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links for 2010-09-15
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The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, "going ghost": moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity. She will no longer be publishing cartoons in our paper or in City Arts magazine, where she has been a regular contributor. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program—except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab. It's all because of the appalling fatwa issued against her this summer, following her infamous "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day" cartoon.
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Wednesday predicted to The Hill that Democratic Senate candidate Chris Coons will safely win the Nov. 2 general election against GOP nominee Christine O'Donnell.
Reid talked up the New Castle County executive following a memorial ceremony on the Capitol's east steps to commemorate the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. O'Donnell on Tuesday night won the GOP nomination to face Coons in November — a result that has split the national Republican Party.
But Reid said Coons would have won even if Rep. Mike Castle (R) had prevailed over O'Donnell.
"I'm going to be very honest with you — Chris Coons, everybody knows him in the Democratic caucus. He's my pet. He's my favorite candidate," Reid said.
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President Obama will announce this week that Elizabeth Warren, the Harvard Law School professor who first proposed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, will be named to a special position reporting to both him and to the Treasury Department and tasked with heading the effort to get the new federal agency standing, a knowledgeable Democrat told ABC News.
Warren currently chairs the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Assets Relief Program and has been seen by many on the Left as a force for greater accountability and transparency, and a check against the forces in the Obama administration more closely allied with the financial sector. Many officials in that sector eye her warily as too anti-business.
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An FOO – Friend of Obama and a lefty -
Jim DeMint's political operation is firing back at anonymous Senate Republican aides who criticized the conservative South Carolina Senator on Tuesday night for helping Christine O'Donnell capture the GOP Senate nomination in Delaware, possibly jeopardizing the party's chances of winning the seat in November.
One unnamed senior GOP aide told CNN's Dana Bash: "I wonder who Harry Reid and Chuck Schumer are calling first tonight – Chris Coons for becoming the next Senator from Delaware or Jim DeMint for helping to make it happen.
Another GOP leadership aide griped to Hotline On Call that "DeMint is not interested in a majority, he'd rather establish himself as the leader on the fringe."
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Let there be no mistake: The National Republican Senatorial Committee – and I personally as the committee’s chairman – strongly stand by all of our Republican nominees, including Christine O’Donnell in Delaware.
I reached out to Christine this morning, and as I have conveyed to all of our nominees, I offered her my personal congratulations and let her know that she has our support. This support includes a check for $42,000 – the maximum allowable donation that we have provided to all of our nominees – which the NRSC will send to her campaign today.
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Now, it is up to O'Donnell to make this a viable race.
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CA-Sen: The Obligatory Nancy Reagan and Carly Fiorina Photo and Endorsement
California GOP Governor nominee Meg Whitman, former First Lady Nancy Reagan and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Carly Fiorina
Photo Credit: Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
And, the endorsement (from the press release):U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina today announced having earned the endorsement of former First Lady Nancy Reagan.
“I enjoyed meeting and talking with Carly Fiorina yesterday. I believe she knows what needs to be done to move our country forward, and I am pleased to provide an endorsement for her campaign for U.S. Senate,” said Reagan.
Besides her career in Hollywood, Reagan is also known for her work with Vietnam veterans and senior citizens. As First Lady of California, Reagan was particularly involved in the Foster Grandparent Program, an effort she continued to promote as First Lady of the United States. Reagan was also a leading champion of the “just say no” campaign against drug use.
“I am honored and humbled to have earned the endorsement of Mrs. Reagan, whom I greatly admire and respect,” said Fiorina. “She and I share the same core values, and I am thankful to have her confidence and support behind my campaign for U.S. Senate.”
Fiorina and Reagan met yesterday morning in Los Angeles.
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AZ-Sen: Think John McCain is Against Illegal Immigration Amnesty?
Undocumented(illegal alien)students speak to Arizona Senator John McCainIf anyone thinks now that John McCain has beat back a challenge by a Republican challenger in an Arizona GOP Primary election is not for illegal immigrant amnesty, I think they have another thing coming.
Watch the video above and see the REAL John McCain.
Think McCain will vote to filibuster the Dream Act when Harry Reid brings it to the Senate next week?
Nope.
I think the next group of GOP Senators that will be targeted by Tea Party activists for GOP Primary defeats will be those who support the Dream Act.
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DE-Sen: Why Mike Castle Lost to Christine O’Donnell
Delaware’s Mike Castle
Fred Barnes has it ONLY partly right.But the real reason (despite Christine O’Donnell’s obvious flaws) is that Mike Caste runs as a Republican and votes like a Democrat. He was too damn LEFT for Delaware Republicans who are tired of the BS spin and want their POLS to vote as they warrant – not as they promise with Washington based campaigns run by Karl Rove, et. al..
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DE-Sen Poll Watch: Chris Coons 50% Vs. Christine O’Donnell 34%
The Republican nominee for the Delaware Senate seat fired back at Karl Rove today for what she called “un-factual” accusations about her record.Newly nominated Delaware Republican Christine O’Donnell has her work cut out for herself.
Republicans more than likely cost themselves a Senate seat last night. Chris Coons begins the general election in Delaware with a 50-34 lead over Christine O’Donnell. Mike Castle would have led Coons by a 45-35 margin.
While O’Donnell may have ingratiated herself to Delaware’s small group of registered Republicans over the last month she’s turned off everyone else. An August Daily Kos/PPP poll in Delaware found her favorability rating at 23/33. It’s now 29/50.
If Castle had won he would have received more Democratic support than any other Republican Senate candidate in the country. Now our polling suggests with O’Donnell’s victory that Coons will win more Republicans than any other Democratic Senate candidate in the country. That’s because of a general unwillingness to support O’Donnell from Castle’s moderate base- folks from the centrist wing of the GOP are planning to support Coons 54-31. Overall he takes a full 25% of the GOP vote while also largely consolidating the Democratic base for a 72-13 lead on that front. He also has a narrow 42-36 advantage with independents, a group Democrats are losing with most everywhere else.
Only 31% of voters in the state think O’Donnell’s fit to hold public office while 49% think that she is not. Even with Republicans in the state less than half at 48% believe that she is. That may seem inconsistent with her victory last night but keep in mind that our general election poll includes GOP voters who were not planning to vote in yesterday’s primary. Only 33% of independents and 16% of Democrats believe O’Donnell’s fit.
Granted this is from a Democratic pollster and it may be an early outlier. But, you can understand why the NRSC will NOT throw any money into this race – at least initially.
Defeating Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer are REALLY more important anyway. And, the races there are much closer – both within the margin of error.
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Guess the NRSC is already making nice with the O’Donnell Campaign.
Seeking to avoid further internal strife, top Senate Republicans on Wednesday offered an olive branch to tea-party favorite Christine O’Donnell in Delaware’s Senate race, promising her financial support if she can prove she’s a viable candidate.
A day after seeing Republican Rep. Mike Castle stunned by O’Donnell in the Delaware Senate primary, Republicans in Washington wanted to make clear they weren’t planning on completely abandoning her unlikely candidacy.
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The Limbaugh Rule to Supplant the Buckley Rule?
Graphic from Rush LimbaughI guess we will see with the coming general election in Delaware if the Rush Limbaugh Rule works.And, the total votes for the control of the United States Senate.
There are caveats and frankly I don’t see how the Republican Party wins here – in any case.I find Rush’s argument in favor of the Limbaugh Rule lacking on its own terms as well as in terms of the prudence one should ordinarily apply to matters of practical politics. Among other things, the Limbaugh Rule does not take account of the advantages of majority status in the Senate. Rush’s formulation of the Limbaugh Rule nevertheless clarifies the issues of judgment that have divided conservatives in Delaware and elsewhere this primary season.
But, in a couple of months the votes will be counted.
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Day By Day September 15, 2010 – Signs of the Times
The Obama Economic Stimulus or Porkulus signs are typical “Big Government” methods to toot their own horn, so to speak.Are they a waste of taxpayer money?
You bet, unless you are the sign maker and the guys who install them.
Why does “Big Government” need to publicize its efforts? This is how they roll – more and more government spending until they surround the American economy, and isn’t it grand?
As far as missing President Bush – I don’t. He was an ineffective communicator and has caused much consternation for the RIGHT – much like his father who followed President Reagan. It has taken almost two years to repair the damage to the GOP.
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