SSP Daily Digest: 6/18 (Morning Edition)

  • CA-Sen: Biden alert! The VPOTUS will do a fundraiser for Barbara Boxer next month in Silicon Valley, followed by a next-day affair in the City of Angels. President Obama’s already done several events for Boxer, but of course, CA is damn enormous and expensive.
  • FL-Sen: We often criticize candidates for making phony ad buys which are really just pure media plays – but usually they aren’t this obvious about it. Zillionaire asshole Jeff Greene, ostensibly running for senate in Florida, is running ads on cable television… in Washington, DC. Greene is trying to goad the House Ethics Committee into investigating some earmark activity on Kendrick Meek’s part. I doubt this is going to work. Oh, and of course no word on the size of the buy. I mean, why even bother?
  • SC-Sen: The South Carolina Democratic Party turned back Vic Rawl’s challenge to Alvin Greene’s shocking primary win, citing a lack of evidence that would mandate an attempt to overturn the election results.
  • AL-Gov: If Tim James really wanted to stop a Republican from winning an election, he should have given that $200,000 to me. Instead, the money that he’s blown on a statewide recount has actually cost him ten votes so far, with 59 of 67 counties (representing 94% of the state’s population) having finished their second count. James trails second-place finisher Robert Bentley by 177 votes now, as opposed to 167 after election night. I really wonder who advised him on this move.
  • OH-Gov: Despite his repeated claims that he wasn’t very involved in Lehman Brother’s business operations, John Kasich still felt threatened enough by his connection that one of his staffers engaged in a little sideline duty – he advised Ohio’s largest public pension fund on how best to spin its nine-figure losses attributable to the Lehman debacle. Ah, who doesn’t love some nice shady commingling?
  • NC-02: Civitas hired SUSA to conduct a snap poll of the NC-02 race, in the wake of Bob Etheridge’s videotaped spazz-out the other day. They find Republican Renee Ellmers at 39, Etheridge at 38, and, weirdly, libertarian Tom Rose at 13. (Note that Ellmers has $5K on hand and Rose hasn’t filed a report.) Tom Jensen offers a note of caution, though, pointing out that a poll PPP did immediately after Joe Wilson’s “You lie!” embarrassment also showed the incumbent down a point – but it’s extremely unlikely the race looks anything like that today. Of course, SC-02 is quite a bit more GOP-friendly than NC-02 is Dem-friendly.
  • DCCC: The Hill has a follow-up piece on the shameful state of DCCC dues payments. Even at this late date, retiring members Brian Baird, Vic Snyder, Dennis Moore, Bart Gordon, and John Tanner (who is a member of leadership) are still way behind on their dues, and some have even contributed nothing, despite huge warchests. Of course, this is only a very partial list of deadbeats.
  • Moose Lady: For those of you who like to keep track of Sarah Palin’s endorsements, well, she’s backing Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Star Parker (CA-37 – I know, very lulzy), and Rep. Mary Fallin (OK-Gov).
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    3. This is a good article on NC-02 by Jim Geraghty

      http://article.nationalreview….

      Yes I know its National Review. But I think the key here is that this went from being a race that was not even on Geraghty’s 99 races to watch to another tough one for the Dems.

      Ellmers went from $5k cash on hand to over $75k in a couple of days.

      Because of Etheridge temper and stupity she will make a race out of this.

    4. Etheridge hasn’t gotten less than 62% this decade.  He may not get it this time, but he’ll win.  And the Libertarian at 13%?

    5. This week tosh.0 played the Tim James commercial “We speak English!” in a segment he called “Is It Racist?”

      Conclusion: Hell yeah, it’s racist!

      Tosh says, “But at least they’re not being racist towards black people for once, so way to go, Alabama.  Baby steps.”

    6. http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/ey…

      I think I was more optimistic than most on Angle’s chances, but this interview is bad. However, if this interview is the normal for her, I have a hard time seeing her pulling it out no matter how unpopular Reid has become. On the bright side, for me as a Republican, if Rubio, Angle, and possibly Rand lose maybe it will cause some of the Republican primary electorate to regain its sanity. Hey, just let a guy a dream.  

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