Entries from March 2009

March 17, 2009

Politico Covers Chuck Grassley’s Twittering

Hey! Check it out! The contents of my Chuck Grassley Twitter post were reported on by Politico’s Shenanigans and a part of my post was quoted.

March 13, 2009

McConnell: Message Is Fine, Messengers Not So Great

Washington Wire’s Susan Davis reports this story:
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t believe the Republican Party has the wrong message, just the wrong messengers.
“We don’t think it’s a flawed message as much as we haven’t had the right candidates out there to put these races in the win column and we’re working very hard to turn it [...]

March 13, 2009

GOP: The First 50 Days

Craig Crawford over at CQ’s Trail Mix put together this great video highlighting the GOP’s first 50 days of the new political term.

March 13, 2009

Jim Leach: The GOP, Michael Steele, And That Big Tent Everybody Keeps Talking About

Today, on Politico’s The Arena, Leach posted a very thoughtful comment on where the GOP is today, how it moved there, and why everybody keeps talking about tents. The initial question asked was: “Is there room for Michael Steele in the GOP tent? How small can a tent get anyway?”

March 13, 2009

Official Cramer-Stewart Interview, Pt. 3

more about “Official Cramer-Stewart Interview, Pt. 3“, posted with vodpod

March 13, 2009

Official Cramer-Stewart Interview, Pt. 2

more about \”The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Offic…\”, posted with vodpod

March 13, 2009

Official Cramer-Stewart Interview, Pt. 1

Watch Jon Stewart take Jim Cramer down like a skilled big-game hunter.

March 13, 2009

Would Somebody Please Translate Chuck Grassley (remote via Twitter) For Me?

I just received this Tweet (punctuation by punctuation) from the ever-comical Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA)

March 13, 2009

Cramer vs. Stewart Duke It Out…And It’s A Thing Of Beauty

Cramer vs. Stewart. I’m so glad this happened.

March 11, 2009

Twitter Gains Legitimacy?

Interesting post from Glenn Thrush over at Politico dealing with Twitter and politics (two items that seem to go hand in hand more and more often these days):
George Stephanopoulos is grilling Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a language she can understand — Tweet.

GS: @clairecmc Hey Senator, George here. On This Week, you signaled support [...]

March 11, 2009

Bernie Madoff Grinds My Gears

According to a Rasmussen poll out today, when asked whether or not Bernie Madoff or his wife should be allowed to keep any of their money stolen in the $64.8 billion Ponzi scheme, 81% of respondents answered no.

March 10, 2009

Heath Shuler Not Running In 2010. North Carolina Erupts Into Spontaneous Celebration.

According to Poltico’s The Scorecard, it has been confirmed by a Shuler sposkesperson that Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) will not be running against Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) in the 2010 NC Senate race.

March 9, 2009

Dickipedia!

Dickipedia: Let us edit or get ready for a fight. Dicks.

March 9, 2009

John McCain Gets a Reality Check, or (alternately), Stay Out of South Carolina, Sen. McCain!

As a twitter follower of Senator John McCain (twitter name SenJohnMcCain), my text message box has clearly noticed that the Arizona Senator has started regularly sending out a Letterman-style top 10 list of that day’s 10 worst earmarks from the Omnibus bill. Granted, as a supporter of superfluous things like science, the environment, and the arts, I generally don’t agree with him, but this is his schtick and has been for a long time so I’m not at all surprised to see him list something like beaver management in North Carolina as an extraordinary luxury that the federal government shouldn’t have to foot the bill for. Has John McCain ever seen a North Carolina beaver? Has he ever looked into their beady little eyes? They’re like gremlins. Greatest national threat (besides bears) in my opinion.

March 5, 2009

R.I.P. Countdown

Wow. Keith Olberman doesn’t know how to ask a non-leading interview question. It’s artistic really. And for me, to some degree, it’s a lot like indulging in my favorite Popeye’s value meal. But, like Popeye’s, I am well aware that it’s just bad for me. Shouldn’t a news show, even one that is openly biased, [...]