“Night Moves,” Bob Seger
I couldn’t decide which Bob Seger song was more my mood tonight, so I decided to go with both.
Author: Moe_Lane
Some belated Other Sites’ blogging updates.
Jim Treacher’s over at DC Trawler now (for The Daily Caller) and RS McCain/Smitty have escaped Blogger. I’m also missing at least one RS Contributor’s new site: sleeping baby on shoulder = degraded search skills.
I declare DOOM for Martha Coakley (D, MA-SEN).
I’ve been fighting the urge: it’s Massachusetts. But let’s review the evidence.
- The latest Rasmussen poll: 49/47 Coakley/Brown. That’s +2 Coakley for likely voters. Definite ones? +1 Brown. The total shift is +7 Brown in a week.
- Internal Democratic polling (via AoSHQ) is saying Coakley +5. Last week? Coakley +14. +9 shift to Brown, in other words.
- They’re not just paying union members to hold signs for Coakley: they’re paying Brown-voting union members to hold signs for Coakley.
- And lastly: Coakley is scared. She admitted to being frightened in a conference call today at the way that Scott Brown has come out of nowhere to disrupt her coronation. She needs money. The campaign that bragged about the 5.2 million dollars that they raised last year needs money. That’s why the DSCC is throwing almost 600K into the race. So that Martha Coakley can maintain parity against the interloper.
(pause)
DOOM.
Moe Lane
PS: Scott Brown for US Senate.
Crossposted to RedState.
The December Rasmussen Public Trust Numbers.
The full report isn’t up yet, but these are the reported Rasmussen trust numbers for December. Short version: seven out of ten for the GOP, two ties, and the Democrats get to be more trusted on education.
| Dec-09 | Nov-09 | ||||||
| Issue | Dem | GOP | Diff | Dem | GOP | Diff | Shift |
| Health Care | 43% | 46% | (3) | 42% | 44% | (2) | (1) |
| Education | 45% | 39% | 6 | 41% | 39% | 2 | 4 |
| Social Security | 43% | 43% | – | 41% | 41% | – | – |
| Abortion | 39% | 46% | (7) | 38% | 43% | (5) | (2) |
| Economy | 37% | 48% | (11) | 36% | 48% | (12) | 1 |
| Taxes | 38% | 47% | (9) | 36% | 47% | (11) | 2 |
| Iraq | 34% | 49% | (15) | 38% | 45% | (7) | (8) |
| Nat’l Security | 35% | 52% | (17) | 37% | 50% | (13) | (4) |
| Gov’t Ethics | 29% | 29% | – | 31% | 34% | (3) | 3 |
| Immigration | 32% | 47% | (15) | 33% | 45% | (12) | (3) |
Continue reading The December Rasmussen Public Trust Numbers.
Belated Quote of the Day, Presidential edition.
Courtesy of Hot Air and Game Change
“How many times is Biden gonna say something stupid?”
(pause)
Crossposted to RedState.
‘The People’s Seat.’
This was easily the most important thing said at yesterday’s Brown/Coakley debate.
(Via American Glob; H/T The Other McCain; see also Nice Deb.)
There’s a reason why Brown raised 1.3 million dollars in just over 24 hours (and over 1 million in 24 hours) yesterday; it’s because the Massachusetts Senatorial race reeks of entitlement. The major reason why Brown is able to be in a position to line himself up for an upset in a week? Because Coakley decided that she owned the seat sufficiently to not even bother with campaigning. And why did she decide that? Because she’s a Massachusetts Democrat and the Kennedy clan signed off on her nomination. What else did she need?
The truly ironic bit? Ted Kennedy must be spinning in his grave over this dismissive display of arrogance. The man was legendary for his thoroughness when it came to constituent services.
Moe Lane
PS: Scott Brown for Massachusetts Senate.
Crossposted to RedState.
Not to get all fuddy-duddy or anything…
…particularly when it comes to either webcomics, or my utter hypocrisy on opinion on the subject of cohabitation: but do you know what magical item would so improve Dora’s initial tactical position in this Questionable Content strip?
A Ring of Engagement.
Just saying.
Moe Lane
“Shooting Star.”
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Wow. Half a lifetime since I sat around drinking to this song, not to mention memorizing it. That’s not me being depressed; all in all, it’s been a fairly fun half a lifetime.
Just… needed more nachos. But then, that’s usually the rule, isn’t it?
Rump Movie of the Week: Zardoz.
in the slot for two freaking days.
up there, anyway.Book of the Week: Mission of Honor.
Yeah, the title and the author (David Weber) tells you that Mission of Honor
And so we say farewell to Sentry Peak
Moe Lane