Why?
Because it looks like she’d be embarrassed by the Republican incumbent.
From KTUU:
Pollster Dave Dittman just finished a statewide survey on a possible Palin-versus-Murkowski matchup - and Murkowski beats Palin, at least in this poll, hands down.
Murkowski garnered 57 percent to Palin’s 33 percent; 9 percent said they were not sure.
And given the senator’s popularity, Dittman [...]
3 million new jobs. 80% of them in the private sector.
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By the way, Obama is now posting his videos on Vimeo too, which is much better quality.
Read more »“In 2006, when then-Sen. Obama voted against the Federal Marriage Amendment, he said, “Decisions about marriage should be left to the states.” He was right then; and as I have come to realize, he is right now in concluding that DOMA has to go. If one truly believes in federalism and the primacy of state [...]
Read more »I’ve been pretty harsh on philosophical neo-conservatism over the last year or so. In fact, it’s safe to say that of all the various (actual) political philosophies that form a significant portion of our governing political coalitions, I have consistently held neo-conservatism in by far the most contempt.
And without a doubt, the basic tenets of [...]
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I worked in local news when I was in college for the Fox affiliate here in Kansas City and having a good sense of humor is almost essential for the job. Because most people in the news business are horribly paid and the only satisfaction one usually gets is from moments like these. [...]
Read more »So reports MSNBC.
It is traditionally the President’s call as to who will lead the party organization, and Obama has tapped Virginia Governor Tim Kaine. Kaine will work part-time until his term is up in 2010, at which point he’ll take over full-time. Howard Dean steps down January 21st, and those are [...]
Read more »Yesterday they cut off their natural gas supply to the Ukraine. Completely.
That also means the supply to numerous European countries has been severely diminished.
From AP:
The Russia-Ukraine natural gas dispute hit Europe with the force of a winter storm Tuesday, cutting or limiting supplies to nearly a dozen nations. Tens of thousands of people were left [...]
However, Norm Coleman is going to the courts to add even more rejected absentee ballots. Still, to overcome a 225 votes deficit at this point seems extremely unlikely.
Here’s more from the Star Tribune…
DFLer Al Franken held an unofficial lead of 225 votes over Coleman, according to a newspaper tally of the officials’ count of the [...]
It’s O-fficial. At least until it isn’t again.
Al Franken will be standing - in a puddle of some controversy - along with appointed Illinois would-be Senator Roland Burris at the gates of that exclusive DC institutional club filled with a mixture of brilliant public servants and besotted stiffs (sometimes in the same person.)
Which one will [...]
Looks like all that money and influence peddling won’t stop Dems from pushing this hot button issue off to the side for a while.
From WSJ:
It hasn’t been much noticed, but the political ground is already shifting under Big Labor’s card-check initiative. The unions poured unprecedented money and manpower into getting Democrats elected; their payoff was [...]
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