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March 26, 2009
THURSDAY'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. * Organizing for America is launching its first television ads. The goal, not surprisingly, is to rally support for the president's budget. * Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) says he's not worried about trailing in next year's Republican primary in Pennsylvania. He's putting on a brave face, but if Specter weren't afraid, he wouldn't have flipped on EFCA. * Vice President Joe Biden is also helping out in the special election in New York's 20th, appearing in a radio ad in support of Democrat Scott Murphy. The election is Tuesday. * Speaking of New York's 20th, Democrats are also exploiting public revulsion of Rush Limbaugh. * Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) has been rumored as one of the Republicans' vulnerable incumbents, and there's new polling data to back up the talk. A poll from the conservative Civitas Institute shows Burr trailing state Attorney General Roy Cooper (D), 41% to 38%, even though Burr has better name recognition. * Speaking of vulnerable incumbents, a Public Policy Polling survey in Arkansas shows Sen. Blanche Lincoln with a modest 45% approval rating, but reasonably solid leads over her likely Republican challengers. * Is Arnold Schwarzenegger going to run for the Senate? Yesterday, the California Republican said, "I'm not running for anything." Asked if that meant he is ruling out a race against Sen. Barbara Boxer, Schwarzenegger added, "When I say I'm not running for anything, that's exactly what I mean ... until you change the Constitution." —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (18)Comments
"When I say I'm not running for anything, that's exactly what I mean ... until you change the Constitution." - Arnold Schwarzenegger Be afraid, be very afraid. Posted by: ScottW on March 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM | PERMALINK"President Schwarzenegger today unveiled a new missile defense system, labeled 'SkaiNit'. "It's totally different, don't worry", he remarked." Posted by: tatere on March 26, 2009 at 12:15 PM | PERMALINKArnold - Go F*ck your steriod self. We will fight like crazy to keep from having the Constitution amended to let your freak ass run for president. Posted by: SadOldVet on March 26, 2009 at 12:18 PM | PERMALINKHa. President Schwarzenegger. Wasn't there a Stallone movie loosely based on Huxley's Brave New World where Arnold was President and all restaurants were Taco Bell? Ah, yeah, Demolition Man. Fiction. Posted by: doubtful on March 26, 2009 at 12:25 PM | PERMALINKFrom the Cellizza piece on Rush: The mailer provides an interesting window into a broader Democratic strategy to demonize Limbaugh for political gain. Will it work next Tuesday? Political gain? Who brought Rush into the mainstream GOP? Was it not their own CPAC? Was it not the GOP overall? Who has been apologizing to him? Honestly, STFU, Cellizza. Posted by: MsJoanne on March 26, 2009 at 12:27 PM | PERMALINK"Democrats are also exploiting public revulsion of Rush Limbaugh." Now this is exploitation we can believe in!! ;) Posted by: Curmudgeon on March 26, 2009 at 12:42 PM | PERMALINKArnie is kind of a doof, but he's far and away the most sane and reasonable, high profile Republican in the country. If you put a gun to my head and made me pick a Republican to be President, he'd be at the top of my list. Posted by: Chuchundra on March 26, 2009 at 12:46 PM | PERMALINKI have to agree that Arnold has more sense than most of the American-born Repub govs at this point. He hasn't been playing games with the stimulus funds and he didn't use Obama's Special Olympics gaffe to bash the president. Blanche Lincoln is too useless for words. A-1 primo evidence that being a corporate shill is not a surefire path to success in a red state. Posted by: slaney black on March 26, 2009 at 1:08 PM | PERMALINKWell, the sheeple are dumb enough to vote for Ahnold for Prez. The reason he won twice in CA is that a large chunk of the usually reliable Democratic voters (read: hispanic males) fell for his "Macho Macho Man" Village People persona. So, for this reason I think we can count on such an amendment having no chance of passing until Ahnold's death, at least. Posted by: Cool on March 26, 2009 at 1:09 PM | PERMALINKDemocrats are also exploiting public revulsion of Rush Limbaugh. Richard Burr - wasn't he the star of "Ice Station Zebra?" Posted by: Virginia on March 26, 2009 at 1:34 PM | PERMALINKWhat's that? The so-called Arlen Specter flip-flopped again? In other news, the sun rose this morning. Posted by: Rian Mueller on March 26, 2009 at 2:23 PM | PERMALINKSorry How's he gonna run against Sen. Boxer ? After his latest budget fiasco, he couldn't be elected dog catcher (though, he's highly qualified for that job) What I don't understand is that Sen Feinstein is more popular that Sen Boxer Go figure How does she maintain her popularity ?? Posted by: MSierra, SF on March 26, 2009 at 2:43 PM | PERMALINKWhat Chuchundra said. I sure would have preferred to have Governor Schwartzenegger as president from 2001-2009 than the total fool we did have. Posted by: freelunch on March 26, 2009 at 3:12 PM | PERMALINKIs Arnold Schwarzenegger going to run for the Senate? Yesterday, the California Republican said, "I'm not running for anything." Asked if that meant he is ruling out a race against Sen. Barbara Boxer, Schwarzenegger added, "When I say I'm not running for anything, that's exactly what I mean ... until you change the Constitution." Ahhhnuld couldn't get elected dog-catcher in a California GOP primary today. In fact, had he had to go through that process to become Governor, he couldn't have managed that, either. Which is too bad, because I'd just love to see Ahhhnuld join the pile of meat and bone that And if he thinks he could survive a Republican primary campaign nation-wide for Prresident, then he's even more delusional than most Hollywood stars. I used to think he was one of the smartest guys I ever met in The Industry, but he's certainly demonstrated that kind of intelligence only plays in limited situations. MsJoanne: Who brought Rush into the mainstream GOP? Was it not their own CPAC?
he didn't have the decency to wear an american flag pin... gop 2009: party over country Posted by: mr. irony on March 26, 2009 at 6:30 PM | PERMALINK
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