Political Bloviation

Yes, it’s over call it a day…
In honor of “never say quit” Coleman:

Ezra covers the mendacity of the whole Republican voter fraud meme:
EzraKlein Voter Fraud Fraud | The American Prospect
CNN has been running a story about bogus voter regsitrations by ACORN today. They emphasize invalid registration forms without balance. ACORN, or any organization that assists voter registrations, must turn in every form. This includes incomplete and obviously [...]

YouTube – More Racism at a Palin Rally in PA
No racism in McCain-Palin supporters? Don’t be silly, they’d never tolerate racism, would they?

Wonk Room » Sarah Palin: Earmark Queen Of The Earmark State
She’s playing the same game (and playing it very well)  as every local or state official. The part that rankles is that she flatly and regularly lies about it.

Drill Now (pushback)
The domestic drilling issue in a nutshell.

Because I’m completely sick of the stupidity displayed by a press anxious to fluff up non-issue bullshit like this I’ve done my best to ignore it. I’m linking to this post because it shows there maybe hope for American politics after all, despite a dysfunctional press corp.
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
Gallup still shows [...]

Democrats need to hang this around McCain’s neck and every other candidate from dog catcher to Senator who supports a continuation of GOP economic policies:
Washington Wire – WSJ.com : Are You Better Off Than You Were Five Years Ago?
For the first time in 50 years of polling, a majority of Americans believe they are stuck [...]

42 Democrats Vow a Drawdown in Iraq If They Win Seats – washingtonpost.com
Who knows? It might happen, the Democratic Congressional Caucus might just grow some spine in the next Congress.

So Pelosi is supposed to support super delegates over turning the results of primary elections and caucuses or they’re going to pull fundung from Congressional candidates?
TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo |
We have been strong supporters of the DCCC. We therefore urge you to clarify your position on super-delegates and reflect in your comments [...]

Clinton Says She ‘Misspoke’ About Dodging Sniper Fire – New York Times
“I certainly do remember that trip to Bosnia,” she said, in remarks that aides described Monday as not being part of her prepared speech. “I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, [...]

The Long Defeat – New York Times
First, Barack Obama weathered the Rev. Jeremiah Wright affair without serious damage to his nomination prospects. Obama still holds a tiny lead among Democrats nationally in the Gallup tracking poll, just as he did before this whole affair blew up.
Second, Obama’s lawyers successfully prevented re-votes in Florida and Michigan. [...]

All-stars – Paul Krugman – Op-Ed Columnist – New York Times Blog
Krugman nails exactly what I was thinking when I heard that Clinton wants Greenspan on a blue ribbon commission to find a solution to the mortgage crisis. Hey, let’s appoint Wiley E. Coyote to build effective road-runner traps! That will solve everything!! Hooray, let’s [...]

Or perhaps he displays his senility:
UPDATED: McCain makes a major mistake about a very basic Iraq issue — two days in a row – AMERICAblog: A great nation deserves the truth
Pressed to elaborate, McCain said it was “common knowledge and has been reported in the media that al-Qaeda is going back into Iran and receiving [...]

Looks like the mail-in primary idea is not going to work:
Do-over primary getting lost in the mail – 03/13/2008 – MiamiHerald.com
Florida law prohibits election officials from authenticating votes cast in the Democratic Party’s proposed do-over primary by mail, state officials said Thursday, a potentially fatal blow to the increasingly embattled plan.
”There’s no authority under Florida [...]

Florida’s Mail-In Primary Plan Opens Rifts in Washington and Tallahassee – washingtonpost.com
Florida officials have struggled to come up with a way to redo a January primary that was invalidated by the Democratic National Committee because it was held too early in the process. Opponents of the plan, which could be unveiled as early as today, [...]

So Michigan was “fair” even though Obama wasn’t even on the ballot because he was actually abiding by party rules?
Clinton and Obama Split Over Florida and Michigan – New York Times
“The results of those primaries were fair and should be honored,” she told the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce here.

You get more stupid:
Ferraro defends controversial comments on Barack Obama – The Daily Breeze
“Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up,” Ferraro said. “Racism works in [...]

If Obama gets the nomination, it looks like it’s going to be a nasty campaign:
Mutual Contempt
Though they differ in many ways, John McCain and Barack Obama have one thing in common: Each sees the other as a posturing phony. When McCain talks about Obama on the stump, he trades his typical graciousness for sarcasm and [...]

THE NEW REPUBLIC | Blogs – Good News for Al
He’s in has the democratic nominee for a Senate seat from Minnesota.  He’s good enough, smart enough and doggonit people like him. (Stoopid youtube failed me, not a single clip of Al Franken doing Stuart Smalley on SNL)

Clinton’s experience claim under scrutiny — chicagotribune.com
Mike Dorning and Christi Parsons at the Chicago Trib do job on the experience meme pushed by the Hillary camp.