Given Rick Santorum’s recent, come-from-behind primary wins, and the fact that Super Tuesday is just a few short weeks away, the February 28 primary in Michigan is shaping up to be more important than anyone could have predicted. According to the most optimistic polling that I’ve seen, Romney, the son of former Michigan Governor George […]
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Romney, hoping to stem the Santorum surge, pretends to drive a car through Detroit in a desperate attempt to connect with Michiganders
Posted in Detroit, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged attack ads, automotive bailout, Big 3, crony capitalism, George Romney, Keith Olbermann, Mitt Romney, Nate Silver, Obama, political ads, political attack ads, polls, RIck Santorum, Rombo, Super PAC, Super Tuesday, unions, Vernors 32 Comments
Voting out the sane Republicans
It’s good to be reminded on occasion that there are sane, responsible Republicans… We were in the car last night, on our way to have dinner with friends in Detroit, when we caught an NPR report on how the upcoming elections are likely to affect climate change legislation, and I was really struck by how […]
Posted in Environment, Politics Also tagged Bob Inglis, BP, cap-and-trade, Climate Change, Global Warming, global warming denial, Jim Demint, Juan WIlliams, Koch brothers, NPR, sane Republicans, Sarah Palin, South Carolina, tea party, Tea Partyfication, the collapse of the Republican party, the future of journalism, those anti-science Republicans, Trey Gowdy 7 Comments
Christine O’Donnell wins the Delaware primary, signals end of mankind
My plan was to write something about unhinged teabagger Christine O’Donnell’s big win in Delaware last night, and I’d started working on it, but then I happened across this great summary at Think Progress, and thought that I’d just steal it and save myself the trouble. In the final round of primaries last night, the […]
Posted in Politics Also tagged Chris Coons, Christine O'Donnell, Delaware, Frankenstein's monster, Joe Miller, Ken Buck, Lisa Murkowski, Marco Rubio, masturbation, Michele Bachman, Mike Castle, Mike Lee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Pat Toomey, people who couldn't be elected dog catcher, Rand Paul, Republican cannibalism, SALT, Saviors Alliance for Lifting the Truth, tea party, Tea Party Express, Tea Partyfication, teabagging 155 Comments