i don’t get it
Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) won’t seek re-election to the Senate.
Looks like the Democrat juggernaut is running into a few problems on its way to liberal utopia. It’s not just Republican obstructionists or tea partiers getting in the way of the Democrat agenda. Some Democrats, like Evan Bayh, object to the focus of this administration being on cap-and-trade and health care instead of jobs and the economy. Not all of those Dems are willing to take on their party openly, so there’s still enough votes in Congress to do some serious damage, but the growing vocal opposition from members of their own party has to be a serious concern for the majority party going forward and into the midterms this year.
It amuses me to read speculation that Senator Bayh is thinking about running for President again. He has tried this before, without much success, if I remember his blink-and-you’ll-miss-it presidential campaign accurately. Guess I must have missed the awesome groundswell of public support that would make him believe he has a better shot in 2012 or 2016 than he did in his first run for the Oval Office. Anything’s possible in politics…except Evan Bayh becoming President of the United States.
I don’t understand why party elitists insist the moderates are the key to electoral success. They don’t stand for anything. They are just as likely to vote against you as they are to vote with you. There are numerous examples of this happening with both parties. At least with those who call themselves conservatives or liberals, you generally know where they stand. In this case, Pelosi, Reid, and company are alienating the moderates from the Democratic party because of their insistence on pushing an unpopular agenda. I applaud this. Let’s keep this flawed strategy going, Dems. You are doing an excellent job.
not likely
Our lovable Vice President Joe Biden talking to Larry King: I am very optimistic about — about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You’re going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You’re going to see a stable government in [...]
what the…
Ok…so I won’t be the only one posting Carly Fiorina’s demon sheep ad. I liked it. Absolutely cheesy — yet brilliant at the same time — if in the process of viewing it, people pick up the brutal critique of Tom Campbell hidden among all the fake sheep.
can’t we all just get along?
Well..NO. There are principles worth fighting for in all these debates. There are battles worth taking on here with health care, the future direction of our military, and how to create a business-friendly climate for the creation of much-needed jobs — all these need to have solid policy prescriptions. When we feel that our concerns [...]
well…yeah
What Alan Bock said in the OC Register: It’s not that there isn’t a good deal of truth in such criticisms of the ways of a “Washington” he invoked more as an epithet than a place. But at what point does a president of the United States take responsibility for his part in feeding the [...]
not good
From AEI (h/t The Corner): News has surfaced that the Yemeni government intends to build a terrorist rehabilitation center with an $11 million grant from the United States within the next three months. Reuters reported on January 27, 2010 that the terrorist rehabilitation center will house Yemeni detainees returning from Guantanamo Bay.[1] Currently, Guantanamo Bay [...]
things to be happy about
We have a new Republican Senator from Massachusetts. ObamaCare is in jeopardy, and blue state Democrat Senators / Congressmen could be in danger of losing their jobs in 2010. Air America pulls the plug. Not a bad few developments this week. Let’s keep going in this direction.
brown wins
Congratulations to Senator-elect Brown. Nice win in one of the bluest of blue states in the nation. Who would have thought that Massachusetts of all states would possibly save us from ObamaCare? Amazing. With that said, this is another case of a generally unappealing Democratic candidate, who demonstrated how out of touch she was with [...]
non- political slightly deep thoughts
1) Jay Leno must have incriminating pics of NBC execs. I can think of no other reason why NBC is picking Leno over Conan, especially because they were the ones who chose Leno’s successor in the first place. And BTW, I think Conan is an obnoxious frat boy with annoying hair, but once NBC picked [...]
terrorist rehab – massive fail
ABC News (h/t Cliff May, NRO): The leader of the al Qaeda group that claimed responsibility for trying to blow up a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day was released from the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorists on the condition that he be sent to a terrorist rehab center in Saudi Arabia. The rehabilitation of terrorist [...]
