1
yay?

2
We should run Kloppengoober Prosser.

3
With luck, the Democrats will run Kloopenscooper.

4 It gets worse.  Kohl was pretty much a 'self-funder', and given how they've been pissing away their war chests there likely, that's another leak of resources the Dems can really ill afford.

Interesting thought...O is trying t raise $1b for his reelection...how many contests will fail because he's devouring all available funds?  Hmm...

5
Memo to DC pundits, a Russ Feingold v. Paul Ryan race will not happen. The two are personal and family friends. Quit daydreaming.

WHAT???

6
Quit daydreaming.

1. Fuck you, Kevin Whoeveryouare.

2. Are you telling me that neither man will run, or that if one runs, the other will not run?

7 4 It gets worse.  Kohl was pretty much a 'self-funder', and given how they've been pissing away their war chests there likely, that's another leak of resources the Dems can really ill afford.

Interesting thought...O is trying t raise $1b for his reelection...how many contests will fail because he's devouring all available funds?  Hmm...

Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord© at May 13, 2011 11:24 AM (GBXon)

Don't worry about that, address verification is broken on the website *wink*

8 The last point occurred to me. I'm also surprised they mentioned Tammy Baldwin when she's one of the most liberal members of the House. The others would be better choices, from what I've heard.

9 Memo to DC pundits, a Russ Feingold v. Paul Ryan race will not happen. The two are personal and family friends. Quit daydreaming.

Good to know that the political class's chumminess rises above partisan politics.

10 More like Feingold can tell the climate just won't support him running.  He's about as hard-left prog as they get, and Wisconsin is not terribly supportive of such right now, as Klipklop the Wonder Horse has learned to her horror...

11 I do wonder if Ryan would leave the house and his very important position there for a Senate backwater position.

12 Memo to DC pundits, a Russ Feingold v. Paul Ryan race will not happen. The two are personal and family friends. Quit daydreaming

If Paul Ryan would let personal feelings interfere in doing what's best for the country and the party, well then, just eff him.

I swore to never support Tommy Thompson for national office after he passed up a shoe-in run for the Senate.  Same with Giuliani.  I have never forgiven him for letting Hillary be a Senator.

13
Maybe one of the WI state senators can run for the seat...

from a motel in Illinois.

14 Maybe one of the WI state senators can run for the seat..

Nah.  I think it will be Richard Trumka (D-corrupt beachball)

15

It is more important to have the most conservative Senate members we can get even if it means losing someone from the House.

There are fewer Senate seats and Senators have to run state-level elections. This is why Senators are often more centrist tham Representatives. They know they are elected from a less homogenous electorate. A majority of House districts are set up so that a (R) or (D) would win under just about any circumstances.

I hope Ryan runs for the open Senate seat.

16 5 WHAT???

They were both born in Janesville, their fathers worked in the same office, and their mothers were (are?) friends. 

17
Koch Brothers for Senate 2012!

18 So we take back the senate rather easily now. If dems are forced to spend capital defending wisconsin new mexico ohio and michigan they aren't going to piss it away on nelson in nebraska or defending north dakota, so beat care bear mccaskill and testes and you have 51. You better believe the priority is re electing obama. Money by the millions will drain out of house and senate races to help O. Besides he ca spin obstructionist republican memes even harded if the whole of congress is republican.

19 Ashton Kutcher will be taking over on Two and a Half Men!

20
Ryan and Feingold are such good friends that Feingold has defended Ryan against the Left's smears about him and his plan.

If we know anything about Democrats, it's that friendship is a one-way street.

21 Damn blackberry keyboard and bacon fingers...

22 16 It is more important to have the most conservative Senate members we can get even if it means losing someone from the House.

But is he more effective in the House (assuming he retains he seat)?

23 11 More like Feingold can tell the climate just won't support him running.  He's about as hard-left prog as they get, and Wisconsin is not terribly supportive of such right now, as Klipklop the Wonder Horse has learned to her horror...

I'm not sure that matters to Feingold or the Dems.

I think the Dems will insist he run, much like Tim Kaine in Virginia, because he's a "name" who can bring in easy support instead of having to heavily fund an unknown challenger. 

Kaine was pretty unpopular in Virginia by the time he left, even before he became the DNC mouthpiece, and yet he's running there anyway because they gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.

24 I believe I will be available !

25 I'm surprised Russ Russ hasn't set a presser for 11:15AM.

26 I think the Dems will insist he run, much like Tim Kaine in Virginia, because he's a "name" who can bring in easy support instead of having to heavily fund an unknown challenger. 

There's also the fact that his last attempt had him get his ass handed to him by a relative novice, mind you...

27
Kaine's running for Webb's seat? Heh.

Webb only won because he pretended to be a very conservative Democrat. Kaine cannot pull that off.

28 I predict for a fleeting moment tomorrow this blog will be very much united on this.
_{Someone may have already posted this...I'm a bit slow this morning.}

29 Is this a tell? Hopefully so. When a WI Lib feels its time to call it quits maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel.

30 We need a Senator with some integrity outside of Rand, so I fully support Ryan running. It would bolster a future Presidential run, as well. It's likely a pipe dream, though.

 BTW this is OT, but in all the hysteria over the Common event at the White House, I didn't read Big Hollywood. I knew Common opposed interracial relationships, which is fine with me. People can date who they want. I missed that he said he doesn't date outside his race...but DOES sleep with women of other races. That's fucking racist and offensive. Women outside your race are useful for sex and nothing else? That's dishonest and stupid. I'm sure those women thought they had a chance for a relationship. What a douchebag. I've always dated outside my race, and I find that attitude disgusting.

Sorry for OT rant, back to politics.

31 Off sad sock in need of Eli Lilly pharmaceuticals!

32 OT

The one thing you could always say about Bush - he respected his role as C-in-C.  He loved and respected our soldiers.

Sorry if this has already been mentions: from GWP:

Leadership: When Asked About Osama’s Killing – Bush Praises CIA and SEALs

Appearing before the crowd of 1,800 at the glitzy Bellagio resort and casino, Bush appeared light-hearted and relaxed in talking about bin LadenÂ’s death.

When asked by forum moderator Melissa Lee of CNBC how he felt upon learning the news, Bush said he was “not overjoyed,” explaining that the campaign to track down the 9/11 mastermind was done not “out of hatred but to exact judgment.”

The development is ultimately a victory for the American people, he said.

“The guy is dead. That is good,” Bush said of bin Laden. “Osama’s death is a great victory in the war on terror. He was held up as a leader.”

“The intelligence services deserve a lot of credit. They built a mosaic of information, piece by piece,” he said, claiming no credit for himself.

“I met SEAL Team Six in Afghanistan. They are awesome, skilled, talented and brave,” he added. “I said, ‘I hope you have everything you need. One guy said, ‘We need your permission to go into Pakistan and kick ass.’”

33 Posted by: Crazee at May 13, 2011 11:39 AM (H3ujh)

He also named his daughter after a cop killer.

34 Senator Paul Ryan.

Plus Senator Rand Paul.

Moonbat heads go 'splode now.

35 If Kohl is punting, those recall election numbers may look really bad for the Dims.  Also, without the unions getting their vig - fundraising might actually be a lot of work.

Am I first, Althouse?

36 I'll wait to see how the recall elections go.  I was surprised Prosser won the Supreme Court seat.  The way the media portrays the Wisconsin Senate battle, every citizen in Wisconsin turned Dem.  Clearly this wasn't the case since Prosser won.

Wisconsin is hard to read.. even from next door in Illinois.

37
Barack Obama supports apartheid.

38

Herb Kohl has had nothing to do with the department stores since the '80s. He sold them to BAT, who then sold them to the management team just before I started driving on the Kohl's account in 1988. I drove for them for 22 years.

Soothsayer, didn't know if you saw my response on other thread.

39 There's also the fact that his last attempt had him get his ass handed to him by a relative novice, mind you...

I don't think they care.  They'd rather take a chance on a guy who can fundraise without a lot of DNC help than someone who has a legit shot of winning, as it helps stop the bleeding in other states. 

Every bit of cash the DNC has to send to Virginia or Wisconsin to fund a candidate who can actually win cuts the money they can send to shore up incumbents in danger, such as in Ohio, Montana, Missouri, etc.

40
Herb Kohl has had nothing to do with the department stores since the '80s.

ahhh, thanks for the 411. I thought he and his family still had a stake in the chain.

41 I don't think they care.  They'd rather take a chance on a guy who can fundraise without a lot of DNC help than someone who has a legit shot of winning, as it helps stop the bleeding in other states.

A good and rational point.  Which is why I suspect it's still unlikely--rationality seems to have absented the premises of late...

42 I can relocate.

43 "I think he can do far more good as a senior member of the House than a freshman member of the Senate."

Agreed, unless he has a clone somewhere. His leadership on financial reform is indispensable.

It could lead him to the presidency someday; why get lost in the august shuffle of the Senate?

44 Me too!

45

former Sen. Russ Feingold

Am I the only one who still gets a happy little boost every time I read that?

46 I am sure it will be fiengold.  these senators just can't get enough of that sweet sweet govt fiefdom.

47
Pat & Stu are still laughing, too, MWR

48 WHAT???

He's not for bailouts and against border enforcement because he's your friend.

49 How many seats could the GOP retake now? I count VA, WI, MN, ND, MO. Anything else vulnerable?

50 Eh, not Minnesota, I meant Montana.

51 So, if I were making a list of the top 10 Senators that need to be gone, who would you put on that list?

I want to keep my eye on just those races, but I suck at remembering names and all the shitty things they did.

52 @momma: Yeah, the thing is...I grew up listening to rap in my pre-conservative days. It's still a slap in the face seeing that a lot of the "positive" guys I listened to were complete douches. I've always been willing to defend that art can be negative, and a depiction of harsh content doesn't equal endorsement. An artist like...Eminem is just making music. It's entertainment and it shouldn't be taken seriously. Ironically, it's the ones with the "message" that often are most insipid because when they put out bad ideas...it's meant to be taken seriously. I can appreciate an artist talking about murder in a song, I can't appreciate the real glorification of a real murderer. This is what still burns me about the "censorship" of music proposed by people like Tipper Gore. The music with curse words, violent content and sex would get censored. Retarded songs praising cop killers would be just ducky. Screw that.

 It's the same context with movies. A slasher film is probably not that bad, in comparison to a 'serious' movie advocating a gangster like Capone.

53 former Sen. Russ Feingold Am I the only one who still gets a happy little boost every time I read that? Posted by: MWR at May 13, 2011 11:47 AM (4df7R) Well then I guess "Former President Obama" would damn near kill ya?

54 48
Pat & Stu are still laughing, too, MWR

Posted by: cui bono, soothsayer? at May 13, 2011 11:48 AM (uFokq)

Oh, I bet!  I still have the Glenn Beck "Happy Days are Here Again" segment saved on my hard drive somewhere...

55 I'm ready.

56 Well then I guess "Former President Obama" would damn near kill ya? Posted by: nevergiveup at May 13, 2011 11:50 AM (i6RpT) It might damn near kill me, and I'm okay with that. If there's any chance of Bambi being beat I'll rent a defibrillator for Election Day and celebrate until I drop.

57 Well then I guess "Former President Obama" would damn near kill ya?

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 13, 2011 11:50 AM (i6RpT)

*clutching chest*  Don't!  My ticker can't take it this far from the election!  The hope...!

58

Oh, I bet!  I still have the Glenn Beck "Happy Days are Here Again" segment saved on my hard drive somewhere...

Posted by: MWR at May 13, 2011 11:51 AM (4df7R)

I still find myself singing that song when a D publicly screws up.

59 Drew M. asks an interesting question. Ryan can serve as the Chairman of the Budget Committee for 6yrs total. So (assuming nothing changes) he could stay at Budget or go to Ways & Means. Then there's the fact that some R candidates and people who haven't announced yet have mentioned him as a possible VP choice, while others see him as an OMB director for a Republican Admin. Now he could run for a Senate seat. Lots of choices.

60 It might damn near kill me, and I'm okay with that. If there's any chance of Bambi being beat I'll rent a defibrillator for Election Day and celebrate until I drop. Posted by: joncelli at May 13, 2011 11:52 AM (RD7QR) Ok you bring the defibrillator and I'll bring the stomach pump and we'll both party till we drop

61 Ryan needs to stay put. 

62

I still find myself singing that song when a D publicly screws up.

Posted by: momma at May 13, 2011 11:52 AM (penCf)

So every day, in other words.

(And I do it, too.  ^_^)  

63 Nebraska should flip as well. I think Florida is in play, particularly if there is a decent Republican candidate up ticket.

64

 Well then I guess "Former President Obama" would damn near kill ya?

O, Death, where is thy sting?

65

I'll speculate that the mood in Ohio might have shifted enough to make Sherrod Brown vulnerable.  But I do expect to see Obama here double what he was when trying to save Strickland's sorry ass.

Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2011 11:52 AM (oVQFe)

He is VERY vulnerable, IMHO.  OH has turned its back on him because 'global warming' crap, high gas bill, no FEMA help with flooding/tornadoes.  The only people in his corner are Union members, and most of them have been forced to participate/pay for rallies and recalls and ballot initiatives.

66

55 former Sen. Russ Feingold

Am I the only one who still gets a happy little boost every time I read that?

I'm happy this Friday. No Kohl and gators and moats. Its a winning week of sunshine. Can we get Sparky to use a few more moronic strawmen in his next speech. I do so enjoy them.

67
Wisconsin is a pretty blue state, so the GOP would be wise to run a Scott Brown type candidate.

68 To begin with, I think we're better off with him in the House even if he IS the only viable Republican Senate candidate. And number two, how can he possibly be friends with a leftist piece of shit like Russ Feingold. I put that on the same level as palling around with Fidel.

69 58 50 How many seats could the GOP retake now? I count VA, WI, MN, ND, MO. Anything else vulnerable?

Posted by: joncelli at May 13, 2011 11:49 AM (RD7QR)

I'll speculate that the mood in Ohio might have shifted enough to make Sherrod Brown vulnerable.  But I do expect to see Obama here double what he was when trying to save Strickland's sorry ass.

Offhand, I'd guess VA, WI, ND, MO, FL, NE, OH, and MT as likely bets.  MN, PA, MI, and several others are doable due to the changing political climate, though PA may be tough if people vote for Casey regardless of him being a snake in the grass.

Even "just" winning the 8 seats I listed and retaining the other seats would still give the GOP a strong Senate majority, which would be enough to block the Dems and possibly break a filibuster.  The latter would depend on how vulnerable red-state Dems like Begich, Pryor, and Landrieu, amongst others, are feeling.

70 List of potential candidates

For the Rs:
Mark Neumann
J.B. Van Hollen
Tim Michels
Paul Ryan
Tommy Thompson

71

I'll speculate that the mood in Ohio might have shifted enough to make Sherrod Brown vulnerable.  But I do expect to see Obama here double what he was when trying to save Strickland's sorry ass.

Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2011 11:52 AM (oVQFe)

Sherrod Brown has to be gripping hard and I don't think Toonces did him any fucking favors when he withheld emergency funds from Brown's home base of Lorain.  I was surprised that McFly even campaigned for Twitch Strickland since, among the other dumbfuck things he did in his 4 years of incompetence, he lashed himself to the mast of the HMS Pantsuit in 2008.  With the economy being deeply in the shitter and Il Douche's simpleton energy policies, he would be well advised to stay the fuck out of Ohio.

72 momma beat me to the response

73 Klopperstopper still hasn't given up in Wisconsin, despite no chance of winning- she is setting up to file a court challenge and muddy the future decisions of the WI Supreme Court:
http://tinyurl.com/3bx73ug

74 Kaine was pretty unpopular in Virginia by the time he left, even before he became the DNC mouthpiece, and yet he's running there anyway because they gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.

They also burned some bridges between the downstate Dims and the Arlington Liberals in the last Governor's race - so until those are healed - the Virginia Dims are hobbled.

75 So, if I were making a list of the top 10 Senators that need to be gone, who would you put on that list?

Snowe?

76
funny you should mention McFly, Cap'n.

Back in '06, Alex P Keaton's mom & dad, Stephen and Elise, both campaigned for Sherrod Brown.

So did Luke Perry.

77 Isn't Manchin (D-Sharpshooter) up in '12?  Folks there can't be too happy with his record vis a vis his campaign.

78 The Republicans should run John Murtha of Baldwin and confuse the shit out of the liberals.

The Dems should run that nutbird Kelda Helen Roys

79

Mark Nuemann would be a good choice, but how about Scott Walker?

I really want to make the AFL-CIO suck it.

80 The GOP really needs to learn from the recent past and not blow this opportunity to pick up a Senate seat in a "deep blue" state. No more RINOs!

81 I'm available

- Mike Castle

82 OT- Mideast envoy to make his resignation official

83

though PA may be tough if people vote for Casey regardless of him being a snake in the grass.

 

Brandon, what would PA Senate Race look like if the Pubbies ran a Presidential Candidate that could connect with all those "bitter clingers?"

84 OT- Mideast envoy to make his resignation official

Posted by: Museisluse at May 13, 2011 12:06 PM (a8aqn)

What a loss. I'm devastated.

85 Does anybody remember this many high profile members of an administration leaving so early? The guy isn't even in his second term.

86
Ron Johnson had the support of Tea Partiers and he did well in 2010.

87 71 ...And number two, how can he possibly be friends with a leftist piece of shit like Russ Feingold. I put that on the same level as palling around with Fidel.

Their families were friends long before politics ever entered the picture. But I read a piece where he was talking about Feingold being vulnerable back in the last election and stating who he thought could beat him, so he does have objectivity.

88

77 Kaine was pretty unpopular in Virginia by the time he left, even before he became the DNC mouthpiece, and yet he's running there anyway because they gave him an offer he couldn't refuse.

They also burned some bridges between the downstate Dims and the Arlington Liberals in the last Governor's race - so until those are healed - the Virginia Dims are hobbled.

Yep, the down state dims are pretty much a dwindling thing of the past. Southside will go completely for the R. Roanoke not sure but would bet R. Most of Norfolk should go R. That leaves Alex/Arlington and Richmond inner city as bastions of stupidity. In the case of Alex/Arlington they get paid for their stupidity. Richmond is simply a demographic thingy. Can't wait for the hairpiece to insert himself into this campaign.

89
I'm surprised Geithner lasted 6 months.

90 PA may be tough if people vote for Casey regardless of him being a snake in the grass.

PA tends to vote for people they've heard of.  Casey is only dimly aware of his own existence and the oldsters in PA will vote for him because they still fondly remember his dad.  Moreover, he doesn't do much to get in the papers.

MN would require a very good candidate.  Minnesotans are generally blue, although Oberstar's loss was a shock and an indication that the Iron Range isn't reliably blue anymore.  All that's left is the twin cities.

Interestingly, MN statewide races have all featured third parties recently.  I don't think they like the DFL very much, but MN voters just can't quit 'em.

91

If there's another viable conservative to run, isn't it better to have Ryan driving the budget/entitlement agenda from the House side?

Exactly. As Reagan-Stockman demonstrated, without a line-item veto (and nerves of steel) you can't control spending from the executive branch.

All checks are authorized by Congress.

So, keep this excellent, bold leader Ryan right where he is. A weaker man in his position will bring only FAIL.

92 90 No. Nothing personal, but I am sick and tired of every election in Wisconsin they trot out Tommy Thompson's name, he mulls it over for 5 or 6 weeks, freezes the field and then says no.

So it's tradition then. I personally prefer J.B. Van Hollen, though from what I've read it would be a shame to lose him.

93

Well yeah I'm sort of split on it actually.  Will Obama come here double what he did for Strickland, or will he avoid Ohio like the plague, because of how the state didn't go his way with sticking with Strickland or whoever the Dem guy was for Senator.  You know how he likes to be a petulant little ass and probably thinks he can win without Ohio.

Posted by: buzzion at May 13, 2011 12:03 PM (oVQFe)

He never does the "smart thing" just like every other punk bitch.  Given that I was disappointed that the vote for Kasich was as close as it was, considering that I can't think of a single fucking thing that Twitch did in 4 years that worked, I wouldn't be surprised if the ultimate narcissist thinks that he was instrumental in the narrowness of the edge.  The Senate vote you mentioned where that asshole Fisher was sent packing was an even bigger kick in the nuts.  Either way his ego won't prevent him from showing up in front of some obviously cherry-picked audiences.

94

Interestingly, MN statewide races have all featured third parties recently.  I don't think they like the DFL very much, but MN voters just can't quit 'em.

 

Remember Quebec!! The times they are a changing. Hat tip to Bob.

95

Many of you are missing the over riding 'theme' of the next election.

The electorate is ANGRY at the politicians... they State of the Union is Bhoned... and IMO long time politicians, like the ones you keep speaking of???? Any reasonable outsider has an advantage.

Feingold??? He is one of those who made the mess... why would the electorate re elect him with the idea he would Fix the mess?

96 Does anybody remember this many high profile members of an administration leaving so early? The guy isn't even in his second term. Posted by: Rocks at May 13, 2011 12:09 PM (Q1lie) Hey it seems like the only ones hanging in there are President Bush's hangovers

97 60 Well then I guess "Former President Obama" would damn near kill ya?

Posted by: nevergiveup at May 13, 2011 11:50 AM (i6RpT)

certainly would make my day IYKWIMAIKYD

 

98 Ryan quiet on Kohl's open Senate seat

99 In the house the only other candidate would be this guy.
and, well this is fascinating stuff.

100 For the Rs:
Mark Neumann
J.B. Van Hollen
Tim Michels
Paul Ryan
Tommy Thompson

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 13, 2011 11:58 AM (P+zzG)

Not Sean Duffy?

Mallamutt, I don't think Thompson will be on anybody's radar.  I don't worry about the field being frozen because of him, an open seat is too likely of a win for an ambitious R, they don't need TT this time around.

The only way TT makes an impact is if he affirmatively announces early.

101 102

Many of you are missing the over riding 'theme' of the next election.

The electorate is ANGRY at the politicians... they State of the Union is Bhoned... and IMO long time politicians, like the ones you keep speaking of???? Any reasonable outsider has an advantage.

Feingold??? He is one of those who made the mess... why would the electorate re elect him with the idea he would Fix the mess?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 13, 2011 12:15 PM (NtXW4)

We're damned happy with the way things are.

102 why would the electorate re elect him with the idea he would Fix the mess?

Posted by: Romeo13 at May 13, 2011 12:15 PM (NtXW4)

The same electorate that elected Obama, I guess.

103 That's 52-48.  Let's see if we can get 8 more.

104 105 Ryan quiet on Kohl's open Senate seat

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 13, 2011 12:16 PM (P+zzG)

I happen to think he might run.

I think he might see the Senate campaign as an opportunity to get his message out.

105 OT: Jane Fonda's Turkey Claw

106 96
I'm surprised Geithner lasted 6 months.

Posted by: cui bono, soothsayer? at May 13, 2011 12:13 PM (uFokq)

I'm not, he knows where the bodies are buried...

If ANY of the Major Insiders from the Obama/Fed Res/Wall Street crowd drops a dime on them, the whole Immoral though Legal Crony Capitalism thing will fall apart...

Intersting note.... 1 of the big stock trading houses (Berkshire) has not had a Negative trading day in THREE QUARTERS...  Goldman had only ONE negative trading day last Quarter...

odds of that??? without some inside information or 'help'?  Billions to ONE.

107 why would the electorate re elect him with the idea he would Fix the mess? Posted by: Romeo13 at May 13, 2011 12:15 PM (NtXW4) People stick with what they know. New things are unknown and scary. There has to be a damn good reason to throw out something familiar. Anger is one such reason; if the economy is still in the crapper in September 2012 then I think there will be a turnaround for the GOP -- assuming they don't nominate the Huckster or some such idiot.

108 While all of this horizon gazing for 2012 is great; how about a post for the Ky, La, and Wv Governors races this year.  Might need some focus on a few other smaller races to "shape the narrative"; like the one in Ny or the recall elections in Ws.

109

113 OT: Jane Fonda's Turkey Claw

 

Man some happy ending from those paws would make you gay.

110 106 ...and, well this is fascinating stuff.

I've never seen that verified. Gwen Moore also speaks like she dislikes both of them, though the WI delegation does work together on occasion.


108 Not Sean Duffy?

Maybe, or perhaps Reid Ribble? I was just quoting that list from the link.

111 Doesn't Ron Johnson have any buddies he can talk into getting in?

112 116 While all of this horizon gazing for 2012 is great; how about a post for the Ky, La, and Wv Governors races this year.

I think those are slam dunks, aren't they?  RRD?

113

Sherrod Brown has to be gripping hard and I don't think Toonces did him any fucking favors when he withheld emergency funds from Brown's home base of Lorain.  I was surprised that McFly even campaigned for Twitch Strickland since, among the other dumbfuck things he did in his 4 years of incompetence, he lashed himself to the mast of the HMS Pantsuit in 2008.  With the economy being deeply in the shitter and Il Douche's simpleton energy policies, he would be well advised to stay the fuck out of Ohio.

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 13, 2011 11:59 AM (l3wWa)

You know, the Sunday talk shows would be a lot more interesting if George Will spoke like Captain Hate, instead of sounding like he was perpetually constipated.

114 118 106 ...and, well this is fascinating stuff.

I've never seen that verified. Gwen Moore also speaks like she dislikes both of them, though the WI delegation does work together on occasion.

I've detested Gwen Moore ever since her retard son, Supreme Solar Allah, got caught slashing the tires of GOP GOTV vans in 2004.

115 What did Mitchell not get in regards to the visit by Bibi and the King of Jordan - that forced him to punt?

116 108 Not Sean Duffy?

Maybe, or perhaps Reid Ribble? I was just quoting that list from the link.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 13, 2011 12:25 PM (P+zzG)

Duffy is a frosh, of course -- unlikely to turn around and run for Senate -- but I'd like to see more Ewok posts.

117 OT - when will the Administration declare war on Georgia?

Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal signs Arizona-style immigration bill into law - AJC http://bit.ly/kobOz9

118

Posted by: joncelli at May 13, 2011 12:22 PM (RD7QR)

Two words.... Third Party....

Folks like myself are tired of the Democans and Republicrats just shifting power from one failed group to another....

We gave the Repubs a Historic victory in the last election... trying to send a messege to Washington, yet it seems that they are back to the same inside the beltway games where there is NO significant change for the better.

Promise 100 Billion? do a couple hundred Million... Promise to split spending bills up? keep the same big omnibus bills.... Talk about drill drill drill? Nothing (and a new CO2 bill just slipped through Congress with all kinds of crap in it..).... Talk about Nuc Power? Yet all we get are Blow Jobs (windmills)...

Washington is broken... and handing Power back to the Republicans just puts a different face on the exact same problem.

119 house GOP leadership is pretty piss poor as a group losing Ryan to the senate would probably make it even worse.

120 107 94 71 

I wonder.  If Ryan would announce first, and if for some reason Feingold saw an opportunity to get back into the Senate riding on Obama's coattails, would he stick with that "gentleman's agreement."  I really don't think that friendship has as much hold over dems as power does.

I think it would make them uncomfortable but I've read some articles in which they both put politics above friendship. But my question is more whether Feingold would be the right candidate for the Dems? Some of the other names on that list would be better for them.

121 128 107 94 71  Italics fail. 2nd paragraph is mine.

122 But my question is more whether Feingold would be the right candidate for the Dems? Some of the other names on that list would be better for them.

Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 13, 2011 12:32 PM (P+zzG)

I think Feingold is the best choice for Obama.  As everybody's said, he raises his own money and he brings out the moonbats.  That's what Obama wants, hence, that's what the Democrats want.

123

Mooo-ooovin' on up,

To the tooo-oop

To a deluxe apartment  

in the sky-y-y-y...

 

Well, not really, but I do have to go carry boxes from my wife's current Cratchit-style "office" to a new, purportedly better, one up one flight of stairs and down the hall. At least that's how it's been described to me. Probably means I'll be making dozens of trips through all sorts of rat-mazes and spontaneously closing doors.

124 wisconsin

125 Kratos - Dick Deal, dark horse for 2012?

126

M80, Ryan and Sensenbrenner were probably trying to keep from laughing out loud went they made that "deal". Moore (D-Crazytown) is in a district that was created for one reason, getting a minority to congress. Nobody white or sane has a snowball's chance in Hell of getting elected there.

127 OT: OBL FOUND WITH PORN STASH

128 Sorry, Nathan Deal - I know a Dick Deal.

129 more wisconsin

130 They aren't called thumb drives for nuthin

- OBL

131 Ryan should be running for president not senate.  The Iowa donors should be going after his sense of duty, not Christie's, who clearly doesn't want to run.

132 "The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive"

133 The drudge headline is "bush breaks silence"  on OBL?

134 OT: Chris Christie has told Politico he didn't tell Daniels he'd endorse him.

135

OT: From the sidebar, an Italian leader is bragging about possibly winging Kadaffy. And admits that the source is a Catholic Bishop who opposes the campaign.

 "The international pressure has likely led Gaddafi to decide to seek shelter in a safe location. I tend to think that he fled Tripoli, not Libya."

An official at the NATO operations center in Naples repeated NATO's line that it was not targeting individuals in bombing raids that have hit Libyan capital"

I guess that's it's nice to know that we're not the only ones with leaders whose declaratory policy and actual policy tend to 'diverge'.

136 135 OT: OBL FOUND WITH PORN STASH

No wonder Goat Fetishes dot com went down for several days...they lost a big source of revenue when Seal Team 6 put two in Osama's head. 

/Not that *I* would know anything about that.

137 Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at May 13, 2011 12:41 PM (P+zzG)

that's good to hear, I thought Christie had lost his mind.

138 Ha, William R finally showed up on the Paul thread.

139 135OT: OBL FOUND WITH PORN STASH

Posted by: Cherry ð at May 13, 2011 12:38 PM (+sBB4)

Guy? Internet?  Is this supposed to be some suprise?

I still think the ultimate way to fight the Islamic Jihad, is with Boobies and Beer!  Hook them on American Freedoms, with the chance to choose Decadence, and the Jihad is done...

 

140 "The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, consists of modern, electronically recorded video and is fairly extensive"

Posted by: Cherry ð

 

Well now we know what everybody in the situation room was actually staring at.

141 Well now we know what everybody in the situation room was actually staring at.

That's why Hillary had her hand over her mouth

142 Wow, that cheers me up, but Kohl was at least a businessman, aka he inherited a lot of toilets.

143 What a fucking hypocritical bitch cuz only R's face consequences, right Barb? :

@ Ensign ethics probe:

"It is a cautionary tale," Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Ethics Committee, said in announcing the panel's findings on the Senate floor Thursday afternoon, a highly unusual move. "It shows that our actions, all of them, have consequences."

144 OT:  Weird story of the day...and it's not from Florida.  This from the Canary Islands.....Tenerife

The 60-year-old woman was reportedly attacked in a supermarket in the town of Los Cristianos on the island.

A Bulgarian man, believed to be homeless, has been detained by Spanish police.

Spanish media reported that witnesses saw the man enter a Chinese supermarket at the Valdes Shopping Centre and, without saying a word, attacked the woman with a knife, cutting her head off.

snip~

Manuel Reveron, a local a councillor for citizen security said: "Apparently this gentleman without any motive or any reason, although for this there is no reasoning, entered the shop and then cut this woman's neck and took the head in his hand outside up to the sidewalk.

http://tinyurl.com/3d8at7x

145 Well now we know what everybody in the situation room was actually staring at.

That's why Hillary had her hand over her mouth

Posted by: Cherry ð

And how Biden managed to stay awake. And perhaps how they enticed Obama of of the golf course.

146 I hope you cheese heads are ready for it, Wisconsin Battleground 2012  - might as well sell your TVs right now.

147 And perhaps how they enticed Obama of of the golf course.

Posted by: Blue Hen at May 13, 2011 12:47 PM (326rv)

Oh so it was gay porn?  That OBL!

148 130 I think Feingold is the best choice for Obama.  As everybody's said, he raises his own money and he brings out the moonbats.  That's what Obama wants, hence, that's what the Democrats want.

Well, he's certainly like the other Wisconsin libs and he definitely can raise the money. But I had heard they were considering pushing him to run for governor if Walker gets recalled. Which would he choose, I wonder?

149 So the islamists are actually pissed at us because of their porn addiction? Osama has a chaffed dick?

150 Excellent point.  What type of porn exactly?

151 Kemp, I think you are thinking of Kohler. He's the guy with the toilets. :-)

152 Now we know why OBL had no escape plans.  He couldn't leave without his porn DVDs.

153
Former Senatorial candidate Tim Michels is also rumored to be interested after replenishing his personal fortune. The problem is, after he pulled off the upset of favored establishment candidate Russ Darrow (and a few others) in the 2004 primary, the entire Republican party apparatus abandoned the race and he was crushed by Feingold.

Hotair




Yeah, let's all unite after the primary....

154 I hope you cheese heads are ready for it, Wisconsin Battleground 2012  - might as well sell your TVs right now.

Posted by: Jean

 

Don't tell them that! They'll miss seeing my voluptuous form.

155 Now we know why OBL had no escape plans.  He couldn't leave without his porn DVDs.

Posted by: Cherry ð

 

So OBL was was a Moron?

156 Ms80sBaby - him to run for governor if Walker gets recalled.- If Feingold's name pops up for US Senate, that can give you an idea what the internal polling on the recall looks like.

157 So OBL was was a Moron? Posted by: Kloovenhoofer at May 13, 2011 12:53 PM (326rv) FIRST!

158 145 that's good to hear, I thought Christie had lost his mind.

Maybe CBS invented the idea and reported it as news. Certainly wouldn't be the last time.

159 Binny Does Bombay

160 164 Ms80sBaby - him to run for governor if Walker gets recalled.- If Feingold's name pops up for US Senate, that can give you an idea what the internal polling on the recall looks like.

Indeed.

161 164 Ms80sBaby - him to run for governor if Walker gets recalled.- If Feingold's name pops up for US Senate, that can give you an idea what the internal polling on the recall looks like.

Posted by: Jean at May 13, 2011 12:54 PM (WkuV6)

I wouldn't figure that it stands much of a chance after the Prosser election.

162 Slow here today, huh?

163 Now we know why OBL had no escape plans.  He couldn't leave without his porn DVDs.

Posted by: Cherry π at May 13, 2011 12:50 PM (+sBB4)

Do you know how hard it is to find Goats Gone Wild:  Abbottabad Collector's Edition?

164 Wrap-Up: "Herb Kohl Calls It A Senate Career"

165 OBL probably had a large assortment of kiddie porn. Being deeply religious, he'd watch it and ask himself "What would Mohammed do?".

166 Okay - right now Senate is 47 R 53 D - so we need to pick up 13 for a filibuster-proof majority.  It IS actually possible this time around, but we'd have to get real lucky.  This is how I see it:

First, the D open seats:
NM, ND, WI, CT, VA, HI

They are all possible pickups, with CT and HI being the least likely of course - HI is possible only if Lingle runs, but she is quite RINO-ish.

Then the D vulnerable seats:
OH, PA, WV, MO, NE, FL, MI, MT

And we have to defend our own vulnerable seats:
MA, NV, IN, ME

It IS possible to get to 60 but we would need some incredible luck and the right candidates.

167 That's why Hillary had her hand over her mouth

Thought Bubble:  That's what Monica ate looks like??

168 Y-not, We got someone saying they won't vote for the nominee if nominee is X or Y. Apparently, I'm not principled because I don't want Obama to win and have a full on communist lame duck term.

169

First, the D open seats:
NM, ND, WI, CT, VA, HI

R Gov of Va has a 62% approval rating if that helps.

170 Ryan to consider Senate run

"...I was surprised by Senator KohlÂ’s announcement and want to take some time over the next few days to discuss this news with my family and supporters before making any decision about how IÂ’m best able to serve my employers in the First Congressional District, our state and nation."

171 This is great news on two different levels.  [1] A really useless Democrat whose biggest achievements while in office are  (a) keeping his head down, and (b) ending the careers of some good Republican legislators, including Paul Ryan's predecessor in WI District One.  [2] Ron Kind, WI District 3, is a solid "back-bencher" who (like Kohl) we've been trying to get rid of for nearly 2 decades.  To run for the Senate he'll have to give up his House seat (as Rep. Mark Green did in 2006 to run against Kohl), which means we now have a chance to get a decent Congressman for the Western one-third of the state.

We had an excellent Congressman in WI-3 for 16 years, who came in with Reagan in 1980.  Kind is a good-looking cipher who's benefited from having the district redrawn by a Democratic-controlled legislature, and the WEA (teacher's union) is solidly behind him.  Outside his home turf, he's very beatable because, well, he's not all that bright -- charming and personable, but not much upstairs.

He was going to run for Governor last year until he found out how bad the state's finances really were... c'mon Ron, go for it this time!!

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