Posts filed under “2010 Midterm Carnage”
Heathcare Reform And The Enthusiasm Gap
By now it’s a truism that the state of the economy, coupled with the enthusiasm gap that afflicts Democrats, is likely to allow Republicans to make huge gains in the midterm elections (even though Americans think the Republican Party really, really stinks). Short of divine intervention, the economy isn’t going to get turned around in [...]
Sign Of The Times
Kelly Ayotte is the Republican Senate candidate in New Hampshire. Describing the flip-flop she did on global warning for political reasons, Steve Benen says that she “went from being sensible to being conservative on the issue“. It has indeed become entirely reasonable now to use conservative as an antonym for sensible. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this [...]
The Sky Will Fall On Our Heads. Guaranteed.
We know that all manner of dire things are going to happen in the next Congress if Republicans wrest control of the House. But what if they fail? How different would things really be? Humor me. I realize that nobody actually expects the Democrats to hold on to a majority in the House. But consider [...]
The “Public Service” Model Of Politics
Yesterday, another conservative commentator tore into John Boehner‘s comically inept and intellectually bankrupt Pledge to America: I understand that House caucuses are not traditionally hotbeds of policy innovation, and I give the Republican leadership credit for actually making an effort on this front, instead of just coasting toward the midterms. But I also refuse to [...]
Here’s Hoping!
The probability of having at least one totally lunatic U.S. Senator in the next government-obstructing season may have just dipped slightly. According to a newCourier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass poll, Republican Rand Paul‘s lead over Democrat Jack Conway has slipped to 2 points. Just three weeks ago, the same poll had him up by 15 points. Democrat Jack [...]
Boehner Blinks Again
When John “Pretty Boy” Boehner — the creature who so badly wants to be the first T-and-A Speaker of the House — rolled out the “Pledge To America” last week, it was billed as the solution to America’s problems. It was billed as offering not just solutions, but ambitious solutions: We recognize that these solutions [...]
Rand Paul’s Hitlerism
I am sorry to report that a logical analysis of Rand Paul‘s public statements — statements he made freely and repeatedly, statements he did not feel embarrassed by even after the fact, statements he has made no move to qualify or disavow — reveals that the Paul is working towards the emergence of a Hitler-like [...]
Suppose They Had A Party And Nobody Came?
There’s no doubt, of course, that the loose conglomerate of groups fomented by GOP operatives known as the Tea Party has had a dramatic effect on several Republican primaries. The term “Tea Party” certainly stands for a certain amount of ballot-box power. It’s less clear what it means that the promoters/exploiters of the movement are [...]
If Size Matters, How Big Is Small?
For months and months (and months), everyone in the Republican Party claimed that if the Bush tax cuts — expiring by Republican design (that is to say, as a result of legislative games played by Bush, et al) — were not extended for the top tax brackets, economic recovery would be jeopardized because small businesses [...]
Sublimely Ridiculous
It’s a truly strange electoral season. Republicans are poised to make huge gains in the House, probably taking over the majority. They are likely to gain in the Senate as well, though it’s unlikely they will win a majority there. And all this is slated to happen, even though Americans think the Republican Party really [...]