Archive for May, 2010
Enthusiasm
Shocking: Turnout among Dem voters dropped precipitously in 3 statewide primaries on Tuesday, giving the party more evidence that their voters lack enthusiasm ahead of midterm elections. In primaries in NC, IN and OH, Dems turned out at far lower rates than they have in previous comparable elections. [...] The latest weekly Gallup tracking survey [...]
Gleeful Lemonade
On Monday, Fox News aired what — even by their practically non-existent standards — was a thoroughly ridiculous interview with “Michael Brown, who lost his job as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for mishandling the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – days after President Bush’s now-famous televised attaboy, “Brownie, you’re doing [...]
Reuters Predicts Easy Passage for Wall Street Reform Bill
To hear Reuters tell it, it’s a foregone conclusion that the Wall Street reform bill will be passed into law. The only question at this point, according to them, is whether amendments to the Senate bill will require 50 votes or 60 votes to pass: Democratic leaders had not yet determined as of late Monday [...]
Rebroadcasting Wild Exaggerations
Last week, I wrote about ThinkProgress‘s wild exaggeration about the number of states contemplating anti-immigrant legislation in the wake of the draconian new Arizona law. This morning, TPMMuckraker picks up the story — with “a major hat tip to ThinkProgress” — and rebroadcasts it, with an update. ThinkProgress‘s seven states are now up to ten. [...]