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Mitch McConnell has lost it

post from MyDD on 10 October 2008 10:42:46 PM. © MyDD

This is hilarious. Barefoot and Progressive has all the details. Way to go though, Chuck Schumer, you've clearly gotten under the Minority Leader's skin:...the new ad against Chuck Schumer shows that Mitch McConnell has lost his cool, going seriously[...]

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Alan Grayson Shows That Support For Our Vets
Means Something More Than Hot Air

post from Crooks and Liars on 10 October 2008 10:40:32 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Alan Grayson, the progressive Democrat running against a desperate Bush rubber stamp in Orlando, Ric Keller, has had some of the best press of anyone running for Congress this year. The Vanity Fair feature about his work fighting for taxpayers against Iraq war profiteers is powerful and the article Harper's did on Keller's hypocrisy and corruption probably has had a great deal to do with why Grayson is ahead of Keller in all the polling-- ahead and widening the gap.

But as much as I want to believe that Orlando voters are responding to the two feature stories-- and there is even some plausibility to the effectiveness of the racy Harper's piece since yesterday's Orlando Sentinel covered it prominently-- TV spots seem to have a much greater impact. I look at congressional candidates' TV spots all day and Grayson's have been among the best and most effective. I have a feeling that's why he's ahead. So ahead that the RNC actually sent out an e-mail calling him the "perhaps the most liberal candidate in America." Alan wears that badge proudly and tomorrow he'll start running a new TV ad that will probably elicit more desperate e-mails from the RNC. It's an ad about what really supporting our troops and vets is all about-- not about wearing ribbons or flag pins or making puffed-up jingoistic speeches but about being there when our fighting men and women need you, no matter how boneheaded you think the Commander-in-chief's decisions are. Keller's voting record on assisting military vets is nothing short of abysmal and disgraceful. When I asked Alan about it he didn't hold back: "Keller is one of those fake patriots who loves to send our troops to war, but won't lift a finger to help them when they get back. He says that he's 'pro-life,' too, but he couldn't care less about you after you're born." You can read all the bills he opposed at the link or you can watch this 30 second TV spot that will start running in Orlando tomorrow:

video details and more

If you'd like to help make sure lots of people see that ad, you can donate to Alan Gayson's campaign on his Blue America ActBlue page.

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How McCain Can Win

post from Firedoglake on 10 October 2008 10:35:59 PM. © Firedoglake

As The Straitjacket Express hurtles ever faster towards the ditch, belching toxic plumes of race hatred and flop sweat, I find myself wondering just what it would take for the Palin/McCain ticket to eke out a victory in November. After much[...]

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Myths and falsehoods about the purported link
between affordable housing initiatives and the financial crisis

post from Media Matters for America on 10 October 2008 10:24:14 PM. © Media Matters for America

Conservativeand other media figures, echoing a reported strategy on the part ofRepublicans, have attempted to deflect blamefor the financial crisis onto proponentsof the expansion of affordable housing andlegislation and institutions created to effect that expansion.Newsweek senior editor Daniel Gross wrote in an October 7 Slate commentary:On theRepublican side of Congress, in the right-wing financial media (which is to saythe financial media), and in certain parts of the op-ed-o-sphere,[...]

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Friday Night Fluff: Cadbury Advert

post from Moue Magazine on 10 October 2008 10:12:28 PM. © Moue Magazine

I’ve had a horrid week on all fronts so even the smallest thing that made me smile was appreciated. I had bookmarked this Cadbury advert when a friend sent me the link and found myself returning to it a lot this week. Something about a gorilla +[...]

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Hell to Pay Voting Open Now

post from Daily Kos on 10 October 2008 10:10:03 PM. © Daily Kos

Which Orange to Blue candidate will be the recipient of tomorrow night's Hell to Pay fundraiser?

Now's the time to vote!

Nominees this week are:

Dan Seals, IL-10: Seals came under attack by incumbent Republican Mark Kirk for a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll that showed Seals within striking distance. Flaming out and dissing Daily Kos as anti-semitic and "ultra left-wing," the Kirk campaign then turned around the next day when SUSA showed Seals with a lead ... and cited the poll from this anti-Semitic site to debunk Seals' lead. Hell to Pay this week in Seals' case not only would pay back Kirk for attacking Seals, but for attacking us as well. Not to stack the deck or anything.

Joe Garcia, FL-25: Several users urged we take a look this week at Garcia, with jockoftexas making an official nomination:

I nominate Joe Garcia because his opponent is letting Bush run away from Washington for his fundraiser. It sucks but Bush is in charge of the Federal government right now. He should be trying to stop the credit freeze right now.

Bob Lord, AZ-03, nominated by DrewEM:

Shadegg went after an 89-year-old WWII POW who is supporting Bob when he was trying to "apologize" for misusing that veteran's picture without his permission in his TV ad.

Rick Noriega, TX-Sen, nominated by KTinTX, was treated to being "accidentally" called "Manuel" Noriega by a veteran supporter of Jon Cornyn.

Which one of these worthies will the Daily Kos community be gathering for tomorrow night when we meet online to relax, kick back, drink a few brews and donate? Which Republican will find out there is Hell to Pay?

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Sometime Nice About McCain

post from Librocrats - Designed Intelligent on 10 October 2008 10:10:00 PM. © Librocrats - Designed Intelligent

While it was his fault for getting this started, I have to give credit for McCain for realizing that it has gotten out of hand. At the recent rally, he had to correct someone in the crowd that said he was genuinely scared of Obama as President, by[...]

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Something Nice About McCain

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Red Herring

You can already see, in the McCain camp's first statement on the Trooper-Gate report, that the McCain campaign will spin it as actually letting Gov. Palin off the hook for firing Monegan because it finds that she had the power to fire him. That's[...]

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Trooper-Gate Report: McCain Campaign Statement

Here's a statement from the McCain-Palin camp on the report.

"Today's report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan," said Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapelton. "The report also illustrates what we've known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country."