Yes, I know: when you’re a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’re me, everything looks squamous. But tell me that there isn’t something eldritch* going on there with this
Tell me.
Moe Lane
*’Squamous’ passes the spell-check, but ‘eldritch’ doesn’t. Go figure.
For the record, I expect that in the end the results will probably still show that Owens won in that district – and if the final count does result in Hoffman winning, the campaign did concede and didn’t contest the preliminary election results, so Owens was properly sworn in. So it thus won’t reverse House Democrats’ health care rationing ‘victory.’
Unless the Democrats want it to. Right now, if I was the Speaker of the House I’d be looking for any excuse to avoid the Democrats’ looming civil war over the Stupak amendment. This would… do.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
‘Rainbow Connection,’ The Muppets
:Shrug: I like Muppets.
Yes, I ripped G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
So?
So we replace Bottle Shock
Moe Lane
That’s my plan. It’s a good plan, methinks: I was originally going to watch UP
I look forward to watching it, even if it is just another goram spectacular Pixar movie.
So says Andrew Malcolm, and if true, that is probably the funniest thing that I’ve read all day*. But what Going Rogue: An American Life
e) She settles scores with some of those brave McCain folks who as genuine teammates in battle anonymously leaked unhelpful things about her to journalists during the campaign. Ms. P helpfully provides their names.
Andrew’s one of the few mainstream journalists who cares about the Wasilla Church Burning**, so I think that we can safely assume that he’s enjoying the prospect of names being named, too.
Moe Lane
*The joke in DC is that the first thing that anybody in this town does when they see a new political memoir is out is to flip to the back and look him or herself up. Not going to happen on this one, which is perhaps cruel of the former Governor.
**Eleven months, at this point. And no, I don’t enjoy bringing this topic up: while I enjoy hate mail as much as the next person, the kind that I get when I mention this issue typically smells bad. The kind of smell you associate with public restrooms in major metropolitan train stations.
Crossposted to RedState.
Watch with some amusement as Missouri Secretary of State (and Senate hopeful) Robin Carnahan (D) refuses to answer two simple questions:
and
(See also: The Conservatives.com)
While Carnahan’s response to the first question might be at least considered a standard attempt at mealy-mouthing, and thus not overly outrageous; I cannot imagine how any progressive watching that could be pleased at her ‘answer’ to the second question. Every credible side in the health care dispute concedes that the Stupak amendment is relevant to the discussion, and people are keeping track of who has what opinion of it. Robin Carnahan’s going to have to choose a side.
Moe Lane
PS: What exactly did the Carnahan family do in Missouri to justify their quasi-hereditary political status in that state? Save St. Louis from a rampaging Mississippi River monster?
*See here and here for the reference.
Crossposted to RedState.
Yes, I know: you’re looking at the screen and nodding slowly, as you would towards somebody who has blurted out an ‘insight’ that everyone else in the room had had five minutes ago.
(CNSNews.com) – When asked where specifically the Constitution authorized Congress to mandate that individuals buy health insurance, Sen. Jack Reed (D.-R.I.) said that he “would have to check the specific sections” but said that it was like making people “sign up for the draft.”
And in fact I had already worked said insight out a while ago. But… sometimes you just have to come out and repeat the obvious, dammit.
Via Dan Collins‘ Twitter.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
Now watch: he’ll announce today, just to spite me.
[Former President Bill] Clinton delivered the keynote address at the party’s Jefferson Jackson Dinner, the kickoff to the 2010 campaign in Delaware — a foray many Democrats hope will again feature “Biden for Senate” buttons.
But there was no word from Attorney General Biden on Tuesday night about whether he will run for the U.S. Senate seat once held by his father.
Mark my words, an announcement was expected last night; the Jefferson-Jackson dinner would have been the logical time and place for it, too. On the other hand, VP Biden’s name does not have the luster… well, it never particularly had any real luster, but he doesn’t poll well these days. And on the gripping hand, as one of Jim Geraghty’s readers notes 2014 may be a more logical time for AG Biden to run for Senate anyway. Meanwhile, of course, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE) is running for Senate himself. For those keeping score: no on stimulus, yes on cap-and-trade – but yes on Stupak/no on health care.
Possibly lately he’s been… thoughtful… too.
Moe Lane
Crossposted to RedState.
