Yesterday’s Election Results, Part II (It’s All About Taxes)

Until about an hour ago, I had been concentrating on who won and who lost, and trying to make some political “Will of the people” sense about it all.  But no really clear picture came through until such time as

For all the talk abou the Bush Dynasty,  both of Dubya’s campaigns were almost totally devoid of involvement by Bush Senior.

In stark contrast,  whenever Mrs. Clinton snubs her little toe,  Mr. Clinton comes to rescue.   Confront Mrs. Clinton and

Yes, to answer the question of a couple overnight e-mails… I voted, yesterday. A local election, for the most part.

The initial tallies seem interesting… Democrats making gains in the metros, Republicans walking way with the prize everywhere else. Polarized,

Captain Ed notes, , the Mukasey vote, yesterday:

The Senate Judiciary Panel reported Michael Mukasey’s nomination to the full Senate today, recommending confirmation by an 11-8 vote. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein voted to support , as announced earlier,

Just One Minute quotes the Boston Ledger:

   John Kerry: I’m Now Prepared to Fight Off Swift Boat Veterans
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, perhaps preparing to get back into the presidential ring one day, claims he’s now armed with

Alas poor Tim Russert.   First Linda Hirshman  analogized Russert to Adolf Hiter.  Now,  and maybe even worse,  former president B.J. Clinton compares Russert to  John O’Neill

‘Rat folklore holds that John Kerry would be Presidnet but for the evil of

Sister Toldjah says in a post from yesterday:

The discussions over Hillary Clinton’s use of the victim card after her poor performance at last week’s Democratic presidential candidate debate haven’t died down. In fact, they seem to be intensifying.

There’s

Laughable.

Ron Paul… even with the money games such a claim would invariably have attached to it, failed in his attempt to raise $10M USD in one day.

Of course, in the press, no mention that it was a failed

Summer has been so damned busy, I’ve not had much time to do any serious reading, except when we were camping. Some summers are like that.

[bookcover:1400054206]

With winter coming on up here…(We’re expecting snow, here, come Thursday) I’ve started

Well it is if you are a democrat.   Has  Jenny Ballantine become the symbol of the democrat party?

Ann Coulter: via J0hn Hawkins, Right Wing News.

“If we took away women’s right to vote, we’d never have to worry

An interesting note from Glenn today. He’s apparently come to the very same conclusion I came to years ago:

DO NOT TRUST CONTENT FROM ANDREW SULLIVAN: I can’t go around answering all of Andrew Sullivan’s misrepresentations, but it’s telling that

Apparently, the press is desperate to get something in the paper to push Norman Hsu off the front page, and for the ability to say “They have crimnials too”. Via Memeorandum, The WaPo is an example:

Republican presidential candidate Fred

An interesting, but alas, not particularly shocking article appeared over at Q&O yesterday under the headline 8 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were registered to vote.

We all saw or are now familiar with the recent dust-up in the

On the subject of a biased press, comes Investor’s Business Daily:

Just like so many reports before it, a joint survey by the Project for Excellence in Journalism and Harvard’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy

Manu Raju at The Hill:

 Senate Republicans said Thursday they would invoke new ethics rules to block Democratic efforts to send to President Bush the first appropriations package of the 110th Congress.

Do you understand the impact of what’s being