rather than serving as commander-in-chief on the Senate floor.

 

What Reid is offering Senator Hillary Clinton is his total, robust support to succeed him as Senate Majority Leader if she elects not to pursue the Democratic nomination for President...

 

http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/001578.php

 

Please be true.

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Lamont leads Lieberman 54-41 in the last poll going into the primary.

 

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=943

[Big Ol' Smitty 0]

Danville/Czech anyone else who cares about Congressional elections:

 

Looks like Ensign's seat in NV might be in play. He's running against Jimmy Carter's son.

 

Rasmussen. 7/31. Likely voters. MoE 4.5

 

Ensign ® 46

Carter (D) 39

 

Sorry I'm posting so much in this thread.

[Guest Felonies!]

Looks like one to watch. I can see Las Vegas starting to give the Democrats a very good shot, but hopeully the libertarian tendencies of the Intermountain West will keep the seat safe.

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

Lamont leads Lieberman 54-41 in the last poll going into the primary.

 

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=943

 

Well looks like Joe better get ready to run as an independent for this November. I'm cynically rooting for a Lamont win since it would lead to a rise of the far left blog scene which could hamper Democratic presidential hopes (and probably smash a Hillary bid) for president. Either way, I consider the race a win-win because I like Joe but if he loses then we get a crazier Democratic opposition so that's fine by me.

[Your Paragon of Virtue 0]

Lamont leads Lieberman 54-41 in the last poll going into the primary.

 

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x11362.xml?ReleaseID=943

 

Well looks like Joe better get ready to run as an independent for this November. I'm cynically rooting for a Lamont win since it would lead to a rise of the far left blog scene which could hamper Democratic presidential hopes (and probably smash a Hillary bid) for president. Either way, I consider the race a win-win because I like Joe but if he loses then we get a crazier Democratic opposition so that's fine by me.

 

 

 

So you look at the election as a sort of "We win, or we lose" thing? Isn't that kind of ignorant?

[Danville_Wrestling 0]

I'm watching the debate between Cynthia McKinney and Hank Johnson in the 4th House district in GA on C-Span and Johnson is making her look really foolish. McKinney is blabbing on about how Osama isn't even connected to 9/11 and looks clueless about when US military force would ever be justified. I'm really rooting for Johnson because while I don't agree with all his views at least he's sane.

 

Guess I've gotta find a House race to watch anyway since my 6th district in KY is basically uncontested and a walkover for Democrat Ben Chandler. Whoppi freakin' do.