I love the chain of events. It brings a smile to my face. Right-wing crazies say: NY-23 is going to be pivotal in shaping elections to come! Glenn Beck / Sarah Palin: We agree, so we're going to endorse the ultra-conservative candidate! Conservatives: We guarantee victory in NY-23! Yay for conservatism!! Democrat wins NY-23 for the first time in 100 years because of a split party. Conservatives: Hah! We have you right where we want you! We got this in '09! Suckers! Also look, we won some gubernatorial seats too! WIN ACROSS THE BOARD GUYS! Me: WTF?
Thanks for that. I'm ashamed to admit that I liked reading Krauthammer in the 90s and respected his opinion. But during the Bush administration, he turned into a predictable joke. MojoMan, if you truly believe Krauthammer is "very insightful and accurate", I feel sorry for you.
All you guys can do is shoot the messenger. Because Krauthammer's message in this article is spot on. No one here has said anything that refutes his assertion that recent claims by liberals that the 2008 election were a "historical re-alignment" have now been demonstrated to be nonsense. It was all just a left wing fantasy. And after Tuesday's elections, that little dream sequence is over. Now it is for everyone who bought into this myth to rejoin reality. Once gain, here is the link to Krauthammer's excellent article: The Myth of '08, Demolished
puhlease. explain to us again how a democrat winning a seat held by a republican since the civil war is a victory for republicans? palin put her lipstick on, made an appearance, and the democrat was elected. you can link to a hater all you want to, but that doesn't make it credible.
This article is a prediction and Krauthammer's track record isn't very good. Go ahead and keep your head in the sand. It's your right and privilege. When people write what you want to believe, it all makes sense, doesn't it?
We are a dying breed. Not only that, but we care about fiscal conservatism because we are not wealthy enough to get into positions of power.
Yeah...what did we get for that anyway? OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!! We essentially bluffed the Soviets into bankruptcy and ended the Cold War. Carry on.
You're one to talk about "partisan cracks." You probably even think the recent GOP health care "plan" is a better option than what is going to get passed in the near future.
You are truly tiresome with your reposting of information that has already been posted several times already. It is truly condescending and rude, as if anyone who hadn't read the article already would read it after you posted the link a third time. That being said, Krauthammer's words have as much to take seriously in them as Beck, Hannity, Maddow, or Olbermann's words do. I don't expect that you would treat an article by Rachel Maddow seriously because you decry her as a partisan hack, a category in which Krauthammer definitely belongs. On to the "substance." This was an off-year election, no Senate seats, a single special election for a House race, two mayoral races, and two gubenatorial races. You are welcome to look at '09 as a referendum on Obama, but anyone who is paying attention saw what happened and knows how little impact any of these races had on the federal government. In fact, the only race that did have some kind of federal impact swung Dem, partly because the nutso crowd (Palin, Hannity, Faux "News,") weighed in on the side of a nut case whose speeches were little more than recent talking points strung together without even the barest hint of a segue. Krauthammer is a hack and you are a hack follower.
A couple of days ago Think Progress posted this story about the RNC healthcare insurance plan covering abortions. RNC employee health insurance plan covers abortion. Now this morning comes this from Steele. GOP chairman ends abortion insurance for employees A chagrined GOP Chairman Michael Steele has told Republican National Committee staff to immediately stop providing RNC employees with insurance for elective abortions — an option that Republicans strongly oppose as Democrats try to pass a health care overhaul bill. "Money from our loyal donors should not be used for this purpose," Steele said in a statement late Thursday after learning of the abortion coverage from a news report. "I don't know why this policy existed in the past, but it will not exist under my administration. Consider this issue settled."
Michael Steele at it again -- GOP Furious At Steele; RNC Admits Little Control House and Senate leadership aides are furious with RNC chair Michael Steele and have angrily confronted the RNC's press shop over their inability to keep the chair on message. In the course of a regular daily conference call between senior Congressional communicators, House and Senate aides berated RNC staffers over Steele's comments that the GOP would not be able to take back the House, and that even if they did, the party would not be prepared to lead. A senior Senate aide brought up Steele's comments, arguing that he was ruining what should be several days of glowing press for the GOP in the wake of retirement announcements from Sens. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Chris Dodd (D-CT). "Steele is setting us far back with his comments and it needs to stop," the aide said, according to 2 sources who were on the call. RNC research director Jeff Berkowitz called the Senate aide out of line, but the Senate aide called Steele a "fool," sources said. In an effort to soothe feelings, a senior House aide interrupted and said he sympathized with RNC aides. But, he added: "You're putting our bosses in tremendously difficult situations." A senior RNC press aide admitted the shop had no control over Steele's interviews as he embarks on a book tour to sell his blueprint for a GOP comeback. Steele has hired a public relations firm, the RNC aide said, and the press shop has no control over when interviews are scheduled. After an awkward silence, another aide spoke up: "You really need to have him be quiet." The call ended shortly thereafter. On today's daily conference call, the RNC offered no information on their daily schedule. Even a private venting session in which top aides were allowed to voice their frustration has not slowed criticism. Berkowitz made the point that Steele has tried to walk back his comments through several appearances on other news outlets, but Congressional aides said he hasn't done enough. "He has made no progress in walking back the recent comments. In fact, he dug the hole deeper by appearing unprepared and uneducated" on his party's actions on the Hill, a top House aide told Hotline OnCall. "Aides are collaborating with each other, both on and off the Hill, on ways to keep him quiet."
Steele Lashes Out At Critics: Fire Me Or Shut Up RNC Chairman Michael Steele struck back today at Republican critics, saying they can either fire him or "shut up" in an interview with ABC News Radio. "I tell them to get a life. That's old Washington, that's old ways, and I don't represent that, and that kills them," Steele said. "I'm telling them and I'm looking them in the eye and say I've had enough of it. If you don't want me in the job, fire me. But until then, shut up. Get with the program or get out of the way." "All I'm saying is cut it out. If we have party differences that are inside the party, let's deal with them inside the party. You don't see the Democrats running around trying to beat up their national chairman or embarrass him," he added.
Doesn't this article deserve its own thread with a bassoesque headline like, "RNC Declares GOP Unprepared to Lead?"
Apparently Steele was called in for an emergency RNC meeting. I predict he'll be fired today as part of a Friday afternoon news dump. The Republicans simply can't continue to have such a hugely incompetent tool as their party chairman. Oh well. It was fun while it lasted.
