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April 28, 2009
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. * The Democratic National Committee is using Jim Tedisco's (R) concession in New York to remind former Sen. Norm Coleman (R) it's time to concede in Minnesota. * Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) will announce within the next few days whether he'll run for the Senate next year. Rumor has it, Crist will run for the vacant seat, which would shake up the political landscape considerably. * Will Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) face a primary challenge next year? It appears increasingly likely. * Former state treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) is gearing up for a primary fight against Rep. Roy Blunt (R) in Missouri's 2010 Senate race. * Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) is still eyeing Illinois' Senate race next year, and released a poll yesterday showing her as the leading Democratic candidate. * Speaking of Illinois, Chris Kennedy, the son of late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is also apparently considering next year's Senate race. * Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) appeared to be running for lieutenant governor, but he reversed course yesterday and said he'd seek re-election to the House. * Might former Rep. Bill Sali (R-Idaho) be planning a comeback? Apparently so. * Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's 31-year-old son, Ethan, is eyeing his father's former seat. * Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has become so ridiculous, the DCCC has created a site devoted to chronicling her nuttiness. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (16)Comments
Um... breaking... Specter's switching to the good guys. Posted by: Chocolate Thunder on April 28, 2009 at 11:59 AM | PERMALINK"Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) has become so ridiculous, the DCCC has created a site devoted to chronicling her nuttiness." Ambitious project. Buy a *big* server. Posted by: Chris S. on April 28, 2009 at 12:01 PM | PERMALINKWaPo is reporting that Arlen Specter is switching parties. Posted by: Danp on April 28, 2009 at 12:05 PM | PERMALINK"Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter will switch from the Republican to the Democratic Party, multiple sources tell CNN." http://www.cnn.com/ Sorry to have violated protocol by not providing link, but I was busy opening my bottle of champagne. Posted by: Chocolate Thunder on April 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM | PERMALINKBachmanwatch.. I'll have to remember that when I need an Ipecac substitute. Specter realizes his party is "not"? Wha?! Posted by: The Galloping Trollop on April 28, 2009 at 12:10 PM | PERMALINKhttp://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0409/Specter_switching_parties.html Posted by: nothingmuch on April 28, 2009 at 12:12 PM | PERMALINKOK, the Dems now have a filibuster-proof majority in theory. I doubt they'll have one in practice. Posted by: smiley on April 28, 2009 at 12:15 PM | PERMALINKCouldn't find a link on CNN, but found this one on Reuters. Pros and cons. Hopefully, the spite that will be pouring from the right over Specter's defection will spur him to support things like significant health care reform and the like. Cons. Harry Reid sucks too hard to do anything right. Specter is Joe Lieberman already. He could be a total fucking headache for the D's. Still, we Democrats are used to fighting among ourselves with gusto. My joy today comes from figuring out just how fucked the GOP is right now. More good news: the pressure to seat Franken (or prevent it) will cause Pawlenty's political career to crater either way, because he tried to milk it for so long. The D's SHOULD put the screws on him and the rest of the obstructors now. And the R's will scream like children. Posted by: Jay B. on April 28, 2009 at 12:24 PM | PERMALINKBill Sali is completely nuts. He makes the late Helen "Black Hee-lee-copters" Chenoweth seem almost sane by comparison. I lived in Idaho's first congressional district for five years in the nineties. I shook Chenoweth's cold, limp hand in a receiving line at an event in Nampa in 1999. Felt like shaking hands with death. Posted by: Screamin' Demon on April 28, 2009 at 12:46 PM | PERMALINKI hope Schakowsky can pull it off. I used to live in her district, and was quite pleased with her. She'd be a great senator. Posted by: TG Chicago on April 28, 2009 at 1:04 PM | PERMALINKhttp://www.opednews.com/articles/Reagan-s-DOJ-Prosecuted-Te-by-Jason-Leopold-090427-501.html OK, let me repeat that I hope you like my nice donor viagra find cheap I have read a good joke in internet ;) What insect does well in school? A spelling bee. Posted by: noellekac on April 28, 2009 at 3:19 PM | PERMALINK"Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) will announce within the next few days whether he'll run for the Senate next year. Rumor has it, Crist will run for the vacant seat, which would shake up the political landscape considerably." My advice to Crist...switch parties. Posted by: CJ on April 28, 2009 at 4:01 PM | PERMALINK
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