I don’t exactly consider Mrs. Pelosi to the sharpest knife in the drawer, but on the other hand, at least she can count votes.

Consider these facts:  The Obama economy is cratering.    The $trillion or so Porkulus package utterly failed

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Mark Hemingway at The Corner:

I was perusing an old column by Kevin Rennie, the former Connecticut state legislator that broke the cottage story, and noticed this interesting tidbit:

During the fourth quarter of 2008, Dodd’s Senate re-election campaign

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

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Eric Florack on March 11th, 2009

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This is the Flatlander Edition.

 Let’s see.-

Market tanking. Check.

Government growing. Check.

Industry failing. Check.

Our government bound and determined to

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

I note by way of  Ben Smith at Politico, another arranged wrestling match on our horizon… Newt v Rush. There’s nothing like the spectacle of conservatives having a disagreement while the Soros Dominated Dinosaur media stands on the sidelines

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

From Jen Rubin at Commentary:

Jake Tapper appears to be one of the few (only?) mainstream reporters keeping current on the Chas Freeman story. You would think it would be hard to ignore the growing tidal wave of protest

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Eric Florack on March 9th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

ramble-electstoreThis is the ‘Fool for the City’ edition. A nod to Foghat, who I happened to be listening to when I wrote

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Eric Florack on March 9th, 2009

I note via Glenn Reynolds, an article on Time’s website:

Dodd is looking increasingly vulnerable. The silver-haired father of two young girls is facing his toughest re-election fight ever, and he doesn’t even have an opponent yet. (Though CNBC

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This is the “Boy am I looking forward to spring” edition.

It’s getting warmer around here. It started this morning above 50

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This is the “Would you buy a used car from this Blog?” edition.  Rmemeber, no down payment and 72 years to pay.

  • Our

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Eric Florack on March 4th, 2009

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This is the “Boy are we ever LOST” edition.

WARNING: This Bitsblog entry may contain information that is
 unsuitable for overly sensitive persons

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2009

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 Our government seems intent on setting on the same path as Fidel Castro sent his nation back in the 50’s. As a result they’re still driving

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.

 This is the ‘Because I can’ edition.  Well, mostly, because, well, you know.  And also, because that seems Obama’s attitude about spending our

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2009

James Joyner points to an article at Next Right I noticed last night.

Patrick Ruffini decries the “Joe-the-Plumberization of the GOP.”

If you want to get a sense of how unserious and ungrounded most Americans think the Republican Party is,

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2009

Good evening. I’m Bobby Jindal, governor of Louisiana.

Tonight, we witnessed a great moment in the history of our republic. In the very chamber where Congress once voted to abolish slavery, our first African American president stepped forward to address

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