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Chuck Schumer, a very smart man who engineered the Democratic takeover of the Senate in the immediate past elections, and who often has notable quotables, notes about Jim Webb, Senator-elect from Virginia:
“He’s not a typical politician. He really has deep convictions.”
Follow that to its logical conclusion.
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The new MSNBC-McClatchy poll shows moderate incumbent Republican Lincoln Chafee surging in the final days of the campaign, a surprising turn around that could be enough to close the door to a Democratic takeover. Not to mention a late, characteristic surge by Mr. Burns of Montana.
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“Our ideas were right, but our enablers screwed it up!” The meek attempt at apology from the guys who gave us Iraq.
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I’m watching Elizabeth Dole on Meet the Press right now and it’s as though the woman is on crack, high from the huge amout of sugar intake from drinking way too much of the Kool-Aid.
Also, nothing she says makes any sense. It’s almost hard not to feel bad for her.
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After the relatively harmless but momentarily frightening incident of John Kerry’s bad(ly interpreted) joke about the Bush administration, it’s particularly clear that the major challenge for Democrats going into the last 48 hours of this election cycle is to avoid derailing their own gravy train. Democrats are going to win the House; the Senate looks increasingly winnable. The trick is to simply allow the Republicans to destroy themselves, and it’s true that the GOP has been eating its own babies at least since but probably well before the Foley affair.
Thomas Ferraro has a quick piece in Reuters today demonstrating the new Rovian Democratic strategy for winning elections: Not Losing. His thesis is that Democrats historically fuck it up and have therefore remained in the Minority party on the Hill. I think that’s a wee bit of an oversimplification of electoral dynamics in America, particularly since 1994. But whatever. I think the important point now is that the ground has shifted. Support for conservative ideology is dead, in retreat or in hiding. That all Democrats have to do is to avoid saying something idiotic enough to turn people off is, finally, a positive remark about the American voter.
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I recognize that I’ve been completely negligent with respect to maintaining the blog, often for very poor reasons (laziness, lack of interest) since I’m not particularly swamped with other areas of my life. Work is fine, but not overwhelming; my social life leaves a tad to be desired; I’m finally settled back into Washington.
I’ll make a more robust effort at contributing meaningful and/or interesting comment on the site. As usual, feel free to contact me with suggestions or observations, and of course, comments always welcome.
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