Washington Post: Hampton Roads lawyer David McCormick to seek 2012 GOP Senate nominationSome random guy is running for the Republican nomination for Webb's seat. In his announcement, he compared himself to George Washington. New York Times: The Threatening Scent of Fertile WomenMen in stable, long-term relationships rank women as less attractive when they're ovulating than …
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Links for February 21st
New York Times: As Republicans See a Mandate on Budget Cuts, Others See Risk"Public surveys suggest that most voters do not share the Republicans’ fervor for the deep cuts adopted by the House, or for drastically slashing the power of public-sector unions." I imagine that the electoral see-saw is going to continue in 2012, with …
Bachmann can’t name anything she’d cut from government.
This interview with Rep. Michele Bachmann demonstrates everything that’s wrong with Republicans’ current political rhetoric about reducing the size of government: The good news is that Republicans are talking about cutting spending, rather than just cutting taxes. The former is too often ignored. The bad news is that there really doesn’t seem to be any …
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Scooby snacks are made out of fetuses.
The RNC has been humiliated by the leak of an internal fund-raising slideshow that mocks their donors and promotes their plan to raise money based on fear. The part that stands out for me is the “Evil Empire” slide, in which they compare the three top Democrats to a trio of bad guys: Barack Obama …
A fifth Republican packs into the anti-Perriello clown car.
It’s a Wednesday, and you know what that means: yet another Republican who wants to run against Rep. Tom Perriello, Albemarle resident Michael McPadden. (Note that’s four out of five who are from north of the James.) He appears to basically be a clone of most of his fellow challengers. He’s a blogger. Here’s a …
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“Who cares?”
I want to stitch together a few highlights from Brian McNeill’s lengthy profile of local Tea Party chapter head Bill Hay in today’s Daily Progress: “I have a lot of respect for Tom Perriello,” Hay said, taking a break from selling his Righteous Bean coffee at the farmer’s market in Meade Park on a recent …
Some odd characters are lining up to challenge Rep. Perriello.
The lineup of challengers to Tom Perriello is shaping up to be quite a bunch of characters. Where do they find these people? Here’s Rep. Perriello challenger Feda Kidd Morton accusing the boards of elections in municipalities across the state of colluding with the State Board of Elections and Tom Perriello to get Virgil Goode …
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The sad fall of the Republican Party.
I’m right there with Paul Krugman on the state of the Republican Party: Today’s G.O.P. is, after all, very much a minority party. It retains some limited ability to obstruct the Democrats, but has no ability to make or even significantly shape policy. Beyond that, Republicans have become embarrassing to watch. And it doesn’t feel …
The widening Republican rift on display in the House.
Two data points: 1. Del. Clarke Hogan unloaded on Del. Bob Marshall earlier this week, calling him “a piece of shit” after Marshall confronted Hogan for his refusal to support his commendation honoring a man who died while saving his son from drowning. Obviously the bill was just a chit—Hogan surely doesn’t actually oppose the …
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Del. Scott may get primaried.
Del. Ed Scott may be primaried by a flat-earther, Brian McNeill writes in the Daily Progress. For those not familiar with Del. Scott, check out his Richmond Sunlight page. This business is a big part of why I feel so good about Democrats’ odds of taking the House of Delegates come November. It’s the like …