The NY Times answers the question no one is asking:
Boehner’s Top Aide Is Little Known
Bohner's top aide? Off the top of my head, I couldn't hazard a guess as to Nancy Pelosi's chief of staff, and she is Speaker of the House, not the Speaker in waiting. But maybe my ignorance is a matter of reading the Times with insufficient diligence - searching on "John Lawrence" from 2006, I do find this expansive bio from January 2009:
An article in some editions on Dec. 24 about Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s hiring of Howard Wolfson as a top campaign aide reported that Mr. Wolfson’s wife, Terri McCullough, is the chief of staff to the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi. In fact, Ms. Pelosi has two chiefs of staff: Ms. McCullough, who heads her Congressional office, and John Lawrence, who heads the House speaker’s office.
How did I miss that on a fine New Year's Day?
And that's their coverage. Pelosi's Top Aide is Little Known - hold the presses.
And that's there coverage.
B'lieve you mean "that there's coverage".
Sure is, too.
Posted by: bgates | September 25, 2010 at 11:31 PM
Next you're going to tell us you don't know the names of the staff members for the Ranking Member of every House subcommittee. Tom, you have to keep up.
Posted by: Buford Gooch | September 25, 2010 at 11:35 PM
Hah, they lost Joe's luggage.
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Posted by: And she made him sell the Jaguar! | September 25, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Jeez. "Shaggy-haired and dough-faced," "rumpled and pudgy."
Personally, I'm looking forward to the Times 400+ profiles of little known Congressmen.
Posted by: JM Hanes | September 26, 2010 at 12:38 AM
With hard-driving journalism like that, not to mention the depth of its coverage of the great tree massacre, it's hard to believe that the Times is losing subsribers.
Posted by: jimmyk | September 26, 2010 at 01:41 AM
Interesting.
When I first clicked on the top story TM linked, it opened and I saw the pic of the chubby white haired guy.
Now a minute later when I click the same link it's behind some firewall and I can't get to it.
Guess they don't care if I read it. If so, they're correct.
Posted by: daddy the "Extremist" | September 26, 2010 at 01:41 AM
Great link JimmyK,
Good down under laughs from Tim Blair.
Posted by: daddy the "Extremist" | September 26, 2010 at 01:47 AM
I would love to know who cleans John Bohner's office. Also, I feels his hair stylist is too little known.
Posted by: MayBee | September 26, 2010 at 02:15 AM
Boy Maybe, are you ever going to get it from bgates...
Posted by: glasater | September 26, 2010 at 04:10 AM
This is interesting.
Have been notified that next week I get to transport an Alaskan bear to a midwestern Zoo. Don't know if it will be a Polar Bear, a Black or a Grizzly, nor what size, sex or age it will be. I simply received an e-mail advising me: ANIMAL SHIPMENT (BEAR)
It's got details of where and when, identifies the handlers, and describes the various implements you might imagine that would be of assistance to handlers in transporting a bear. I'm guessing it's probably an orphaned black bear as we have those turn up in our local zoo each summer as a result of momma getting shot, but from googling the destination Zoo I see they've lost a Polar Bear recently, so who knows.
Anyhow, if it turns out fun, I'll keep you advised . The daughters want pictures.
Posted by: daddy the "Extremist" | September 26, 2010 at 04:17 AM
Boehner's Chief of Staff Barry Jackson sounds wonderful.
from the article - "Soon after Mr. Jackson took the job as chief of staff in January, he became the Republican point person for the seven-hour health care meeting that President Obama convened with Congressional leaders in February,..."
Wasn't that the famous "Denture Meeting"? The Republicans spoke like grownups & the Dems. whined & moaned. That meeting proved the Dems. had no idea what was in the bill...all they had was sob individual anecdotes.
Our country could use more Barry Jackson types. Hard workers that don't like the media - "Mr. Jackson is also press-shy. Friends and journalists say he seems almost physically uncomfortable around reporters."
Yep, sounds like a good guy to me.
Posted by: Janet | September 26, 2010 at 06:21 AM
Sounds smart to me. Those they would destroy the NYT reporters first cuddle up tp.
This week's CP/
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/clarices_pieces_make_way_for_h.html>Make way for Hillary?
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 06:32 AM
Clarice:
This week's CP
Now that's the way to start a morning.
Great stuff. Better than coffee.
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 06:48 AM
Please read JimmyK's link at 1:41....too funny. A stick named Pablo. Good Lord!
Posted by: Janet | September 26, 2010 at 06:49 AM
daddy:
Now a minute later when I click the same link it's behind some firewall and I can't get to it.
Intersting,daddy.
When I click on it,I get the registration/sign in page too.
But the title of the article is intriguing:
Boehner’s Top Aide Is Little Known
See how TM subtly wormed his way into that there headline? Genius.
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 06:57 AM
a comment from the "A Stick Named Pablo" story - "These are all good trees, noble trees. As opposed to the feral trash that is sawn down daily for the print run of the New York Times."
Hah! Bitter clinger, redneck, flyover, Tea Party trees!
Posted by: Janet | September 26, 2010 at 07:01 AM
Thanks, hit, It's really last week's JOM in a nutshell.
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 07:02 AM
Is Reuben a racist for naming a brown stick Pablo? Or is the fact that he wants an hispanic name for his stick a sign of cultural inclusiveness?
It was fun though to read the article and do a little google on the tree from which his new best friend came. I now am in possession of the knowledge that I have a number of ash trees in the woods at the back of my lot.
Yay! I love those trees but never knew what they are.
I think I'll start naming them. Let's see,there's George,Malik and Michelle for starters...
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 07:17 AM
You know Clarice, your observation concerning the Stewart/Colbert event is spot on - "Their effort is clearly to diminish the serious Americans who rallied there before them in opposition to the administration and its destruction of what they hold dear."
All the gatherings on the mall, & those 2 just have to mock Restoring Honor - about faith, hope, & charity, and Tea Parties - about limited government, lower taxes, & more freedom.
It is sad really...the mocking of honor, goodness, responsibility,...
Posted by: Janet ...feral trash & proud of it! | September 26, 2010 at 07:27 AM
Naming your tree Malik!...hahhaahahaha!!
Posted by: Janet ...feral trash & proud of it! | September 26, 2010 at 07:30 AM
Which is your biggest ash, Hit?
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 07:35 AM
What's the point of this nonsense? He's a contrast with his boss, and Boehner's "Karl Rove." He's single, painfully shy, and cooks. They finish each others' sentences.
If I were a cynical a__hole (and I admit to leanings in that direction), I'd guess the Times was laying the groundwork for an expose to out a closeted gay aide to the prospective speaker. If so, they ought to be horsewhipped.
Posted by: Cecil Turner | September 26, 2010 at 07:43 AM
Michelle is the widest. Malik is the shadiest. George is the tallest with the most integrity.
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 07:48 AM
My Lord, for a publication that covers politics and Congress, you'd think they owned a copy of The Almanac of the Unelected. I once worked with a guy who edited the Almanac back in the mid-80's. He became our congressional lobbyist.
Whenever we had a postion to push on any issue we'd just look at that particular staffer on the committee's and the chair's congressional office and make a phone call to arrange a meeting.
OT: This is blockbuster news LUN. Why would the Pentagon and the Obama regime want to bring "Operation Able Danger" back into the news at the same time Iamanutjob is accusing 911 as being an inside job???
Posted by: Jack is Back! | September 26, 2010 at 08:15 AM
I've started A Stick Named Pablo photo album on Facebook...here is my first named stick.
Posted by: Janet ...feral trash & proud of it! | September 26, 2010 at 08:16 AM
JIB, curious fight between the Army and the CIA.
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 08:20 AM
From the tree story!
" Like that Norway maple on 43rd. The backstabbing bitch. "
Leftists really must hate women.
Posted by: pagar | September 26, 2010 at 08:29 AM
Incidentally, that NY Times tree story was (I'm pretty sure) front page. With a picture. (Yes, Mrs. K insists on keeping our subscription to the dead tree (non-tragic) edition.)
My favorite Blair line was "Kind of ruins the whole 'kind, gentle trees' concept" (after the story mentions in passing how a woman was killed by a falling tree).
Posted by: jimmyk | September 26, 2010 at 08:31 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/23/voter-fraud-houston-tea-party-truethevote-texas/>Houston, TX:
SEIU and voting fraud? Unpossible.
Oh,and...Yike:
This calls for Jimmy Carter to oversee the election.
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 08:32 AM
20 months later, and the Obama Administration still hasn't paid these poor, brutally and grievously mistreated detainees?
PROMISES, PROMISES: US cannot document any payment to detainees for abuse at Abu Ghraib
Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 08:34 AM
The Able Danger controversy disappeared quite unsatisfactorially several years ago. It was obvious that it was just too hot to handle.
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Posted by: Apparently there's enough internal radioactivity to keep it hot. | September 26, 2010 at 08:42 AM
Cecil, you left out that "he vacationed with his parents" and that he and Boehner have "a professional marriage." I think they're not only implying that the guy is gay, but that his paramour, by implication, is Boehner. Once again the NYT mentions Boehner's tan - this time it's "preternatural". Is being tanned a gay thing? That would explain the msm's fixation with Boehners's.
Posted by: DebinNC | September 26, 2010 at 08:44 AM
Ugly Dems reduced to sliming strategy.
Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 08:49 AM
Hi, Gang! I find situation normal with this space still on the cutting edge of conservative snark.
Posted by: BobS | September 26, 2010 at 08:51 AM
I liked the NYT tree story sans Blair's snark. Sometime when a thread is winding down and America has been saved from destruction, I'd love to trade "tree" stories. I bet everyone has a good one.
Posted by: DebinNC | September 26, 2010 at 08:52 AM
Crist's tan is no problem though.
Seems like just yesterday Kos and friends were charging Boehner with having an affair with a lobbyist of the female persuasion.
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 08:52 AM
Dems probably focus grouped straight Boehner adultery, gay Boehner adultery, and both straight and ga Boehnery adultery, and "bi" Boehner got the most negative reaction.
Posted by: DebinNC | September 26, 2010 at 08:59 AM
You'd think with the tanning tax they'd be telling Boehner, "thank you for tanning."
Posted by: BobS | September 26, 2010 at 08:59 AM
Anyone following this American Thinker story?
"Strange Coziness with neo-Soviet Russia".
"how warmly Putin spoke about Obama. He even called him a like-minded fellow," Rahr said by telephone."
Looks scarier than falling trees!
Posted by: pagar | September 26, 2010 at 08:59 AM
Jane, the Boston Globe reports that Deval Patrick's republican challenger has pulled even with him in the polls!
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 09:01 AM
You know, I drove down Continental Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens, the other day, and I was really shocked by the size of the fallen trees. There were crews cutting up fallen trees which were five feet in diameter. Granted that is not major news, but I still found it to be impressive.
Posted by: peter | September 26, 2010 at 09:03 AM
Good morning. Another good Clarice's Pieces. Loved the Beavus and Butthead analogy, too.
I fully expect that if any significant numbers (and, I am not at all sure of that) show up for the Colbert-Stewart dueling rallies, that it will be quite the spectacle, with emphasis on spectacle. Just like Colbert's appearance before the congressional committee, most angry votes will only be more disgusted, more angry.
Posted by: centralcal | September 26, 2010 at 09:06 AM
Headlines from Drudge...
How can people still fall for this b.s.?Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 09:06 AM
The irony is both Shamanov, who has a reputation like Yermalov among the Chechens,
and Putin, are old school Neo Czarists, what
I've called 'Cossack nationalism'
Posted by: narciso | September 26, 2010 at 09:07 AM
Roger Simon makes a good point re Stuxnet:
Is this perhaps the best reason for doing everything possible to deny Iran a nuclear weapons capability?
Posted by: anduril | September 26, 2010 at 09:07 AM
peter, that's a regular occurrence in DC where iant oaks line the streets. In every major storm they crash through houses and cars, and kill people. They tend to have very shallow roots for their size.
cc, I, too, think the mall rallies will prove insufficient for their design and will further enrage voters.
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 09:14 AM
Ooh, you've got to read James Delingpole today about climate.
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Posted by: The globe is cooling, folks; for how long even the Bilderbergers don't know. | September 26, 2010 at 09:19 AM
On my grandfathers property [that is now ours] he planted Norwegian maples that grew to over 45 feet in height and with massive trunks and branches. They lined the property down and beside the private road that served 3 keyhole properties. He named them, all 12 for the Nordic gods. We had to finally take down Hermod, Byggir and Elben due to age and storm damage. But Thor, Vidar, Odin, Nott, Lodur, Alfadir, Freyr and Sol remain upright, full of shade and strong as the Norwegian warriors of old.
In fact, I was thinking of registering Thor to run against Tim Bishop in the 1st Congressional District of NY but I am no longer a voter there and it would appear to be out of state influence.
Posted by: Jack is Back! | September 26, 2010 at 09:27 AM
2010 Beavis-Butthead rallies
Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 09:27 AM
Steny Hoyer on FNS feels that the Colbert testimony was embarrassing and a mistake. He parsed his words to indicate that the embarrassment should be felt by Colbert but you can tell that he knows his fellow idiots screwed up badly with this stunt.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 26, 2010 at 09:30 AM
Kim-
Link?
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | September 26, 2010 at 09:33 AM
Mouse With Human Brain May Live
O’Donnell ... just a bit ahead of her time.
Posted by: Neo | September 26, 2010 at 09:33 AM
Clarice's Pieces, for those who would like the link.
Off to read.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | September 26, 2010 at 09:35 AM
Thanks for watching Hoyer...so I don't have to, CH. Too much Dem spin for me.
Posted by: BobS | September 26, 2010 at 09:36 AM
James Delingpole is linked at the right sidebar of Watts Up? I'll change my L!ink U!nder N!ame to Antnee's from the Bish's. Got to get you up to date on the moniker argot. Delingpole's comments are a scream, too.
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Posted by: Don't forget the Cheshire sunspots. | September 26, 2010 at 09:41 AM
Hi BobS! Good to see you.
Posted by: Porchlight | September 26, 2010 at 09:43 AM
Ext, How are they going to get all those oversized papier mache heads to fit in the spac?
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 09:45 AM
Hi Andy, yes, I enjoyed the 'Let's not go there' comment, too. I'm also enjoying the default assumption that the Israeli's have bombed Persia's industry by other, 21st Century, means.
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Posted by: Hat tip to Clarice Clausewitz for that one. | September 26, 2010 at 09:45 AM
So, did I mean 'Israeli's agents' or 'Israelis'?
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Posted by: I dunno. That's why I love the slips so much. | September 26, 2010 at 09:47 AM
What these NY Times stories share is a complete lack of proportion, in furtherance of an agenda, whether it's the animism in the tree story or going after Boehner. Before seeing Blair's fisk, what had struck me when I first saw the tree story was the mere passing mention of the woman who was killed amidst all the paeans to the trees.
Here's another example of the Times's moral depravity: Lives Intersect. Instead of reporting that a piece of human garbage killed a gifted 27-year-old with a promising future, the Times presents the story as though the tragedy is somehow symmetric. Needless to say, this is how they do their middle east reporting too.
Posted by: jimmyk | September 26, 2010 at 09:50 AM
Clarice is a wonderful Sunday AM tradition now. Great one as usual.
This thread has me loling.
Can I have dibbs on Andrew McCarthy? Read his great takedown of the GOPledge here. I put it all on one page for you.
Posted by: caro | September 26, 2010 at 09:56 AM
Somehow Tim Blair has escaped my attention until now, which is too bad for me. That tree item was exquisite.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 26, 2010 at 09:58 AM
To echo BobS (welcome back btw), thanks for reading anything in the Slimes so I don't have to jimmy. How such amoral, uncurious and morally rudderless under the ultimate cop out of being "nonjudgemental" entities ever achieved a forum to preach from marks a failing of what passes for our culture.
Posted by: Captain Hate | September 26, 2010 at 09:59 AM
Thanks, Kim.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | September 26, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Blair is hilarious. I don't read him as much as I used to, because since he moved to the Daily Telegraph he's become more Australia-centric. Nothing wrong with that, but now I just check in once a week or so to find the occasional jewels.
Posted by: jimmyk | September 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM
DoT-
Tim Blair ranks with Iowahawk.
Before he was hired to do it, his skewering had the touch of a fencing master upon the unaware. His victims would be dead, but still standing.
You should have seen his coverage of the Great Puppy Wars.
Posted by: Melinda Romanoff | September 26, 2010 at 10:10 AM
Sanity returns.
Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 10:16 AM
Caro, that McCarthy piece is great. The whole "pre-existing conditions" thing shows what a farce the incumbent Republicans are. Until they can take a principled, rational stand on this I have no confidence that they'll be anything but Democrat lite.
Posted by: jimmyk | September 26, 2010 at 10:19 AM
From RCP:
Approve 44.5
Disapprove 51.0
Spread -6.5
As far as I'm aware, the minus 6.5 is a record for the RCP Average.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM
If you enjoyed Delingpole, you'll probably like Booker who continues to point out the folly of the world's largest wind farce.
Posted by: pagar | September 26, 2010 at 10:21 AM
It's funny how much material in the subject article (esp. the "Karl Rove" quote) matches this earlier politico article from Jake Sherman. That one also emphasizes his culinary skills, but ends with this:
Posted by: Cecil Turner | September 26, 2010 at 10:36 AM
OT, I found this article amusing. LUN
Posted by: peter | September 26, 2010 at 10:41 AM
Thanks, Caro..Now off to NRO.
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 10:50 AM
If he is gay, Cecil, I hope Boehner has the spine to treat it the way Santorum did when the Dems outed his aide.
Disgusting the way they play, isn't it?
Posted by: Clarice | September 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM
Disgusting the way they play, isn't it?
I have a sense that this time it isn't going to work for them, and might even blow up in their faces. This seems to be the most alert and highly-informed electorate in history, and they're really not in the mood for that shit anymore.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | September 26, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Speaking of well-informed electorates, here's the DemocalypseCare language relating to that 3.8% real estate tax:
Apparently this is a Medicare tax, for earners in the hated $250,000+ level, which applies to investment income above a capital gain threshold of $500,000.Posted by: Extraneus | September 26, 2010 at 11:21 AM
((I have a sense that this time it isn't going to work for them, and might even blow up in their faces.))
It's fine to go along with progressive ideas as long as there is no personal risk involved; it's an altogether different matter when progressive ideas threaten to dissolve the contents of one's wallet.
Posted by: Chubby | September 26, 2010 at 11:24 AM
#1 - I totally loved Beavis and Butthead. South Park is better (It is the absolute best presentation of libertine values on TV). King of the Hill makes my dad very happy.
#2 - At the end of the Stewart/Colbert comedy show, there should be an army of Tea partiers, or just solid citizens lined up with trash bags to clean up behind the kiddies (Bring cameras!!!!!!).
Posted by: Donald | September 26, 2010 at 11:29 AM
. . . and they're really not in the mood for that shit anymore.
I'd like to think not, but it looks like the Dems are betting they are. Lead item from drudge: NYT: DEMS DIG FOR DIRT ON RIVALS IN ELECTION SHOWDOWN...
Posted by: Cecil Turner | September 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM
You'd think with the tanning tax they'd be telling Boehner, "thank you for tanning."
Yep, the tanners, smokers, & lottery addicts are paying for America's schools! Heroes really...
Posted by: Janet ...feral trash & proud of it! | September 26, 2010 at 11:35 AM
I am a big fan of podcasts and my favorite is from Ricochet. This week features Lileks,Rob Long and Breitbart. AB talks about how demontrators at the rally against hate hurled the taunt that he was "gay!" Among other things.
Ricochet.com is a good blog. You will find a surprising Pat Sajak there,among others.
Posted by: caro | September 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Next time you see a tanned smoker remember to give em the thumbs up and tell em thanks.
Posted by: Janet ...feral trash & proud of it! | September 26, 2010 at 11:39 AM
"Can I have dibbs on Andrew McCarthy?"
Sure, you can have sloppy seconds once Patrick Fitzgerald in done with him.
"If he [Jackson] is gay..."
Trust me, being older and single doesn't mean you're gay. It means it's tough getting chicks when you are shaggy-haired, dough-faced, rumpled and pudgy. Of course, I'm not sure it would any easier getting a dude (except in Barney Frank's case).
Posted by: Gerald Fitzpatrick | September 26, 2010 at 12:26 PM
I see Kim referred to it already-- Tapper reporting Pentagon going to buy and burn Anthony Shaffer's memoirs.
Posted by: MayBee | September 26, 2010 at 12:40 PM
Trust me, being older and single doesn't mean you're gay. It means it's tough getting chicks when you are shaggy-haired, dough-faced, rumpled and pudgy.
Sing it, brother!
Posted by: Rob Crawford | September 26, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Didn't seem to hamper Ted Kennedy Rob.
Posted by: Old Lurker | September 26, 2010 at 12:43 PM
Kennedy had immense wealth and no moral qualms about assault.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | September 26, 2010 at 12:48 PM
Within hours of the announcement, 34,000 people pledged to attend the rally through its Facebook fanpage.
Reminds me of Snakes on a Plane.
This October.
Stewart.
Colbert.
Fakes on a Plain.
Posted by: bgates | September 26, 2010 at 01:04 PM
This calls for Jimmy Carter to oversee the election.
Only if the ballot lists a dictator to be blessed.
Posted by: PD | September 26, 2010 at 01:10 PM
"how warmly Putin spoke about Obama. He even called him a like-minded fellow," Rahr said by telephone."
Did Putin look into his eyes (a la Bush) and find himself (a la Obama)?
Posted by: PD | September 26, 2010 at 01:10 PM
He parsed his words to indicate that the embarrassment should be felt by Colbert but you can tell that he knows his fellow idiots screwed up badly with this stunt.
Hoyer is a fool. Why should Colbert feel the embarrassment? He was the invited guest, for crying out loud.
Posted by: PD | September 26, 2010 at 01:19 PM
26 September 2010
Baghdad
Ref Hit at 0832 and, "Houston, we have an election problem." After the Iraq elections in January, October and December 2005, I always wondered why those that might be interested in election integrity in the USA might not adopt some of the same processes in America that had been adopted in Iraq.
The "Purple Finger of Hope" or "Giving Terrorism the Finger" was a significant moment for Iraqis. Iraqqis proudly displayed their purple fingers and there was more than one non-Iraqis with painted fingers in solidarity.
A purple finger from permanent dye. Minimizes greatly the chance of voting twice, keeping honest people honest. Also, it identifies those that performed their civic duty from those that talked the talk.
Houston: this is for you, and for all Americans:
Take good care,
Sandy
Posted by: Anonymous | September 26, 2010 at 01:21 PM
Sandy, great idea. I'd proudly wear the purple finger.
Posted by: PD | September 26, 2010 at 01:24 PM
More ammunition for the "the press is going to play games with polls" prediction:
Why doubt the numbers? Because, as political consultant Mike Murphy pointed out last night on Twitter, the sample is absurd. Including leaners, the breakdown between Democrats, independents, and Republicans was … 55/9/35.
LUN.
Posted by: Rob Crawford | September 26, 2010 at 01:25 PM
I saw that, too, Rob. The MFM will play the poll game hoping to drum up some enthusiasm on the left. It just ain't gonna work like it used to.
Posted by: centralcal | September 26, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Great article Clarice. Bevis and Butthead Do Washington DC.
In re: the article, I wouldn't be surprised if the the Dems tried for innuendo regrading any Republican they can find, although the closet has been well emptied with their successes in the 06 and 08 cycles. It seems to tie into the other article liked at Drudge on the Dems dumping dossiers on Republican candidates. One thing that I'm not understanding from the go negative article at the Times is, if Dem candadites are trying to go negative and localize the race, why would it be front page in the NYT that the Dems are planning a national strategy to go negative on Republican candidates (or their associates if they have some sort of blemish or are not a cartoonish, snake-handling, religious zealot)? I've also liked their reporting on "shadowy outside groups" that seems to be a theme they are hoping to roll out soon.
Posted by: RichatUF | September 26, 2010 at 01:33 PM
I've been thinking about this move by Senate Republicans refusing to remove Loser Mruaapiweohski from the Energy committee and how that is supposed to help her against Joe Miller.
But, given all the bad things that daddy has been detailing for months about the Obama administration dealing setback after setback against development of energy production in Alaska, can't Miller claim with some justification that Mt028vnshyr4ytski has been entirely ineffective in her role on that committee. If having her there is so great, surely it should be great for Alaska, but isn't the evidence all in the other direction?
Posted by: PD | September 26, 2010 at 01:33 PM
PD:Hoyer is a fool. Why should Colbert feel the embarrassment? He was the invited guest, for crying out loud.
He was invited, but he chose how to present himself (as a character, not a person) and what to say (I don't want Mexicans picking my tomatoes).
Fools all around.
Posted by: MayBee | September 26, 2010 at 01:33 PM
And didn't I read that Colbert's testimony deviated sharply from the written statement he had submitted...
Posted by: hit and run | September 26, 2010 at 01:38 PM
I saw that, too, Rob. The MFM will play the poll game hoping to drum up some enthusiasm on the left. It just ain't gonna work like it used to.
Posted by: centralcal | September 26, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Actually, I think the goal is more to keep the money flowing into Dem campaings for as long as possible. Once it becomes clear that a race is getting out of reach, the money flow tends to stop both to the party in general and to the specific campaing in question. These polls are more about keeping hope alive by keeping the money rolling in.
Posted by: Ranger | September 26, 2010 at 01:38 PM