Democrat Massa Resigns - to Squeaker Pelosi’s Gain
Alas, Squeaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Haight-Ashbury, 100%) just picked up a vote for ObamaCare. Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY, not yet rated) has announced his resignation from the House effective Monday, due to ethics charges (sexual harassment). On November 7th, 2009, Massa was one of the 39 Democrats who voted against the [...]
A Futile Constitutional Exercise, But a Nice Shibboleth Nonetheless
I would love to see Republicans in House and Senate propose the following amendment to the United States Constitution; it’s short, simple, and substantive:
The rights, liberties, privileges, and immunities protected by this Constitution shall apply only to United States citizens and legally resident or visiting aliens, not found to have taken up arms against the [...]
George the Magic Cracker
So Barack H. Obama went up to Boston, campaigning hard for Massachusetts Attorney General Martha “Chokely” Coakley to win the special election to serve the remainder of Ted Kennedy’s term.
It didn’t work out quite as planned.
Now the Democrats have found their newest scapegoat, and it turns out to be… Oh heck, let them tell it [...]
Democracy Inaction
Could this be the magic “exit strategy” for the Democrats to extract themselves from mounting voter opposition to ObamaCare from all sides? Here is my late-night, bleary-eyed scenario:
The Democrats deliberately drag out discussions on the House-Senate compromise bill.
They hope and pray that Republican Scott Brown beats Democrat Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts senatorial election. [...]
Copenhagen Update
The Copenhagen greenfest is over, happily. Roger Simon sums up what he saw there:
On the last day of COP 15, staring at a Jumbotron where Hugo Chavez was addressing the conference, something was nagging at me besides the obvious (that half the audience was enthusiastically applauding a maniac). I was trying to figure out [...]
Wow, That Was Quick: Scozzafava Drops Out of NY-23 Race
I think my predictions for the special election in New York’s 23rd district are pretty safe now:
Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents — Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or [...]
