Money Talks
— Dave in Texas

Caught this from justkarl last night, where the DCCC is puttin their money where their mouth is.

So look and tell me, who's noticeably absent from the list morons? I mean, it's just an early buy, but like the man said, "follow the money."

I think the man said that. He was smoking and wearing a leisure suit though, and a tie as wide as my ass, so, it could be a dated reference. Maybe we should follow where the insults to the base are gettin tossed out by President Wonderful and Sheriff Joe on the campaign trail?

Keep in mind it's early, they've reserved ad time in other places, but no buys there yet. This is the week to watch.

ALSO: some more encouraging news via commenter CAC, Dan Webster has a 7 point lead over Alan "Sunshine" Grayson in FL-8.

Alan, submit to your Daniel.

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Top Headline Comments 9-29-2010
— Dave in Texas

Humpday is for lovers.

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Massive Conspiracy To Defraud The Vote In Houston Conducted By Company... Connected To Obama Activist
— Ace

She was in fact a member of the group "recruiting" voters.

You'll never guess who it is. You already know this woman.

Hint: Che Guevera.

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Ace: This New Sean Duffy Ad Makes Me Want To Be Weird Again
Sean Duffy: Scale of 1 to 10 -- How Weird?
Ace: A Four
— Ace

Sean Duffy: That Seems More Like a Nine
Ace: Dude You Don't Even Want To Know From a Nine

Well, I really was attempting to lay off our candidates with the weird stuff, but then Sean Duffy's campaign people, who really want to get fired I guess, sent me his new ad.

It's more lumberjackin'.

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Overnight Open Thread
— Maetenloch

Evening all M&Ms.

Christian Proselytizing Near Muslims Legal in Michigan

For now. If you've got the money and time to defend yourself in court.

And not if the Mayor of Dearborn has his way:

"It's really about a hatred of Muslims," [Dearborn Mayor Jack] O'Reilly said. "That is what the whole heart of this is. ... Their idea is that there is no place for Muslims in America. They fail to understand the Constitution."

Umm the Constitution - I don't think it means what he thinks it means.

The fact that they got arrested and had to go to trial for quietly handing out religious fliers seems like a pretty obvious violation of 3 of the 4 clauses of the First Amendment. Plus the police also seem to believe you also don't have the right to video them arresting someone for handing out religious fliers. So the whole episode is disturbingly un-Constitutional in several ways.

And here's video of the incident:

So how did Islam, a religion followed by less than 2% of the US population, manage to become a de facto state religion? more...

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A Word From The King*
— Monty

I been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
I been downhearted baby
Ever since the day we met
You know our love is nothin' but the blues
Baby how blue can you get?

*That's Mr. B. B. King, not Aaron Copland as I first thought.

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Sean Bielat: Either I'm Going To Win Or I'm Going To Build a Giant Robot That Will Destroy Brookline
— Ace

I like the cut of this guy's jib.

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Is Steny Hoyer In Trouble?
— Ace

Via Regular Folk United, an upset a-brewin'?

Democrat enthusiasm is way down this year, so their turnout is likely to be far lower. In 2006, a midterm election that was also a big year for Democrats, there were barely 200,000 votes cast in the 5th District race. So if there is a similar turnout Nov. 2, and Lollar merely matches the GOPÂ’s 80,000 total from 2008, that puts him at 40%. Add another 15,000 votes, and heÂ’s in shocker-upset range.

Three weeks ago, I thought Lollar had a shot, based simply on analyzing the district and reading his biography: An up-through-the-ranks Marine intelligence officer — a major in the USMC Reserve. But after having lunch Friday with Lollar, I’m telling you flat-out: This guy’s a winner, if we can just get him the money to do it.

Kick in $20 for Charles Lollar and make it happen.

He's also black, which will help. And also-- handsome. Also, Marine.

I think this guy can do it. Someone's getting shocked on November 2nd.

Dick Morris noted there were Democrats in real trouble who don't even know it yet, since few bother to poll districts like Hoyer's.

Pic from Hotspur of H2

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Nancy Pelosi: "I Will Still Be Speaker In Five Weeks"
Ace: "No shit? Me too!"
— Ace

We're all going to be Speaker of the House, Nancy. It will be so much fun!!11!!

When Nancy Pelosi sat down for her keynote address at Women@NBCUÂ’s annual Power of the Purse Breakfast this morning at CiprianiÂ’s in New York, host Jeff Zucker wasted no time getting her take on the state of politics this year. Specifically, the outgoing NBC Universal CEO and president asked if Pelosi herself would still be in office in five weeks.

“I will still be Speaker in five weeks,” she said. “I have big confidence in my candidates. They’re excellent; they’re battle-tested. They know what they believe, and they’re doing just fine in their districts.”

This is one of those uncomfortable moments when you're speaking to a crazy-person and they're getting all agitated and insistent and they say, "I will be Speaker of the House. You believe me, don't you?"

And you resort to that thing you know is just going to make them come at you with scissors, but what else can you say? "I believe that you believe that, Nancy."

Yeah that doesn't work with crazy-people. They've heard that. That one thing isn't fooling them. Their senses fool them, but not the "I believe that you believe" thing. We should probably retire that one.

Nancy Pelosi For Speaker of the House

And also -- for Cowboy Spaceman! And also -- for Dinosaur!!!

You Know Who Doesn't Believe Nancy Pelosi Will Be Speaker? Senate Democrats. "The House is lost; you have to save the Senate."

House and Senate Democrats are increasingly competing against one another over a small universe of deep-pocketed donors who could make a financial difference in the final stretch before the midterm elections.

In some cases, donors report that they are being urged to fund Senate campaigns at the expense of the House, where Democrats are in danger of losing their majority.

One House Democratic fundraiser said that some Senate operatives are telling big donors and union officials, “The House is lost; you have to save the Senate.”

John Dennis For Congress! He wants to give granny a nice retirement.

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David Weigel Pines for Cindy Sheehan of Yore
— Geoff

David Weigel, yes that David Weigel, continues to show off the journalistic chops that so endeared him to conservatives this past summer. Today he laments the decline of Cindy Sheehan into an irredeemable state of idiocy.

Via Stephen Gutowski, here's the star of the summer of 2005 completing her descent into any-conspiracy-will-do-ism and declaring herself a "9/11 Truther."

There really was a political/cultural moment when Sheehan, whose son died in Iraq, was an un-touchable, credible activist.

No, Davy, there wasn't. That moment never existed. From the start, it was a trivial task to identify Sheehan as an opportunistic, irrational, emotional spooge-rag for the Left. Her "credibility" was manufactured by the media and was believable only to those who were already convinced that George Bush was the spawn of a Hitler/Lucifer/Bonzo love triangle.

People like, I suspect, Dave Weigel, who is only now realizing that she's a loon. Hint to any WaPo refugees currently hiding out at Slate: She. Didn't. Change.

But wait, there's more. He closes with this errant attempt at pith:

I am not, not, not making a one-to-one comparison here, but there is a lesson for tea party activists who are currently and unquestioningly the toast of the conservative elite and the GOP.

First, you have to wonder if he meant "unquestionably," rather than "unquestioningly." But either way, calling Tea Party activists "the toast of the conservative elite and the GOP" is to completely ignore the past 6 months of primary battles and Democratic chortlings over GOP infighting.

Ah well, at least he got "untouchable" right.

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