tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70287502011-04-21T12:06:57.243-07:00“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.” <p>Senator Hillary Clinton</p>Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17803682770039623067noreply@blogger.comBlogger27591100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028750.post-1163784463999896422006-11-17T09:17:00.000-08:002006-11-17T09:27:44.113-08:00

I haven't had a chance to watch the TV News lately, but I'm pretty sure that while Democrats are proclaiming that this is a new era of bipartisanship and how they want to work together with Republicans, the media is letting slide the words of new Minority Whip Roy Blunt:Under this Republican leadership, the job of the Minority Whip will no longer be to go to the House floor every day and lose.

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President Bush ,December 12, 2002:Recent comments -- recent comments by Senator Lott do not reflect the spirit of our country. (Applause.) He has apologized, and rightly so. Every day our nation was segregated was a day that America was unfaithful to our founding ideals. (Applause.) And the founding ideals of our nation and, in fact, the founding ideals of the political party I represent was, and

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John Hawkins, on what the GOP needs:Then there's the albatross around the Republican Party's neck, the guy in the White House, who has rushed out to assure everyone that he intends to continue to try to push his amnesty plan that's wildly unpopular with the base.(snip)Obviously, what the American people want to see from the GOP is same principled conservatism that led to landslides for Ronald

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NY Times:Anthony C. Zinni, the former head of the United States Central Command and one of the retired generals who called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, argued that any substantial reduction of American forces over the next several months would be more likely to accelerate the slide to civil war than stop it."The logic of this is you put pressure on Maliki and force

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Speaking on soon to be Speaker Pelosi's endorsement of Jack Murtha for majority leader of the House:"Everywhere you go on Capitol Hill today, this is the topic of conversation," said Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Atwater), who supports Hoyer. "It would have been easier for some of us not to have to exercise our independence quite so early."

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I'm one of those "corruption won Democrats the majority" people, so it's obivously important to me that Democrats take cleaning up Congress seriously. It's also why I've been dispapointed with the matchup of Jack Murtha v. Steney Hoyer for Majority Leader. The Plank seems to have every negative story about Jack Murtha, while this piece from the Washington Monthly doesn't put me wholy in Hoyer's

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Link:There is a popular theory these days that the pressure of an American withdrawal will force Iraqis to reach some kind of accommodation with one another. This would be more plausible had it not already been disproved by three years of painful experience. The United States has been promising to withdraw from Iraq since the beginning of the war, and the only result has been to drive Iraqis

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I finally found what I was looking for:In "Reinforce Baghdad" [op-ed, Sept. 12], William Kristol and Rich Lowry argue that the United States needs to deploy "substantially" more troops to Iraq to stabilize the country. Aside from the strategic dubiousness of their proposal -- Kristol and Lowry's piece might alternatively have been titled "Reinforcing Failure" -- there is a practical obstacle to

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Over the weekend, John McCain (R-AZ) reaffirmed his conviction that Iraq can be won if we only send in more troops.So I say let's do it. Democrats should look into this position closely for a number of reasons. First off, if he's right, then Democrats look smart for hopping on board. I realize that Democrats ran mostly on a platform of finding a way out of the quagmire in Iraq, but if boosting

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Here's a quick trip down memory lane with the soon to be new head of the RNC.He's responsible for the famous "Terri Schavio memo" that lead many to believe that Republicans had overreached and were willing to turn a private family matter into a political issue for their own gain. You could even argue this was the beginning of the end for Republicans in 2006.Martinez, however, claimed no

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Jeffery Scott Shapiro, from his editorial in the Baltimore Sun:Problems in Iraq somehow inspired the far left to rile up the anti-patriotic spirit that once flooded the streets with protests during the Vietnam War in the 1960s."Anti-patriotic?" Are you kidding me?Ugh.

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Seems like the Democrats have a pretty popular agenda:The strongest support, 92 percent, was for lowering drug prices for retirees on Medicare by allowing the government to negotiate directly with drug companies. Some three-quarters of respondents said it should be a top priority, according to Newsweek.Americans also supported raising the federal minimum wage (89 percent), investigating

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Am I the only one whose already tired of articles that wonder how Democrats are going to rule the Congress yet?And all this talk about Democrats now being forced to stand up to some sort of liberal litmus test are getting old, too. I hate to tell you wizened authors, Democrats aren't looking to outlaw all guns or force abortions or gay marriage on every one. Those are rightwing boogeymen

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In my inbox today:Dear Friends and SupportersLike many of you, we were stunned to find out late last evening that there remain over 75,000 votes yet to be counted in our County -- including, unbelievably, EVERY SINGLE ABSENTEE VOTE cast in my race against Mary Bono. That's right, NOT ONE of the absentee votes cast in Riverside County has been counted yet by the Riverside County Registrar of

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As you can imagine, the right is shrieking in terror that, uh, terror is going to reign supreme in light of the new Democratic majorities. In that sense (for them, anyway), it's a self fulfilling process.Richard Miniter in the New York Post writes an article this morning entitled "Why Al Qaeda's happy:"AMERICA'S enemies are gloating over this week's election results - and the Bush

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Redstate points out some polling numbers to argue that the country wants less spending and a smaller government. By a Margin of Nearly 3-to-1, Americans Vote for Small Government, Even if it Means Fewer Services. When given the choice between a "larger federal government that provided more services and charged higher taxes" and a "smaller federal government that provided fewer services and

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For a moment, it seemed the President had changed. Coming off a thumpin' of an election for the GOP, Bush was actively talking about working with the newly elected majority to make things better for the country. Even Dan Froomkin at the Washington Post wondered if maybe, just maybe, W. had learned lessons from the GOP defeat and decided to govern all of the country, and not just those who had

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The odds are (at least for now) that will be the only race he will claim victory in. But for those of you who like to learn about candidates before you decide to vote for or against them, here's Tom's site. It's actually fairly nice, and I fully intend to read from the speeches when I'm not dead tired from work.And for those of you looking for another MySpace friend, you can add Tom here. It's

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The AP calls it. Congrats to new Senator Jim Webb, from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Dems 51, Rep 49.

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I've heard throughout the day that some are questioning the timing of the Bush's announcement that Rumsfeld was resigning. Two things to note. If the White House wasn't expecting to lose control of the House and Senate, then there would be no need for Rumsfeld to resign. Perhaps this was a conditional decision, one based on the outcome of the election. As Republicans went, so went Rumsfeld.

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I had to laugh at the idea that "conservatism did not lose" here in California last night. Republicans gained one seat in the State Senate. Arnold did not win re-election because he ran as a conservative, he won because he pulled back and moderated himself. I dare say had he kept up his conservative rhetoric from last year, we'd be congratulating Phil Angelides as Governor elect.Arnold's

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If he's to be the new Secretary of State, we should do some studying..I'll post things I find here.(link)Howard Teicher, who served on Reagan's National Security Council staff, offered an affidavit in the Teledyne case that declared that CIA director William J. Casey and his deputy, Robert M. Gates, "authorized, approved and assisted" delivery of cluster bombs to Iraq through Cardoen (In These

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So says the AP. It seems the White House and company may be a tad worried about the mew Democratic majority.*UPDATE* Robert Gates is the appointed man. Is there any reason to believe that this change will bring any substantial differences to American policies in regards to Iraq and the war?*UPDATE II* Andrew Sullivan's Magic 8-Ball says "All Signs Point to No"

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Tester declared the winner in Montanta, sayth the AP.At worst, a lot less hunting for Dick Cheney. Which actually could be for the best...

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As others have noted, media and GOP spin is that Democrats elected a bunch of conservatives in order to take back the House majority, and Speaker to be Pelosi is in for some trouble when it comes to keeping them in line. Who would've thought that Fred Barnes would stand up to destroy that meme?But you have to give Rahm Emanuel, the House Democratic campaign chief, credit for recruiting an

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Mike Pence (R-IN-06), via the Corner:While the scandals of the 109th Congress harmed our cause, the greatest scandal in Washington, D.C. is runaway federal spending.After 1994, we were a majority committed to balanced federal budgets, entitlement reform and advancing the principles of limited government. In recent years, our majority voted to expand the federal government's role in education,

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New Governors (Dem +6)Ted Strickland, OH, defeating Ken BlackwellDeval Patrick, MA, defeating Kerry HealyMartin O'Malley, MD, defeating Robert ElrichElliot Spitzer, NY, defeating John FasoMike Beebe, AR, defeating Asa HutchinsonBill Ritter, CO, defeating Bob BeauprezNew Senators (Dem +4)Sherrod Brown, Ohio, defeating Mike DewineBob Casey, Pennsylvania, defeating Rick SantorumSheldon Whitehouse,

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From Stuart Rothenburg and Nathan Gonzalez:Kentucky 3 - Rep. Anne Northup (R) is facing yet another challenge in her Louisville-based district. Northup's district is certainly more Democratic than the 4th District (John Kerry took 51%), but it looks like she'll go into Election Night with a narrow lead, but under 50%. If she loses, that means undecided voters are breaking heavily and convincingly

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No TIVO, so from memory - 42% of those polled said corruption is an important issue to them. I would think that would make Democrats excited and Republicans hang their head.40% Terrorism, 39% economy, 37 % Iraq.Those polled thought that either Dems or Republicans could handle the terrorism. So there's no solace there for the right. And those polled claim that they want to leave Iraq, a

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Link: Democrats will be failures on election day because even though things favor them to take back the House, they should have beat every Republican running for a seat, even those with the power of money, incumbancy, and gerrymandering behind them.Leave it to the Wall Street Journal to try and make a massive voter shift in two years a Democratic failure.*UPDATE* Matt Yglesias finds another

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Swing State project has poll closing times and a list of races to watch. All those times are Eastern, so don't expect to vote in California on you way to Taco Bell for a 10:30pm pick me up, alright?

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There are so many reports of election irregularites, the site devoted to reporting them has crashed. Apparently there are lots of problems in Ohio, where the Republican candidate for Governor is in charge of the elections for now. That shouldn't happen in any good functioning Democray, especially not in one so close. It would take quite a few irregularites to overcome some of these numbers,

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Reports like this did not make me feel strong about tomorrow:Some late polls suggested momentum was swinging the Republicans' way, and Ken Mehlman, the party chairman, told allies the surveys summoned memories of 1998, when the GOP lost seats but held power.I'm seriously prepared for failure. I just can't get excited about this election until its over. But for those of you looking for

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I know I haven't been around in a long time, and it actually feels good to be clean of the political muck that I had fallen into as this blog progressed. Every now and then I feel bad for the few who had come to me for news and discourse, but with the explosion of blogs and everyone knowing everything as it is, it seemed obvious that those two or three regulars could find both similar quality

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Cheney's going hunting on election day. Let's hope he doesn't shoot anyone in the face.

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Wow.

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Add immigration reform to the list of Republican failures.I guess now we can hear calls to send hard line Republicans to Congress so they can work on a border plan for the country, something they could not have done had they actually passed a border plan for the country. It's not like they control the House, the Senate and the White House, as well. It's hard to pass legislation when you rule

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While the President certainly faces danger flying to Iraq, it's not near as bad as the danger he faces when he lands in D.C. once again.

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Why on earth would you say this?"When it comes to Angelides, it would be hard to single out his biggest liability because he's a walking Achilles heel," said Garry South, the chief strategist for the Westly campaign.Garry South, your side lost. And it sucks for you, sure. But I'm assuming you believe that since your candidate lost, you'd think that Angelides would still be a better choice than

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David Vitter, speaking on the failure of the Gay Marriage Amendment in the Senate:"Eventually, Congress is going to have to catch up to the wisdom of the American people or the American people will change Congress for the better."The latest poll (my emphasis):Among all Americans, 58 percent say gay marriage should be illegal, but fewer, 42 percent, say it rises to the level of amending the U.S.

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David Roth defeats Marty Schwimmer. This one seemed pretty obvious to me. Roth now needs help climbing even with Bono as far as funds go. Help him out over here. In the local district, Steve Clute has a 253 vote edge on Ron Oden with all precincts in. Oden ran strong in Riverside county, where he is better know, but Clute ran stronger in Imperial county, Clute's base. Something tells me

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I think there's one thing that everyone should remember as they look for wisdom to draw from California's 50th district battle, ultimately ending in Bran Bilbray defeating Francine Busby by a 49-45 margin last night: not every district in America is like this.I realize pundits are paid, and blogger want to look smart, by sussing out conclusions from one race that would apply to the national

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CA 45 (To face Mary Bono)David Roth has a 2-1 lead, and there's no reason to think he will not hold it.State Assembly District 80 (29% reporting)Ron Oden 2,755 51.1 Steve Clute 2,643 48.9This one's closer than I thought it would be. Ron Oden's name recognition is huge around here, so that could be playing a big factor in

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CBS News reports that "U.S. officials" wouldn't be surprised if a terrorist attack occurred here in America by the end of this year.

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I wish I could say I've been out pushing the Democratic agenda, and that's why I haven't been here lately. The truth is, I'm simply enjoying life away from the blogs.That doesn't mean that I'm done posting for good. I'll no doubt stop by here and there, and may come back full force at a later date. But for now, the need and desire for blogging is much less than it was. There are plenty of

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The latest FEC reports are out, and Mary Bono has unsurprisingly outraised her odds on opponent David Roth in the latest quarter:Bono, R-Palm Springs, raised nearly $95,000 in this reporting period -— April 1 to May 17 - compared to just $24,000 for Roth.For the full election cycle, Bono has received more than $562,000; Roth less than half that, at about $272,000.It's a little disappointing, but

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I've been thinking that the latest round of polls on both Arnold's approval and head to head match ups would see him on the rise and surpassing his opponents. But the latest Public Policy Institute of California poll reveals that all is not going according to Arnold's plan:Even with $5 billion in surplus revenue, a popular $37 billion public works bond deal, and glowing photos ops at every turn

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The latest Rasmussen poll shows I'm a bit of a pessimist for now:The latest Rasmussen Reports election poll shows Schwarzenegger and State Treasurer Phil Angelides each with 45% support. When matched against State Controller Steve Westly, Schwarzenegger trails by two points, 46% to 44%.But Rasmussen also notes what I've argued here:Schwarzenegger will doubtless benefit from the spate of spit

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First Alabama's Jeff Sessions, now Arizona's Jeff Flake:Rep. Jeff Flake (R.-Ariz.) told a group of conservative bloggers yesterday that the House was unlikely to act on any Senate-passed version of immigration reform legislation."It’s unlikely conferees will be appointed," Flake told the 15 bloggers, who gather weekly on Capitol Hill to meet and strategize. "If conferees are appointed, there’s a

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He'll deny them interpreters to get them necessary medical care. And it actual extends beyond illegals to anyone who has a limited grasp on the English language. Including, you know, actual Americans. Should I mention here, too that those on Medicare and Medical may not be able to afford English language classes? What about those who get ill while they are in the middle of these classes? What

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Come out and meet David Roth in the desert this week:Thursday, May 25 - 9:30 AM in Coachella :Senior Center, 1515 Sixth Street (Civic Center) CoachellaandSaturday, May 27 - 3:00 PM in Palm SpringsTemple Isaiah, 332 W. Alejo Road, Palm Springs (Warsaw Ballroom)I have to work both days, but I may take a Saturday to see the next Representative from California's 45th.

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From an article that explains the President's latest tax package actually tripled a tax rates for teenagers saving money for college:Mr. Bush pledged in 1999 to veto any bill that raised taxes. In response to a question about the tax increase on teenagers in the new legislation, the White House issued a statement Friday that made no reference to the tax increase, but recounted the tax cuts the

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Initially I thought Phil Angelides would become the next Governor of California. But after watching the campaign unfold, it has become clearer to me that Angelides probably could not win in the general election against Arnold, and probably will not be able to escape the primary against Steve Westly either.Yesterday, while discussing politics in general, someone asked me which guy was going to

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So Republicans decided to demonize immigrants in this country in an effort to bring out the base, and Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions now says it's all for naught, which would have to be the absolute worst outcome for Republicans nationwide.They are after all, the ones who tried to make this the issue of 2006. And if they fail to compromise, base voters already upset with provisions in the

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News from Arizona:A new poll shows the U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Jon Kyl and Democratic challenger Jim Pederson, a Valley real estate developer, getting closer.A new Rocky Mountain Poll out Thursday shows Kyl leading Pederson, 40 percent to 33 percent. That is closer than a number of other polls that have shown Kyl with larger leads.However, a Zogby International/Wall Street

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And apparently we don't care about them, anyway:After a emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the "national language" of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law.(snip)With approval of a triple-layered border fence Wednesday,

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While the media may paint the fact that the Senate passed an immigration bill similar to what the President proposed in his speech Monday night as a victory, the fact is that the Senate was already pretty much on board. It's the House that presents the biggest hurdles for Bush, and it seems that battle remains to be fought and won.

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Conservatives are now growing weary that the "nuclear option" to block filibusters in the Senate may not be such a good idea after all as the threat of a Democratic majority in the Senate seems possible.I wonder how conservobloggers feel now about the "Gang of 14's" effort now.

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The ever shrinking Bush majority.

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Listening to the talking heads, it seems like this one's a dud. NRO's David Frum even thinks the President's numbers will go down because of this one.From the speech:We cannot build a unified country by inciting people to anger or playing on anyone's fears or exploiting the issue of immigration for political gainToo bad this sentiment doesn't apply to other issues, such as the war on terror,

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Reuters headline: US denies post-2012 emissions discussion with EUThank goodness an EPA spokesperson could come out and deny this so quickly, because even discussing the idea of reducing emissions is such a bad idea.

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As a soon to be father, this seems like a bad idea to me:Children younger than 13 would be restricted to the rear of vehicles under legislation gaining traction in the Capitol.The measure would end riding shotgun for youngsters by prohibiting them from sitting in the passenger seat beside a driver.Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, said her goal is to increase child safety."I think society

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Remember that $100 dollar rebate that Bill Frist proposed to combat high gas prices. It was seen as a temporary fix to a long term problem while being too little to late, and was pulled days later.Posting national guard troops on the border is the same policy on a different issue. It's a short term fix and if the President really felt this strongly about immigration, he would have proposed this

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Numbers can change in no time, but it's nice to see seats that Republicans looked to take in Michigan, West Virginia, and Florida that once appeared vulnerable now appear to be easy wins for Democrats.It should allow the party to focus on winning new seats rather than struggling to keep the old.

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Arnold makes another move that will lead to re-election:Gov. Schwarzenegger wants to use the state's projected $5 billion budget surplus to pay down debt and increase education and transportation spending, according to The Los Angeles Times.The governor will officially unveil his revised budget on Friday, but the Times took an early look at the plan. It calls for paying $3.2 billion of the

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CNN:The Taliban's influence has grown in parts of southern Afghanistan over the past year, the top U.S. commander in that country said Wednesday.Observations from coalition forces, Afghan institutions and others in the country "gives us a sense that the number of Taliban fighters in certain districts [northern Kandahar, northern Helmand and Oruzgan provinces] may have increased over the past

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AP:The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter.The inquiry headed by the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, or OPR, sent a fax to Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., on Wednesday saying they were

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NY Times, reporting on their latest poll:Fifty percent said Democrats came closer than Republicans to sharing their moral values, compared with 37 percent who said Republicans shared their values. A majority said Republican members of Congress were more likely to be financially corrupt than Democratic members of Congress, suggesting that Democrats may be making headway in their efforts to portray

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The latest GOP tax cuts help the average American, if that average American makes over $1 million dollars:Middle-income households would receive an average tax cut of just $20 from the agreement, according to the joint Brooking Institution-Urban Institute Tax Policy Center, while the 0.2 percent of households with incomes over $1 million would get average tax cuts of $42,000.Remember the urgency

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SF Gate:The two leading Democrats in the Legislature pledged to campaign with Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger through the fall to win public support for a $37 billion bond package on the November ballot -- setting up a potentially awkward situation for whichever Democratic candidate emerges to challenge the incumbent Republican.Democratic State Senate Pro Tem Don Perata of Oakland and

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How long until someone begins to talk about the President's move in the latest CNN/Opinion Research Corp (up two points, within the margin of error) as a sign that the President is on his way back to staggering popularity, or at the very least a number with a 4 in front of it?Just curious.*UPDATE* Here's one that questions all poll rating in general, and asks:Then comes this result: 53% say that

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Bloomberg:Republican lawmakers, facing the prospect that their power to cut taxes may soon be curbed, plan to extend breaks that mostly benefit the wealthy and Wall Street at the expense of reductions for middle-income households.Six months before elections that may return a Democratic majority in at least one house of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee and House Speaker

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Matthew Yglesias responds to John Dickerson, who seemed to agree with me that Nancy Pelosi should not be out trumpeting investigations if Democrats win. Matt writes: Perhaps more to the point, what could possibly be served by denying that Dole is, in some sense, correct about this? Everyone knows that a Democratic congress will mean subpoena power. What's at issue are two different ways of

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Another Democrat throws his hat into the ring:Marty Schwimmer, a deputy public defender for Riverside County, has entered the congressional race to unseat U.S. Rep. Mary Bono, R-Palm Springs, in the November election.Schwimmer, a Democrat, is running against David Roth, in the Democratic primary on June 6.Schwimmer announced his candidacy at a fund-raising reception Saturday at the Cathedral City

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WaPo:House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said in an interview last week that a Democratic House would launch a series of investigations of the Bush administration, beginning with the White House's first-term energy task force and probably including the use of intelligence in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq. Pelosi denied Republican allegations that a Democratic House would move quickly

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Sorry folks, but those of you waiting for my special brand of bloggy goodness are going to have to wait a little longer. Circumstances beyond my control and all that. Check back next week at the latest for new stuff.

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Standing up to big oil:Senate Republicans on Monday hurriedly abandoned a broad tax proposal opposed by the oil industry and business leaders, another sign of their struggle to come up with an acceptable political and legislative answer to high gasoline prices.Sen. Bill Frist, the majority leader, said he had decided to jettison the provision, which would have generated billions of dollars by

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It's another few days off for me. I should be back in limited action starting after the weekend.With all this time off, I feel just like Congress.

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Matt Brown has stepped aside in Rhode Island Senate campaign. He announced today that fundraising wasn't going as well as he hoped, and he would be unable to hang in the campaign. He (and you) has since backed Sheldon Whitehouse for Senate. You can help out here.

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One last thing on the hiring of Tony Snow. The problem with the Bush agenda isn't the spokesperson or the message. It's reality. And unless Tony Snow comes to the position with a machine that can warp space and time, I'm not sure why this change is going to make that much of a difference to the President's numbers.The only way this change makes a difference is if Snow can change policy, and

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AP:The Senate voted Wednesday to divert some of the money President Bush requested for the war in Iraq to instead increase patrols against illegal immigrants on the nation's borders and provide the Coast Guard with new boats and helicopters.An amendment cutting Bush's Iraq request by $1.3 billion to pay for new Border Patrol agents, aircraft and some fencing at border crossings widely used by

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CNN:The White House hopes that bringing in the conservative commentator will smooth the at-times combative relationship between the administration and press corps, which deteriorated during McClellan's tenure.The "conservative commentator" is Tony Snow, announced this morning as the new press secretary. Why this will help the combative relationship is beyond me.The problem is not the guy at the

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Fire Pat Roberts.

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Aren't there better things for science to be doing than this?

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If this is true, it sounds like FOX News' Tony Snow simply wants to take his radio show over to the White House and do it from there. And the White house needs so much help, they may sign on anyway. Which will do wonders for Bush's numbers when it comes to conservatives, but probably won't do much to change the mind of people who know better about Tony Snow.*UPDATE* Will the press corps have a

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This time, Democrats propose a tax cut which will help the average American:Democrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days, RAW STORY has learned.The measure, proposed by Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), would reduce the cost of gas by $0.184 per gallon and the cost of diesel by $0.244 per gallon. The

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Erza writes:This isn't about price gouging, it's about increased instability in and demand for a finite product. Bush and the Republican Congress want credit for doing something, so they'll hold some show hearings. But as the days get longer and the summer months, with their high gas prices, arrive, a couple photo-ops won't do much to distract voters from pump prices nearing $4.And it's true.

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WNBC:The Senate's Democratic minority on Tuesday threatened to end this year's pork-barrel and other discretionary spending worth hundreds of millions of dollars unless the Republicans who control the chamber detail the spending before a floor vote."The non-identified slush fund stops here," said Democratic Sen. Eric Schneiderman of New York City.Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said Monday

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We've got an election to win:President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.The moves came as political pressure intensified on Bush to do something about gasoline prices

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CNN:Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan.Some people like to take on new challenges with their life, Tony Snow is comfortable with what he does. Read about Snow here.

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It happens sometimes. Go figure:Massive deportation of the people here is unrealistic. It's just not going to work. You can hear people out there hollering it's going to work. It's not going to work. It just -- and so therefore, what do we do with people who are here? And this is one of the really important questions Congress is going to have to deal with.A few seconds later, we diverge once

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I'm a fan of the Rangers, but I can't say I'm a fan of these moves:1) Kevin Weekes to start over Lundquivst. Sure the Henrik gave up 6 goals, but five of them were on the power play, and most of those were into an open net. The Rangers on D were awful. Unless something is physically wrong with Lundquivst, let him play. He'll need the playoff experience for next year. Why not this year? Well

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When it comes to choosing between guaranteed funding for veterans or tax cuts for the wealthy, the Republican incumbent from Pennsylvania Rick Santorum chooses "B":...[O]n March 16, Santorum voted against an amendment to a budget bill that would have provided steady funding for veterans health care, a move that did not sit well with Haswell.According to a description on the U.S. Senate's Web

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So, um, I guess I'm taking about a week or so off. Sorry I didn't mention it sooner. I'll be back around Monday, April 24th, with an occasional post for good measure until then.Keep it real, keep it tight.

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I understand the mathemetics of the whole thing, but it still seems odd that the Cheney's refund is greater than the amount they reported as income.And I wonder what a check from the IRS for $1.9 million dollars looks like.

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Nice to see some officials realizing that, while Wal-Mart and Target may bring jobs, the focus should be on industry that will provide better wages and health care:...Jack Kyser of the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. lays some of the blame on the big-box planning model. He says we do not need - repeat, IX-NAY -— any more Targets and Kmarts, or any other Coliseum-size discount

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Just askin'.

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It's fair to say that this latest story doesn't mean Bush lied, but it is safe to say that the administration continues to be dogged by stories that prove they were more than willing to cherry-pick intelligence. Becuase despite on the ground evidence to the contrary, Bush and company expressed great confidence that they had found mobile weapons laboratories:The technical team's findings had no

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Republicans also think that talking up the economy will aid their cause in November. This isn't going to help: Gas prices will be higher this spring and summer than last year, and news of any developing hurricanes and tropical storms could send them rising more late this summer, a federal government report said today.That's especially bad news for consumers in the Washington region, where gas

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MiniKiss vs Tiny Kiss.

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