Moonage Political Webdream

Ever read one of those posts that just puzzles you?  I do that all the time.  Kinda like sitting in a chair that’s about to tilt over.  Sometimes it’s fun, sometimes it hurts.  I was reading a post by Andrew Pavelyev in The New Majority and got that feeling.  He meanders until he reaches his [...]

Here we go.  The members of the US Senate class of 2008 haven’t even been fully seated and we are already sepculating on 2010.  CNN has already decided the Republicans are in trouble in 2010 simply because, get this, they had trouble in 2006 and 2008.  Logical huh?  Wikipedia references something called the Cook Political Report [...]

The death of the Republican Party might be a little premature.  Anh “Joseph” Cao defeated William Jefferson in New Orleans.  This particular district has an 11% Republican registration.  If Obama was a factor at all in the general, it was his lack of an endorsement that killed any enthusiasm Jefferson might have been able to [...]

WSFA is reporting that Birmgingham, Alabama mayor Larry Langford has been arrested by the FBI on some pretty serious charges.  At this point CNN nor MSNBC feel it’s a story worth printing. If you read the local story, it’s pretty lengthy.  It gets into what the background of the investigation is, who’s involved, and some [...]

Nancy Pelosi famously denied Democrats had any responsibility for the financial crisis that we are dealing with right now.  She stills sticks with that fantasy.  However, I don’t think too many people believe her.  Today the Washingtonwatch blog listed the members of Congress who voted for the 2000 Consolidated Appropriations Act which allowed trading credit [...]

Everyone remembers Mark Foley.  Mass media went nuts over his “issues” in 2006.  Some even say Foley single handedly cost Republicans the House.  So, what does the 21st century’s most “disgraced” Congressman do?  He endorses Obama.  Most political pundits are completely ignoring this endorsement.  The Obama campaign hasn’t released any statements on Foley either that [...]

Several years ago, Mark Foley was pretty well busted doing things that just weren’t terribly ethical.  Nancy Pelosi and a lot of Democrat bloggers went flying off the deep end.  Pelosi went so far as to demand an inquiry into how many Republicans new about Foley’s activities and did nothing about it.  Of course, no [...]

“It’s all about sex.” Remember that one? You know, the elected official who got busted lieing to a grand jury about having an affair with another person under their leadership and used the bully pulpit their position provided to publicize their defense? If you guessed Bill Clinton (D), you’re right, but way behind the times. [...]

Trent Lott is apparently going to retire before year’s end.  According to the story, his primary concern is he needs to make more money.  Now, being somewhat experienced in that aspect of DC politics, I can say for certain that is an honest concern.  If a congressman’s sole income is his position in DC, he [...]

I have written a lot on Louisiana’s propensity to condone corruption in their government.  From governor to mayors to congressmen, it just seemed to be an accepted part of doing business.  No matter how bad things got, they just kept sending the same people back.  William Jefferson’s still there, Ray Nagin’s still there, Blanco decided [...]