In context, out of context, whatever.

tip via MiketheMoose in one of the conspiracy(!) threads.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 08:14 AM | Comments (166)
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2Q GDP expands a mere 1.7%.

Is there nothing American corporations won't do in order to damage our President and his party this November?

Have they no sense of decency?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 07:15 AM | Comments (165)
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Man, those sneaky businesses, scheduling their benefits open enrollment periods before an election.

Apparently, there is a large number of people who bought the lines about “bending the cost curve down.” My point is this: As people go through benefits enrollment, and come to realize that the expiration dates have been reached on Obama’s promises, they will probably not look too charitably at the party that railroaded this through congress. At that point, the elections will be less than a month away.

October surprise?

It's seems as though corporations will go to any length to undermine Democrats in this election, including a calendar fiscal year.

I'm callin it the Gregorian conspiracy.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 05:24 AM | Comments (144)
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I think I slept through September.

A few things happened last night too, in case you were sleepin, see below.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 02:21 AM | Comments (137)
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This election cycle, it just gets better and better.

Senate Democrats agreed Wednesday night to a Republican demand to block President Obama from making recess appointments while Congress is out of town campaigning for the midterm elections.

Democratic leaders have agreed to schedule pro-forma sessions of the Senate every week over the next six weeks, a move that will prevent Obama from making emergency appointments, according to Senate sources briefed on the talks.

If you're a Republican, what's it like to find your spine?

On the flip side, if you're a Democrat fighting for re-election, what's it like to find your biggest liability might even be the leader of your own party?

I'll bet it really sucks.

via MelissaTweets

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 08:41 PM | Comments (99)
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Tonight was the deadline for him to decide.

Still no endorsement from him.

I know there was some speculation about whether a write-in candicacy would hurt or help O'Donnell, that perhaps he would siphon off more votes from Coons. I really don't know, but I think I prefer "sitting down and shutting up" to pulling a Crist or a Madcowski, if for no other reason than it appears marginally less petulant.

An endorsement would be even less petulant Mike.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 07:01 PM | Comments (198)
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Maine? Fuggetabout it. NY is the place with a crazy candidate starting a fight.

Apparently this has something to do with Paladino charging that Andrew Cuomo has an illegitimate daughter or was unfaithful to his ex-wife (more on that here). Paladino has acknowledge he has a 10 year old daughter with a woman other than his long time wife.

I knew Dicker a bit back when I was in college and interned at a TV station that he appeared on regularly. He's an old school reporter who doesn't really like anyone, though if anything he seemed to lean a bit to the right (at least on spending and open government issues). Plus, he writes for the NY Post, not exactly a hotbed of liberalism in NY.

Dicker pretty much takes on whoever is in power. The idea that he's a shill for Cuomo strikes me as pretty silly (maybe not, see update). That said, he's not going to go printing unsubstantiated crap on a Republicans behalf either.

I know people love Paladino's fighting style but it's a thin line between that and an irresponsible loose cannon. I think if you are going to charge someone else with the sin you committed, you better provide the evidence at that time.

UPDATE: I have to admit, I haven't read Dicker much lately but after going through some of his recent columns, he does seem to be backing Cuomo.

I'm not sure that makes Paladino's behavior much better but it does put it in a somewhat different light.

Posted by: DrewM at 06:07 PM | Comments (90)
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How do you know when your state's politics are officially boring? When something like this counts as a MAJOR. SCANDAL.

News of the punch comment comes on the heels of a video posted online Tuesday showing LePage telling a crowd that, if elected, they can expect to see newspaper headlines declaring “Governor LePage tells Obama to go to hell.”

In an interview with The Associated Press, LePage said he regretted his choice of words but wasn't backing down in his criticism of the Obama administration for what he describes as free-spending, antibusiness policies.

“Am I politically correct all the time? No. Maybe it's time to have people say bluntly what's going on,” LePage said Wednesday. “The fact of the matter is that I haven't learned how to speak out of both sides of my mouth yet.”

Sorry folks...the revolution was fun while it lasted, but all good things must come to an end.

Seriously, though, there's a reason LePage is getting hit on stuff like this. The Dems who have been running this state for years can't defend their record so they (along with a willing press) are playing up the 'temperament' argument and asking whether LePage is emotionally stable enough to be governor.

The only problem with this argument? The Dems and the press made it an issue during the last election, and it hasn't exactly worked out that well. Americans were assured that Barack Obama had a "first-class temperament." As it turns out, the president is a bit thin-skinned and unable to take criticism.

What the media doesn't seem to realize about this election year is that the political silly season is over. Voters aren't looking for someone who can play the part of elected official. They're looking for people who share their beliefs and who have the willingness to lead and limit the intrusion of government into our lives.

Even if those individuals sometimes say naughty words.

Obligatory: If you've got a few bucks lying around and want to hurt some blue-state Democrats, you know what to do.

Posted by: Slublog at 05:38 PM | Comments (66)
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Welcome to tonight's semi-half-assed hump day ONT.

A Very Important Message From Ron Burgundy

Don't make him fight you. Cause things might escalate. Quickly. Might even jump up a notch or two. And could even involve kittehs.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 05:19 PM | Comments (636)
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Once again: Revolution canceled. (At Hot Air.)

I haven't been this disillusioned since I found out John Boehner either may have had or almost certainly didn't have an affair.

Next up: Carly Fiorina once almost took a deduction she wasn't qualified for until her CPA told her not to take it.

Posted by: Ace at 12:40 PM | Comments (632)
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