Having read numerous blog entries, articles and diaries on Daily Kos about hippy punching and whining prohibitions and bucking up demands I have become convinced and hereby issue this firm directive to all “base” Democrats: DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, VOTE FOR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA OR JOE ROBINETTE BIDEN, JR. ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2010. If you do, you will be […]

I knew this was one of the top most-contested races in the country but I didn’t realize just how competitive it was until I learned THIS about the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) financial investment in it: The NRCC is going on the air in more than 30 districts on Monday, seeking bring the fight to Democrats in many competitive […]

Via Think Progress. Yesterday on Fox News Sunday, John Boehner showed his contempt for the American electorate by suggesting that they are not ready for solutions to the large issues affecting this country. Host Chris Wallace asked him directly why there are no references at all to solving the big issues of entitlements in the USA which account for upwards […]

Honestly, with all I know about Tim Walberg, Republican Tea Party candidate for MI-07, this shouldn’t surprise me. But … well … it does. Because as wrong-headed and bad for this state as Tim Walberg is, I never thought he was a complete and utter fool. Now he has gone and opened his mouth to, as they say, remove all […]

What the hell is it with conservative Republicans and their violent rhetoric? I was searching Twitterland for info on Congressman John Dingell (“The Dean of the House”) when I came across this tweet from his opponent, Rob Steele: Henry Payne writes “A stuffed Dingell trophy on the wall would send shock waves through Washington.” http://fb.me/AsilJ9Ty I’ve written about Rob Steele […]

I’m just sayin’… Giving my wife props for the idea for this blog entry. It’s time we changed the meme and change how we talk about the teabaggers. There is no “Tea Party” in the USA, not as a political party. There may be a bunch of clubs scattered around the country, groups of like-minded mostly-white, mostly-bigoted, super conservative no-brainers […]

Last month, our good friend poblano Nate Silver gave Rodney Glassman only a 1.5% chance of beating Grandpa Senator McCain. But that was before the latest Rasmussen poll came out. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in the state finds McCain earning 51% of the vote to Democrat Rodney Glassman’s 37%, his best showing to date. Seven […]

I’m sorry, but I totally refudiate this: Boycott Arizona – The SHOW ME YOUR PAPERS State Don’t get me wrong, I agree 100% with the sentiment. I won’t be spending a dime in Arizona until they repeal that odious law. But why the swastika? Really, has our level of discourse plummeted so far that we can toss around that symbol […]

Rob Steele, a wealthy cardiologist, is running against the “Dean of the House”, Congressman John Dingell. His campaign is your typical ultra-right conservative blah-blah: cutspendingcuttaxesdemocratsareresponsibleforthedeficit…etc., etc. But, I have to say, Rob Steele takes the whole “vote for me, not the ‘career’ politician” thing to a new level. Last night on Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel, he accused John Dingell […]

An effort to put “The Tea Party” on the November ballot in Michigan has failed. Not because it’s a fake group trying to help Democrats at the polls by splitting far-right wing votes (which it is.) No, it’s because the font size of the word “the” was wrong. Totally not kidding. The Michigan Court of Appeals said Monday that a […]

Former Republican Michigan Supreme Court Justice (and former Chief Justice) Elizabeth Weaver is announced today that she is resigning. Weaver cited the discord on and bipartisan politicization of the Court as a factor in her decision. She has, in the past, said that she felt that 8-year terms were too long for judges. Weaver called the present system of party […]