From Greenville SC TV: GREENVILLE, S.C. – WYFF News 4 has received exclusive information from sources who say they have information about Gov. Mark Sanford's whereabouts during a mysterious absence over the past several days. Sanford's wife Jenny said she last talked to him on Thursday, and though she didn't know where he is, she said she wasn't concerned. She said … Read More
Nobody’s Down With The GOP
Ugly numbers from the latest Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll: REPUBLICAN PARTY FAV UNFAV NO OPINION ALL 24 71 5 MEN 32 63 5 WOMEN 16 79 5 DEM 5 94 1 REP 70 22 8 IND 15 78 7 OTH/REF 19 76 5 NON VOTERS 14 81 5 WHITE 31 64 5 BLACK 3 94 3 LATINO 8 86 … Read More
Mystery Solved?
See update on Governor Sanford story below…. FUN FACT: If the governor truly is in fact enjoying the Appalachian Trail, one might point out that the trail got stimulus money — money that the governor himself opposed. Read more. ANOTHER FUN FACT: Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) — yes, that John Ensign — disappeared for two weeks in 2002 citing personal … Read More
Odd Story Out Of South Carolina
Probably nothing, but still… The whereabouts of Gov. Mark Sanford have been unknown to state officials since Thursday, and some state leaders are questioning who is in charge of the executive office. Neither the governor's office nor the State Law Enforcement Division, which provides security for governors, has been able to reach Sanford after he left the mansion in a … Read More
Just A Thought
I can't believe the "Dave Letterman joke" controversy is still a controversy. I don't know what Palin supporters hope to gain by this. Look, folks, if you believe Saran Palin is made of presidential material, that's fine, but I suggest to you that if a joke gets her panties in this much of a twist, then she doesn't have what … Read More
The Obama Syndicate
I'm increasingly becoming a fan of Sher Zieve of Renew America and her over-the-top columns. This week's gem is: Obama and his syndicate operating outside of US law by Sher Zieve I was wondering why the scarcity of capital letters in her op-ed title, and then I realized she used them all up in her opening sentence: ObamaLaw (and increasingly … Read More
Cute [UPDATED with pic and video]
Smile of the day: GREEN BAY, Wis. – Ten-year-old Kennedy Corpus has a rock-solid excuse for missing the last day of school: a personal note to her teacher from President Barack Obama. Her father, John Corpus of Green Bay, stood to ask Obama about health care during the president's town hall-style meeting at Southwest High School on Thursday. He told … Read More
The State of The GOP
A revealing USA Today/Gallup poll came out this morning. One of the findings? "One-third of Republicans now say they have an unfavorable opinion of their party." That doesn't bode well (by contrast, only 4% of Democrats have an unfavorable opinio of the Democratic Party". But more importantly, Republicans acknowledge their huge power vacuum. A 52% majority of those surveyed couldn't … Read More
Palin Doesn’t Even Understand Conservative Politics
How dumb do you have to be when you don't even follow your own side's political philosophy? Here's Sarah Palin on Fox News: Hannity: …The price of oil is going up again. It’s not quite at $140 a barrel, but it’s on its way up to $70 and $80… Palin: Yeah, well and I thank God it’s not at $140. … Read More
Sarah Palin Jokes
The right blogosphere is all up in arms because David Letterman, a comedian, made a joke at Sarah Palin's expense. Seriously, they're freaking out. It was when David did his Top Ten Highlights of Sarah Palin’s Trip to New York… and here they are. For your edification, I've provided an explanation of the underlying implication that each "Top Ten" joke embodies. 10. Visited New … Read More
“It’s Not The Tool; It’s What You Do With It”
For some reason, Republicans still think that they can crawl their way back up to the political mountaintop… by (among other things) using Twitter. Slate covers the annual conference of the College Republican National Committee (where future Republicans are born — see Karl Rove and Lee Atwater): According to those headlining the conference, who ranged from the baby-faced Rep. Aaron Schock, … Read More
Gallup States The Obvious
Gallup headline: Republican Base Heavily White, Conservative, Religious Democrats are more likely to be moderate or liberal, Hispanic, or black or other races But there is a nice revealing chart: I'm sure the opposition to Sotomayor's going to help with the GOP's appalling appeal to minorities.
Dear Michael Steele
I read your article in Politico. I see you were trying to strike a theme: Republicans have engaged in some healthy soul-searching since Election Day, trying to come to grips with our minority status and debating the best way forward…. To accomplish this goal Republicans are turning a corner in three important ways: First, the Republican Party will be forward-looking … Read More
No Wonder Conservatives Hate Science
Because science hates them. Here's the abstract from a recent issue of a scholarly journal called Intelligence, describing a study funded by the National Institute of Education: Conservatism and cognitive ability are negatively correlated. The evidence is based on 1254 community college students and 1600 foreign students seeking entry to United States' universities. At the individual level of analysis, conservatism scores correlate negatively with … Read More
Demonization Politics
The Republicans are taking it to a whole new level. It's one thing for a politician or blow-hard Fox News pundit to name-call, but when the party unites to officially rebrand its adversary, that's an entirely different thing: A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, … Read More