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The man can shoot AND talk about education. I say we make him a candidate and see how it goes.

Michael
via - Matthew Yglesias

State Sen. Vivian Davis Figures announced today that she will challenge Sen. Jeff Sessions for his seat in the US Senate.

In some recent polls, Sen. Hillary Clinton is shown to be making some impressive gains over three of the Republican frontrunners in Alabama.

There have been rumblings about this for some time now, but today a formal complaint was filed against Sen. Thompson with the FEC by Lane Hudson, the former Democratic staffer who broke Foleygate. Hudson posted his complaint on a new blog.
All I can say is, it’s about freakin’ time. In my view, Sen. Thompson has [...]

For anyone who’s interested in sitting down with the Right’s favorite Mormon, it’ll only run you a cool grand; unless of course you want your picture taken. Photos with Romney and his wives [He only has one. -Ed.] [What's the point of being a Mormon, then? -MD] are running $2,300. They’re using expensive film, I [...]

The Alabama first congressional district wouldn’t normally be making news. Alabama’s voting districts have been gerrymandered to hell, and incumbent Jo Bonner won the seat 68-32 last election. However, Congressman Bonner has been a staunch supporter of President Bush, who is becoming quite unpopular even in Alabama.
Democrat Benjamin Lodmell officially announced his candidacy today. Even [...]

I’m glad that some of our Republican friends are getting a small taste of the giant suckfest that passes for journalism at Fox News. It seems that Fox News has been censoring its coverage of the Iowa Straw Poll.
From Politics & Religion:
Here are the uncensored results from the Iowa Straw Poll:
1 Mitt Romney 4516 31.6%
2 [...]

While I respect Congressman Kucinich for his views on Iraq and health care, I also recognize that he has absolutely no chance of winning the party’s nomination. Which is, of course, why he can afford to do this:

Michael
Via - More shameless remarks by Larko

Senator Obama says “President of Canada” instead of “Prime Minister of Canada” at Debate
I totally missed that; not that I care. The media (in this case CNN) is trying to typecast Sen. Obama as light on foreign policy. But, honestly, how easy a mistake is that to make? Are they honestly suggesting that Sen. Obama [...]

I’m a Democrat, so it’s perhaps not surprising that I was fairly appalled at the Republicans. I just wanted to hit on some of their stuff.
First, the so-called “Fair Tax.” I can shit in a bag and call it a Happy Meal; that don’t make it good to eat. Which is to say, the so-called [...]