1
Jeez I'm $300 into the guy, somebody else whip out the Amex and help him out.

2
pimpin' ain't easy

3 Going to CA for a FL senate fundraiser? I really don't like that sort of thing.

4 $500 can buy a lot of valu-rite

5
Who's in the wings to run for gov in Florida?

6

Puppeh Cam!  Ahhhhh, relaxing.

7 I have already dropped a benjamin on Rubio, guess I can do one more. He's not only conservative, he's hawt.

8 HAPPY MARDI GRAS!!!!!!!!!

9
OT: oh the irony - Bawney Fwank whines "partisanship out of control" in D.C.

10

Off topic, but I'm disappointed D'ippywhatshername didn't get her name on the ballot. She would have been fun to kick around judging from her facebook page. (she's part of a group called "Telling Dick Cheney to Shut the Hell Up").

11 OT-
Just tuned in and can't see anything, anyone else get a look at the Team USA goalie's helmet yet?

12 I attended a lecture by a well-known speaker (statewide) who runs a conservative think tank.  He said (and this isn't the first time I've heard this) that grassroots (enthusiasm) can do more to elect a candidate than money.

13
Money sure doesn't hurt, though.

14 if i had that kind of cash lying around, i'd give it to Chuck DeVore..... the elections here in CA are more important to me than the ones in Florida....

(so sue me: i'm a native, and i want my state back.  %-)

15 Will there be pudding for dessert?

16

Dear God in Heaven..Bahney Fwank of all people is now saying that partisanship is out of control..

tinyurl.com/yazsq3f

..'cept it actually came out as "pawtinsanship is out of contwol"

I actually heard him once utter the phrase "..the cwazy, woonatic fwinge of the extweme wight wing" in reference to the Tea Partiers

...he doesn't use the word "teabagger" because that's actually a term of endearment to him

17
..'cept it actually came out as "pawtinsanship is out of contwol"

He can't pronounce his L's either, so it's more like "contwoww".  With some spittle thrown in.

18 Rubio is not a light-skinned Negro, nor does he speak with a Negro accent (unless he's choosing not to). So I ask you: What's the point?

19 If anyone cares, the Eagle and Uncle Sam are intact on Miller's helmet. Maybe a yellow ribbon near the back of it? Something yellowish back there.

20 O/T:  "Bomb Explodes At JP Morgan Office In Athens - No One Hurt"

21 "..the cwazy, woonatic fwinge of the extweme wight wing"

The lisping and sashaying (NTTAWWT) Barney Frank could have a nice second career as Elmer Fudd's voice.  Let's hope the voters of Massachusetts continue in their current rightward tilt.

22 USA scores! Up 1-0 in the first period over those dastardly Swiss.
 I assume/hope I'm not ruining the game for any of you TiVO people.

23 Going to CA for a FL senate fundraiser? I really don't like that sort of thing.

I own the Democrats.  My step sister zip codes are pretty darn powerful as well.

Don't hate the player.  Hate the game.

24

Puppeh Cam! Ahhhhh, relaxing.

Lazy bastards.

25

US journalism prize goes to makers of [Iranian] Neda shooting film

Meanwhile, O'Keefe waits by the phone, and the Climategate hackers/whistleblowers cower.

26 I'm saving my cash for Toomey, hopefully so he can unseat Snarlin' Arlen Spector. That will make my year.

27
yeah, so I'm just gonna pimp my flaming skull...

28

laceyunderalls says Go For It!! to Danny Noonan to Dems

Please, go for it! It's been a successful recipe for disaster thus far.

29 One of the reforms for the Greek financial debacle to to prohibit cash transaction over 1500 Euros.

This is going to make the "envelope system" of private health care, because the public system is horrible, a little more difficult.  Those with their own means to procure the best doctors are going to have to develop of barter method to conceal these payments from the government.

30
Who's in the wings to run for gov in Florida?

McCollum is the GOP candidate, Sink the Democrat. There maybe others running in the primary, but those two are top dogs right now.

31
McCollum's cool.

Wasn't there a black (D) who ran last time, what happened to him?

32 I think it's totally appropriate for you to pimp fundraising for the correct candidates.  Rubio could be the president some day.  This is a guy to give money to.

33 Heaviest Element Yet Known to Science Discovered

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has now identified with certainty the heaviest element known to science.

 

The new element, Pelosium (PL), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

 

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

 

Pelosium is inert, and has no charge and no magnetism. Nevertheless, it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact. A tiny amount of Pelosium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second, to take from 4 days to 4 years to complete.

 

Pelosium has a normal half-life of 2 years. It does not decay, but instead undergoes a biennial reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

 

Pelosium mass will increase over time, since each reorganization will promote many morons to become isodopes.

 

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Pelosium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

 

When catalyzed with money, Pelosium becomes Senatorium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Pelosium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

34 C'mon, Ace would pimp a little girl's bicycle seat.  You know it, I know it, and Bob Dole sure knows it.

35 HA's saying D'Ippolito failed in her petition.

36 "this race will certainly tighten up as Gov. Crist has a commanding cash advantage"

I fail to understand why people think dollars equals votes.  Why does someone with a "commanding cash advantage" automatically imply that person will get more votes because of that?  Someone with a hundred donations of $1 each has more support than someone who gets one donation of $1000.

37 I fail to understand why people think dollars equals votes.  Why does someone with a "commanding cash advantage" automatically imply that person will get more votes because of that?

Posted by: crosspatch

I believe the idea is that more cash equals better name recognition. This in turn could start one of Ace's 'preference cascades' or, at the least, cause independents & people not paying close attention to the race to pick that candidate. Nothing is an absolute, obviously, but if history is a guide, it works as a way to derive odds.

38

As the self-appointed leader of the New GOP, I object to this.  Marco Rubio can't possibly win in California....

....oh, it's Florida?  Well, he can't win there either

(goes off to look for Florida on a map)

39 I should be there, I'll bring some legal talk.