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Nick Benton's Corner: Not So Fast, Tea Baggers!

carol white — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:36:14 +0000

Posted with permission from Nicholas Benton who wrote the article and is the editor and publisher of the Falls Church News Press.

Republicans gloating over their victories in this Tuesday's elections should temper their elation with a cold, hard assessment of the state of their party that the returns reflect. They're taking their wins in the statewide elections in Virginia and New Jersey as a signal that, only one year after their devastating losses in the presidential and congressional races, they're back on their feet. In fact, it doesn't take any pro-Democratic spinning to look at the matter quite differently, and more realistically.

'You've got to put your bodies upon the gears': protestors return to Sen. Lieberman's insurance ATM

deltadoc — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:26:43 +0000

"There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part; you can't even passively take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!

Protesters returned to the office of Sen. Joe Lieberman

"Stupid, Callous, Homophobic Hateful Legislation" Sing-a-long Open Thread

Open Thread — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:48 +0000

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Idaho's Blake Hall, "Second-most-senior member of the RNC" & "Stalker"

Connecticut Man1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:37:36 +0000

Via Idahostatesman.com:

Blake Hall, a leading figure in Idaho and national politics for 25 years, was fired Monday as a deputy prosecuting attorney in eastern Idaho and has resigned from the Republican National Committee.
Hall, a former member of the state Board of Education, pleaded guilty Friday to stalking a former girlfriend and is serving a 15-day jail sentence. He also was sentenced to a year of supervised probation. A six-month jail sentence was suspended
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Idaho Falls police reported that witnesses said Hall disposed of used condoms on the lawn of the woman's house. Nineteen condoms were turned over to police, collected on 10 different dates, according to a police report. Both Hall and his lawyer acknowledged the condoms belonged to him, according to a police report.
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Hall's tenure with the Republican National Committee also dates to the 1980s. Until his resignation, he was the second-most-senior member of the RNC.

Not even gonna make a joke here about this one because stalking is always a serious issue.

KWIN-uh-pe-ack Poll is up - And so am I...

Connecticut Man1 — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:03:41 +0000

It is way too early in the morning but I figured I'd check for the latest Quinnipiac poll results for the Connecticut Governor's race:

In an early look at the 2010 election for Connecticut Governor, Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz runs best among possible Democratic challengers, trailing Republican incumbent Jodi Rell 46 - 40 percent, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released today.

Gov. Rell leads 91 - 5 percent among Republicans and 56 - 26 percent among independent voters, while Bysiewicz leads 74 - 12 percent among Democrats.

Businessman Ned Lamont trails Rell 53 - 33 percent and Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy loses 52 - 33 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds.

In a Democratic primary matchup, Bysiewicz gets 26 percent to 23 percent for Lamont, with 9 percent for Malloy. No other contender tops 3 percent.

With no candidate on the right to compare, all I can say is that it looks like Susan Bysiewicz is the early front runner in the race for the Democratic party nomination.

And it looks like Rell may still be able to squeak out on a bit of a high note barring anymore news of the scandal involving Dautrich - AKA: Rell's Brain - and Quinnipiac leaking out. Of course, this poll was, I believe, taken before the news of subpoenas going out in that scandal.