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   Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed?
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 Washingtons budget hawks want to decimate the federal workforce to shrink the deficit. It will have the opposite effect.
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December 23, 2008
TUESDAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP....Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers. * Al Franken leads Norm Coleman by 48 votes, but, naturally, it's not over. Expect more movement today. * Coleman's campaign claims it can make the case for a Coleman lead, if only the state canvassing board would do what Coleman wants it to do. * A Quinnipiac poll shows 33% of New Yorkers want Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate, while 29% prefer state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The same poll shows that a 48% plurality believes Kennedy will fill the Senate vacancy. * New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't care who Gov. David Paterson picks, he just wants the governor to make a decision "reasonably quickly" because the speculation is "just getting out of control." * With another census coming up, congressional reapportionment is around the corner. Election Data Services projects, based on population shifts over the last decade, that Texas will gain three House seats; Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Utah would each gain one; and Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania would each lose one. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (6)
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It looks like Franken will win, so the "stolen election" idea will really take off now. John Lott seems to be the main source for the Republican whiners, and here are some links refuting him: http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/11/17/franken/ http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2008/12/22/5476/john_lott_wrong_again http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2008/12/19/5441/recount_how_lott_misleads http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/fox-news-finds-typo-blames-liberal.html Posted by: John Emerson on December 23, 2008 at 12:24 PM | PERMALINKhttp://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/11/17/franken/ http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2008/12/22/5476/john_lott_wrong_again http://www.minnpost.com/braublog/2008/12/19/5441/recount_how_lott_misleads http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/12/fox-news-finds-typo-blames-liberal.html Posted by: John Emerson on December 23, 2008 at 12:25 PM | PERMALINKBloomberg is a grandstanding tool. Patterson should pick him for US Senate. He'd fit right in. Posted by: joejoejoe on December 23, 2008 at 12:39 PM | PERMALINKI say we should increase the house to where each member of Congress represents the same population the did back in 1910 when it was locked in at 435. That would raise the house to just under 1200 members. It'll increase minority representation, and allow districts to be broken into more focused interests (rural vs. Urban, inner-city vs. Suburb, etc.) Posted by: Unca Paul on December 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM | PERMALINKThe Democrats really need to start making a push in Texas by appealing to Latinos. Let's not forget that it was only fifteen years ago that Texas had a Democratic governor (Ann Richards). Posted by: mfw13 on December 23, 2008 at 1:45 PM | PERMALINKJust as in 2000, the Repub candidate would win the election under any possible scenario.
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