links for 2010-04-22

Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who has been attacked and repeatedly threatened over a drawing of Prophet Mohammed, has been placed on indefinite leave by his newspaper "for security reasons," he told AFP Thursday.

"It is forced vacation but it looks a lot like I'm being retired," the 75-year-old cartoonist said, adding that he himself still had an "insatiable desire" to work.
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And, work he should be allowed to do. Come to the US?

The American Future Fund is in the midst of a massive statewide independent expenditure in the Republican primary for United States Senate. Their efforts, for now, seem entirely devoted to "voter education" on the background of candidate Tom Campbell. Their efforts include a television spot (which is at the bottom of this post) and also includes a direct mail campaign. The mail piece immediately below was received in my mailbox yesterday. It features longtime FR friend Jon Coupal, President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. They also have launched a website — TomISTheTaxMan.com.
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And, statewide absentee ballots will be mailed within a few weeks. The polls will not be able to keep up with the fast paced media campaign in the next 6 weeks before the primary election.

Former Rep. Tom Campbell has opened up a double-digit lead over his two rivals for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, while Meg Whitman maintains a wide margin over Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner in the GOP gubernatorial battle.

The results were part of a new Capitol Weekly/Probolsky Research poll conducted jointly by Republican pollster Adam Probolsky and Democratic pollster Ben Tulchin.
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The poll is almost two weeks old and paid media is just beginning in the Senate race.