Fill-in-the-blank: “Four months ago, it appeared all but certain that the White House and Democrats in Congress would succeed in ___.” If you guessed “cutting off private student loan sharks from the…
Tag Archives: Senate
Harold Ford Dines with Governor, Has No Idea Where He Lives [Ford Tourist]
Page Six spotted would-be Senator Harold Ford dining with Governor David Paterson at Butter last Tuesday. Which means it’s time up update the ol’ campaign trail map! Study it, Harold, because your…
Democrats in Being Spineless Shocker [Sigh]
Scott Brown will be seated immediately upon certification. Al Franken had to wait a week.
HP Donates Thousands to Former CEO’s Opponent [Carly Fiorina Dreamin]
Out in California, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is running for Senate as a Republican against terrible liberal Barbara Boxer. And her former company is, for some reason, donating a lot of…
Actual Good Health Care Reform News? [Optimism]
If the Senate oks (unspecified) changes to their health care bill, Nancy Pelosi says she can get it through the House. She is a pretty good Speaker! The reconciliation process requires only 50 votes,…
Rebellious Florida Tea Party Candidate Surges in Polls, Is Against Making Banks Pay Us Our Money Back [Midterms]
Marco Rubio is going the be the Republican candidate for Senate in Florida this year. He is handily beating formerly popular Republican Governor Charlie Crist, because Crist is too moderate and too…
This Map Will Save America [Maps]
This is a very popular map right now among the wonky liberal bloggers of the grown-up end of the internet. It is designed to make the electoral college and the Senate more “democratic.” Which defeats…
Harold Ford Takes Manhattan: ‘Y’all Talk Funny’ [Ford Tourist]
What is future senator Harold Ford up to, today? The New York Times let him write a little op-ed column He gave a radio interview. He proposes tax cuts for major corporations and also thinks Jews…
Republican Savior’s Wife Starred Half-Naked in Music Video About Handjobs [Focus On The Family]
We have now seen every member of Senator-elect Scott Brown’s family in some state of undress. Here’s wife Gail Huff in a bikini, coaxing a tube of sunscreen to metaphoric orgasm, in a music video…
The Republican Superminority [Democracy]
With Scott Brown’s stunning, come-from-behind victory over the boring lady who hated baseball in Massachusetts, the Democrats must admit defeat. Please welcome our new unstoppable Republican…