in MN gov race. It has an excellent track of supporting candidates who would lose the general election. Any general elction. Not just the gov’s. A burnt DFLer never dreads the fire.
As a resident of Ohio, I am obviously interested in the open Senate race. I have not decided if I will support Fisher or Brunner, as I like them both and think either would make a good (or great) senator. This will be a contest that I may not decide until I fill out my absentee ballot.
As a resident of the Star Wars galaxy, I must remark on how similar our nemeses in this country resemble those I fought against as a member of Rogue Squadron. Sarah Palin strikes me as a slightly-dumber version of Admiral Natasi Daala (who, alas, is now the chief of state), and Michelle Bachmann is a gussied-up answer to Ysanne Isard (or Iceheart as I used to call her) only I can’t imagine Iceheart saying as many blatantly stupid things. Boss Limbaugh is akin to Warlord Zsing, only without the curly mustache.
As a friend of Luke Skywalker and as a Jedi Knight, I must quarrel with the description of Dick Cheney as Darth Vader. As the past few months have shown, Cheney is in fact Darth Sidious. There’s even a slight facial resemblance. Too bad Obama isn’t a Jedi. I’d gladly watch him challenge Sidious/Cheney to a lightsaber duel.
One added bonus about having Obama in the White House is that, for the first time, we have a genuine nerd in the White House. In fact, the past few years (not only politically, but film-wise as well) have seen the revenge of the nerd as a major force in society.
A while back, I was listening to an NPR program about the merits of using robotic drones in Afghanistan, and I couldn’t help but shudder a little. While I acknowledge that they do have their uses, I do think these machines distance people from what war really is and thus makes people more reckless in possibly going to war in the future. Not only that, but I wonder how long it will be before we have battle droids instead of soldiers. As a resident of that galaxy far, far away (the GFFA as we call it), I can tell you that battle droids can only lead to trouble.
Out of the current members of Congress that are definitely running for governor in 2010 or are mentioned as potential candidates, how would you rank their chances of becoming governor? This list includes King of Iowa, Wamp of Tennessee, Walden and DeFazio of Oregon, Deal of Georgia, Barrett of South Carolina, Heller of Nevada, Davis of Alabama, Abercrombie of Hawaii, Miller and Hoekstra of Michigan, Gerlach of Pennsylvania, Fallin of Oklahoma, and Matheson of Utah. I think being elected governor as a sitting member of Congress from a heavily populated state is very difficult.
…what will he do?
If he just gets a “no”, will he concede or take it to SCOTUS?
If it gets kicked back to a lower court, will he continue to fight?
As you may know, I’m the creator of the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.
I’ll sometimes search through Facebook groups to find candidates. One I found was a guy named Allen Bearden. He’s running for the open 56th State Senate district, which includes Roswell and parts of Alpharetta in North Fulton County. This guy is ingriguing to me. Judging from the platform he has posted (no website), he comes off as a pragmatic liberal. For example:
While abstinence should be the main focus, accurate information about contraceptive options should be taught as well, so that those who do give in to temptation are not potentially punished for life with an STD or unwanted pregnancy.
or
More money must be spent on education. Our students must learn life skills, critical thinking, and self-expression in addition to basic skills like math, reading, sciences, history, civics, art and music.
Our schools must place less emphasis on standardized testing. While standardized tests have their place in the education system, we must be training students for life, not for tests.
He was asked which party banner he was going to run under and said he leans more Democratic, but was at the moment running as an independent because “the Democrats don’t have much of a shot in North Fulton. Not to mention it’s harder to qualify for a party slot; you need to be a member.”
He’s right about the first part, but I think he’s wrong about the second part. I’ve actually posted on the wall of the group asking him to run as a Democrat and sent the recruiting coordinator for the Georgia Democratic Party his information, hoping they would do so, too.
The last time a Democrat represented this district was 1986-1992.
Inglis has been moderating quite a bit over the last few years, now he may have a significant primary challenge.
Right wing talk radio is very anti-Inglis and is popular in the area.
http://2010garacetracker.wetpa…
http://2010californiaracetrack…
in MN gov race. It has an excellent track of supporting candidates who would lose the general election. Any general elction. Not just the gov’s. A burnt DFLer never dreads the fire.
As a resident of Ohio, I am obviously interested in the open Senate race. I have not decided if I will support Fisher or Brunner, as I like them both and think either would make a good (or great) senator. This will be a contest that I may not decide until I fill out my absentee ballot.
As a resident of the Star Wars galaxy, I must remark on how similar our nemeses in this country resemble those I fought against as a member of Rogue Squadron. Sarah Palin strikes me as a slightly-dumber version of Admiral Natasi Daala (who, alas, is now the chief of state), and Michelle Bachmann is a gussied-up answer to Ysanne Isard (or Iceheart as I used to call her) only I can’t imagine Iceheart saying as many blatantly stupid things. Boss Limbaugh is akin to Warlord Zsing, only without the curly mustache.
As a friend of Luke Skywalker and as a Jedi Knight, I must quarrel with the description of Dick Cheney as Darth Vader. As the past few months have shown, Cheney is in fact Darth Sidious. There’s even a slight facial resemblance. Too bad Obama isn’t a Jedi. I’d gladly watch him challenge Sidious/Cheney to a lightsaber duel.
One added bonus about having Obama in the White House is that, for the first time, we have a genuine nerd in the White House. In fact, the past few years (not only politically, but film-wise as well) have seen the revenge of the nerd as a major force in society.
A while back, I was listening to an NPR program about the merits of using robotic drones in Afghanistan, and I couldn’t help but shudder a little. While I acknowledge that they do have their uses, I do think these machines distance people from what war really is and thus makes people more reckless in possibly going to war in the future. Not only that, but I wonder how long it will be before we have battle droids instead of soldiers. As a resident of that galaxy far, far away (the GFFA as we call it), I can tell you that battle droids can only lead to trouble.
for the next year and a half, it seems.
Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey hired two high-profile (in Republican circles) staffers, leading to speculation that he has not ruled out running against Chet Culver next year. My money is on him running for re-election as secretary of agriculture. I consider Northey an underdog in a Republican gubernatorial primary for reasons I discussed here.
I still believe Culver is in a relatively strong position, but many Democrats fear he is vulnerable. Here’s a Culver-skeptic view from another Iowa blogger.
Have you read the story of how Rahm forced Israel out of the race?
http://politicalwire.com/archi…
Amazingly, brilliantly, ruthless.
Out of the current members of Congress that are definitely running for governor in 2010 or are mentioned as potential candidates, how would you rank their chances of becoming governor? This list includes King of Iowa, Wamp of Tennessee, Walden and DeFazio of Oregon, Deal of Georgia, Barrett of South Carolina, Heller of Nevada, Davis of Alabama, Abercrombie of Hawaii, Miller and Hoekstra of Michigan, Gerlach of Pennsylvania, Fallin of Oklahoma, and Matheson of Utah. I think being elected governor as a sitting member of Congress from a heavily populated state is very difficult.
…what will he do?
If he just gets a “no”, will he concede or take it to SCOTUS?
If it gets kicked back to a lower court, will he continue to fight?
As you may know, I’m the creator of the 2010 Georgia Race Tracker.
I’ll sometimes search through Facebook groups to find candidates. One I found was a guy named Allen Bearden. He’s running for the open 56th State Senate district, which includes Roswell and parts of Alpharetta in North Fulton County. This guy is ingriguing to me. Judging from the platform he has posted (no website), he comes off as a pragmatic liberal. For example:
or
He was asked which party banner he was going to run under and said he leans more Democratic, but was at the moment running as an independent because “the Democrats don’t have much of a shot in North Fulton. Not to mention it’s harder to qualify for a party slot; you need to be a member.”
He’s right about the first part, but I think he’s wrong about the second part. I’ve actually posted on the wall of the group asking him to run as a Democrat and sent the recruiting coordinator for the Georgia Democratic Party his information, hoping they would do so, too.
The last time a Democrat represented this district was 1986-1992.
Inglis has been moderating quite a bit over the last few years, now he may have a significant primary challenge.
Right wing talk radio is very anti-Inglis and is popular in the area.
http://www.greenvilleonline.co…
http://weblogs.newsday.com/new…
You missed this in the daily digest Friday- Stormy Daniels formed an exploratory comitty to challenge David Vitter http://www.google.com/hostedne…
Politics1 says that someone named Robin Titus is an R running against Reid. Any relation to Dina?