Evan Bayh games the process
Fred Barnes argues that Evan Bayh — that critic of excessive partisanship — played the consummate partisan in the way he exited Washington. By waiting to exit until it was too late for potential successors to obtain the petition signatures they needed to get on the ballot, Bayh ensured that the Democrats (presumably [...]
Bayh’s Very Partisan Exit
Did Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, who insists he favors more bipartisanship in Washington, schedule the announcement of his retirement to give his party a distinctly partisan advantage in picking a candidate to run for his seat? It sure looks like he did exactly that.
Indeed, Democratic strategists and party officials [...]
California Dreamin’
Scott Brown’s victory in Massachusetts suggests that there may not be many “safe” Democratic seats in Congress among those that will be contested this year. For example, Republicans are hoping to defeat Sen. Barbara Boxer in California. In fact, Boxer herself has suggested that her seat is far from safe.
Bruce Kesler [...]
David Axelrod: ‘Hey, Scott Brown’s a great guy’
Obama’s chief strategist and spin-meister is already in full spin mode and he’s sounding uncharacteristically kind about the Republican candidate.
Paul West writes at The Swamp:
The Obama strategist volunteered praise for the Massachusetts Senate campaign run by the Republican, Scott Brown, and seemed to find nothing good to point to in the Democratic effort. He said [...]
Time out from "Stalinism"
Boris Shor, a professor at the University of Chicago, makes what appears to be a persuasive case that Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for the Senate in Massachusetts, is a liberal. Indeed, Shor argues that, objectively speaking, he is more liberal than Dede Scozzafava, the candidate for Congress in New York against whom [...]
Scott Brown Moneybomb - $448,403.41 and Growing Fast (Updated)
As Jim Geraghty notes, (Massachusetts Republican candidate for U.S. Senate) Scott Brown’s goal for today is $500,000. AS of the time of this writing he’s raised $448,403.41, and climbing.
I happen to agree with Geraghty that Brown is likely to break the $1 million mark today.
Update: The final tally is $1,191,302.50.
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