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   The American higher education system shunts striving low-
income students into a class of schools invisible to the elite.
The only thing these schools do well is drive their students to quit.
 How schools like George Washington University learned to offer Timex educations at Rolex prices.
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December 23, 2009
WEDNESDAY'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. * National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (R-Texas) wants the party's base to be more tolerant of moderate candidates. The Texas senator said conservatives "have to yield to the world as it is and not necessarily how they wish it would be." That's not going to go over well. * Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama, who switched parties yesterday, will "refund campaign contributions to any donors who ask for their money back." The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wants its money back. * In a big setback for his Senate campaign, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) lost the support of two prominent Florida Republicans who'd already endorsed his candidacy. Reps. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) and Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.) withdrew their endorsements yesterday, and when asked why, one cryptically replied, "He knows why." * On a related note, it looks increasingly as if the "Florida Republican Party organization is now in the midst of a civil war, with the latest shoe to drop being that embattled party chairman Jim Greer has called for a special executive committee meeting, in response to a request that he be ousted as chairman." * A year before the midterms, a survey from Public Policy Polling suggests Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is not particularly vulnerable. * A Republican pollster finds a very competitive GOP field in next year's gubernatorial race in South Carolina. The leading candidates -- state Attorney General Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer -- are currently tied at 22% each. * Former Lt. Gov. Jane Norton (R), running for the Senate in Colorado next year, is still working to curry favor with right-wing activists, no matter how extreme they are. * And in Arizona, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth has not yet launched a primary campaign against Sen. John McCain, but in light of the possibility, the two camps are already going at it. —Steve Benen 12:00 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (10)Comments
Cornyn speaks like a man with 5 more years in his term. He's completely safe from the Tea Party outrage. Posted by: TonyB on December 23, 2009 at 12:05 PM | PERMALINKLet the Florida "gusanos" go at it, hammer and tongs. It's bound to make them so unified in their general election campaign, you know? Posted by: TCinLA on December 23, 2009 at 12:11 PM | PERMALINKLooks like Cornyn needs to start paying attention to what's going on in Florida. Posted by: artsmith on December 23, 2009 at 12:16 PM | PERMALINK...and when asked why, one cryptically replied, "He knows why." I hate to admit to any gossip mag knowledge, but I'm pretty sure Tom Cruise said the exact same thing about Nicole when asked why they were breaking up. Ok, I have a question regarding Griffith. When the DCCC provides money to a candidate, do they include some sort of contract that says "If you win, and then switch parties, you have to refund our monies"? If not, why the Hell not? Posted by: Eric on December 23, 2009 at 12:53 PM | PERMALINKThe Round Up campaign provides customers an opportunity to add the extra change to the next highest dollar on their food order. That extra money "A year before the midterms, a survey from Public Policy Polling suggests Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is not particularly vulnerable." Why the heck not? Are the people in her district completely unaware of the crazyness she spouts, or do they just not care? Posted by: Curmudgeon on December 23, 2009 at 1:38 PM | PERMALINKBachman's the representative for Lake Wobegon, where all the men are beautiful, all the women are strong and all the children are fleeing. Posted by: ericfree on December 23, 2009 at 1:53 PM | PERMALINK* Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama, who switched parties yesterday, will "refund campaign contributions to any donors who ask for their money back." The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wants its money back. Is it just my observation, or have the sheer number of idiots in the federal legislature grown over the last few years? I don't recall anybody in the distant past calling out "You lie" to the President during an address, or holding up a baby to illustrate a point that had nothing to do with it, or ranting about how Socialist it was to have the usual population census poll. I thought the lunatics were kept in the state legislatures? Or is that they were formerly held back by their leaders, who no longer care how foolish they seem? Posted by: Balakirev on December 23, 2009 at 5:31 PM | PERMALINKPost a comment
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