Memo to Republicans: Huh?
February 26, 2009
Next verse, same as the first.
“Newsflash: McCain Lost the Election”
“he Republican Party has been using a grab-bag of strategies to counter Obama’s policies over the past month. They rail against the stimulus package for its (supposed) pork. They hammer home their points with gimmicky videos and props. They speak in warrior rhetoric and revel in heroic, fighting-man stunts. But if there is one strand running through all these strategies, it is that they evoke a discomfiting feeling of deja vu. We’ve seen this stuff before: The GOP is currently reliving John McCain’s presidential campaign. The return to the strategies of their fallen candidate may be the saddest illustration of the current state of the party.” Written by Eve Fairbanks.
from The New Republic
DB notes: When your leadership is fresh out of ideas…
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Previously on Take 2: American Conservatism: Dead or Just Sleeping?
David Biespiel Twitters-up
February 24, 2009
In which I follow Karl Rove and Karl Rove follows me.
Republican Governors thinking about New Hampshire & Iowa, 2012: Jindal, Palin, Sanford, Barbour, Perry. Plus: Romney & Huckabee.
about 1 hour ago from web.
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Recently on Take 2: From Sputnik to Facebook
American Conservatism: Dead or Just Sleeping?
February 18, 2009
And we mean no.
“Throughout the fortnight-long Battle of the Stimulus Package—the Capitol Hill confrontation that culminates this week in a signing ceremony for a historically unprecedented piece of legislation that will inject more than three-quarters of a trillion dollars’ worth of adrenaline into America’s fluttering economic heart—one question preoccupied commentators and observers, especially those desperate for relief from the daunting substance of the matter: was President Obama being “bipartisan” enough?” By Hendrick Hertzberg.
from The New Yorker
DB notes: One message that Republican representatives sent to the electorate on the stimulus vote last week on the subject of relevancy is this: Not so much. Whether dead or just sleeping, 21st century American conservatism can certainly lay claim to being unified in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Next on Take 2: The Oscars.
Franken v. Coleman: Will this thing ever end?
“Yet Another Coleman Witness Admits She Was Cherry-Picked”
“The Coleman legal team just went through another round of calling aggrieved voters to the witness stand, pleading that their absentee ballots were improperly rejected. And again, they’ve run into some problems. The Coleman campaign called Elissa Jackson, a sympathetic mother of a five-month old. During direct examination, Coleman lawyer James Langdon tried to be open about the fact that she found out about her uncounted vote because of a phone call from the Republican Party.” Written by Eric Kleefeld.
from Talking Points Memo
What the Franken camp says is happening
What the Coleman camp says is happening
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DB Notes: Lyndon Johnson won his first Senate race in Texas in 1948 by 87 votes, earning him the infamous nickname “Landslide Lyndon” for the rest of his career.
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