Can the Grand Old (Tea) Party Win in November?

Nice article written by John Nickles over at the Nation.com about the sudden turn of events that has now made Democratic prospect for the November elections and retaining control of the US Senate much more likely thanks to Republican voters that chose extreme right-wing TEA Party backed candidates in Alaska, Delaware, Nevada and elsewhere over more mainstream GOP candidates:

Did the Tea Party movement just snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Delaware?

In a word: Yes.

Just as wins by extreme right-wingers in Republican primaries in Nevada, Alaska and other states have renewed the hopes of Democrats in Senate races where they looked to be doomed, Delaware Republicans just ditched a seemingly certain November winner for a likely loser.

On a night when the Tea Party movement scored some big wins over candidates of the Republican establishment—in races for governor of New York and perhaps for New Hampshire's open US Senate seat—the most dramatic victory for the frenzied right came in Delaware, where Tea Party heroine Christine O'Donnell upset Congressman Mike Castle for the party's Senate nod.

Former White House political czar Karl Rove, who describes the Republican nominee for the US Senate from that state, Christine O'Donnell, as someone who "says a lot of nutty things," was arguing that the GOP just lost a Senate race.

"We were looking at eight to nine seats in the Senate. We're now looking at seven to eight in my opinion," Rove said Tuesday night. "This is not a race we are going to be able to win."

But consider those numbers: What Rove is saying is that, with the Delaware result, Republicans may have lost much more than the Senate race in a single state....

Read more >>> Here

NJ Ranked #5 on "Pain Index"

Here's an interesting tidbit of information, according to US News & World Reports NJ ranks fifth in the overall "Pain Idex" - The combined effect of higher taxes and fewer services that directly affects Americans' quality of life - Which States are worse off than NJ? Alaska, California,Wyoming and Rhode Island.

The one thing to remember while reading is that while things here in New Jersey aren't so great it could be worse.

Read the companion article titled "Where Taxes Are Up, Services Down" >>> Here

Shatner Does Palin On The Tonight Show

I am not a very big fan of Conan O'Brien, I never really thought he was that funny and worth staying up til 1:00 am to watch, but now that he has taken over the Tonight Show my opinion of him may be changing.

The past few nights on the Tonight Night Show, Conan has hit homeruns by having William Shatner read portions of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's farewell speech and Twitter tweets as poetry.

Total Brilliance !!


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7/29/09

Tragic News From Up North . . .

So, I guess we know who won't be leading Santa's sleigh next year !

Stuff Your Stocking With a Palin 2009 Calendar

For all loyal GOP members on your holiday list, I present to you the official 2009 Sarah Palin wall calendar. It will make a great stocking stuffer.

 The Sarah Palin 2009 Wall Calendar includes photos from Campaign trail, governorship, and family, with over 50 pictures of Gov Palin and her family, including many "never before seen"  pictures on and off the campaigne trail.

So hurry, be one of the first purchase this one of a kind calendar of the "2012  front runner for Republican Presidential nomination" !

Mention this blog and you will get 15% off the cost of the calendar today, so hurry, there going fast.

(Now, I've seen everything)

 

The Barracuda Bites Back

I don't know how anyone else feels about this, but i just can't get enough Sarah Palin and those wacky Wassilla Hillbillies.
Palin just seems to be getting more and more desperate and defensive about her run for vice-president as seen in this segment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. In this impromptu press conference upon her return to Alaska yesterday, Palin sounds frazzled and ready to cry. Keith has Margaret Carlson comment on the Palin press conference.

Palin: I'm Sorry if I Cost McCain a Single Vote

Sarah Palin this morning apologized for any votes she might have cost John McCain in his bid for the presidency, while downplaying aspirations to challenge Barack Obama in four years during an interview with MSNBC.

“If I cost John McCain even one vote, then I am sorry about that,” she said.

Palin said she could not even imagine running for national office in 2012, saying “2012 sounds so far off.”

The governor cited the economic crisis as the key factor for their loss, saying her selection as McCain’s running mate could in no way trump the country’s serious financial woes.

Palin said she will return to Alaska tonight and cannot wait to get back to working full time as Alaska’s governor.

Alaska GOP-ers have frosty reaction to Palin pick

From the Scoreboard at Politico.com comes the following bit of information. It seems as thought members of the Alaskan GOP are not all that broken up over seeing  Gov. Sarah Palin leave if elected Vice-President. 

"The legislative leadership of the Alaska Republican Party isn’t enamored with Palin’s selection.

State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to tell her the news."She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"

Green, who has feuded with Palin, brought up the big oil tax increase Palin pushed through last year. She also pointed to the award of a $500 million state subsidy to a Canadian firm to pursue a natural gas pipeline that's far from guaranteed.

House Speaker John Harris, a Republican from Valdez, was also astonished at the news. He didn't want to get into the issue of her qualifications.

"She's old enough," Harris said. "She's a U.S. citizen." "

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Palin facing investigation in Alaska

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) running mate, faces an investigation over her controversial firing of a public safety commissioner.

State lawmakers approved an investigation late last month into whether the governor retaliated against former commissioner Walt Monegan for not firing a state trooper entangled in a divorce and ongoing custody battle with Palin’s sister. The investigation will also examine whether Palin or any of her family members pressured Monegan to fire state trooper Mike Wooten because of the messy divorce.

Palin has denied any wrongdoing. But Democrats will undoubtedly use the allegations to attack the “clean-government” reputation of the first-term governor.

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