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Friday Night Open Thread

post from TalkLeft on 16 May 2008 10:15:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Taylor Marsh has a podcast of the Hillary Clinton blogger call this afternoon.

J is out for a while and I have to go myself for the next few hours. TChris might be around. Keep it nice please/

This is an Open Thread.

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Conyers: Were closing in on Rove. Someones got to
kick his ass

post from Crooks and Liars on 16 May 2008 10:10:14 PM. © Crooks and Liars

TPM Muckraker’s Paul Kiel:Just off the House floor today, the Crypt overheard House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers tell two other people: “We’re closing in on Rove. Someone’s got to kick his ass.” Asked a few minutes later for a more official explanation, Conyers told us that Rove has a week to appear [...]

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-got-to-kick-his-ass/

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WA-Gov: Grudge Match

post from Daily Kos on 16 May 2008 09:55:06 PM. © Daily Kos

If there's any governor's mansion in the country the Republicans want to gain in November, it's Washington's. This year's race is a rematch of 2004, with poor loser Dino Rossi trying to capitalize on the sour grapes the state and national Republicans still feel over their 133 vote loss that came after three vote tallies and a failed Republican court challenge. That election was also probably the reason for the firing of USA John McKay, who refused to open a federal criminal investigation into voter fraud allegations.

So there's a lot at stake for Republicans in this. And it's not looking too good for Rossi at the moment. On the heels of reports that she doubled Rossi's fundraising in April, raising well over a million dollars (1.3m) to his $641K, comes some very encouraging polling from Rasmussen.

The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Washington voters shows Gregoire leading her Republican challenger, Dino Rossi, by eleven percentage points. It’s Gregoire 52% Rossi 41%.

In late March, Gregoire was up by just a statistically insignificant single percentage point. In February, Rossi had a one point advantage. Four years ago, the 2004 election between the same two candidates was one of the closest elections in the state’s history.

Gregoire is supported by 86% of Democrats and has a has a nine-point lead among unaffiliated voters. Both those figures reflect significant improvement for Gregoire since March. Rossi earns the vote from 88% of Republicans, up slightly from 85% in the previous poll. The incumbent Democrat now leads among both men and women.

One of the factors behind Gregoire's surge is that she's finally able to campaign and fundraise after the "session freeze" which prevents Washington lawmakers from fundraising during the legilslative session. The freeze allowed Rossi to amass $2.7 whlie she was stymied, but given her totals for April, and her polling, she should have no problems on the money front. Another factor to consider is Obama's eleven point lead in the state over McCain.

The Republicans are going to be hell-bent in getting revenge on Gregoire this year, and shouldn't be taken lightly. But it's definitely going to be an uphill battle for them.

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Say What

post from Taylor Marsh on 16 May 2008 09:51:05 PM. © Taylor Marsh

Guest post by GreyDedicated to Scot Lehigh, because he wrote a really farcical piece today, "Clinton’s ’sexism’ dodge":People are right to decry boorish anti-Clinton comments, offensive jokes, and the bilge, bile, and billings-gate of[...]

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Funkalicious Friday: Bottom

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 16 May 2008 09:49:11 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Primero...go read smackdown goodness!Proximo: Random tube seventies centric surfology loosely to do with bass lines and blamelessly inspired by Robyn's mention of Nilsson. Could these be the absolute best bass lines evaahhh???No.Surely not.Not even[...]

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Asserting that Obama "wants to talk to" Iran,
CBS' Greenfield did not mention that Gates also advocates talking to Iran

post from Media Matters for America on 16 May 2008 09:35:11 PM. © Media Matters for America

While discussing President Bush's May 15 speech to theKnesset, Israel'sparliament, on that night's broadcast of the CBSEvening News, seniorpolitical correspondent Jeff Greenfield stated that "the president, in theIsraeli parliament, made a statement that everyone knew, including the WhiteHouse, had to be seen as a frontal attack on [Sen.] Barack Obama, thepresumptive Democratic nominee. This is a key theme we're going to hear allfall that Barack is naive, inexperienced, doesn't understand the[...]

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NBC's Lauer falsely suggested only "the far left"
is concerned about Bush's alleged civil liberties violations

post from Media Matters for America on 16 May 2008 09:33:36 PM. © Media Matters for America

Onthe May 14 edition of NBC's Today,during an interview with former CIA agent Michael Sheehan about his new book, Crush the Cell: How to DefeatTerrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves (Crown,May 2008), host Matt Lauer said, "You say we've got to use moreundercover agents, informants, wiretapping, email surveillance, the works. Thesound you just heard, Michael, is the far left, grabbing for their remotecontrols, 'cause they say, you're going to do this, you'regoing to trample civil liberties." In[...]

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Wet Panties Department Store … ies

Pammy Atlas, always good for a laugh to those of us who enjoy making fun of Kool Aide drinking, mentally deranged wingnuts, is so “freaking terrified of Obamanation nomination,” she has implored “all decent Democrats to come to their senses,” and either overturn the results of all the primaries to date and nominate Hillary Clinton, [...]

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McCain Lies Away The Iran-Contra Scandal

You'll have to excuse the mess, folks. My head just exploded. John Sidney McCain III just lied away the existence of the Iran-Contra scandal, and the press took him at his worthless word, preferring to save their outrage for Barack Obama, who had[...]

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What is Wrong with the Republican Party

Here is everything that is wrong with the Republican Party, summarized in this New York Times photo:John McCain. Eagle. Flag. NRA. You're not "More American" because you're too stupid to win arguments with your brain. And John McCain showing up[...]

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