The Other McCain

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NBC4: Subtle Anti-Murray, Pro-Moran Slant

by Smitty This News-4 story from 25 October looks fairly balanced: For reference, here is the contentious clip: Now, let’s fisk NBC-4: Time Comment 0:08 “…claims Moran said…” No, actually, Moran did say that about military service: “What [Republicans] do is that they find candidates – usually stealth candidates – that haven’t been in office, […]

Murray Campaign HQ Is Rocking Tonight

by Smitty The effort to liberate VA-8 from “Gentleman” Jim Moran’s reign of error continues apace. The candidate is fresh off of a news conference to answer the mail on the 06 October offensive remarks Moran made. Murray momentum grows. The bus is stocked and fueled. It will be cruising the district, spreading the word […]

To Repeat: Beware of Polls!

Sunday morning, I noted Donald Douglas’s dissection of an L.A. Times poll that appears skewed toward Democrats.  Now, Tina Hemond gets inside the numbers in last week’s poll that showed Barney Frank leading by 12 points over Sean Bielat and argues that, in fact, the race in MA-4 is a statistical dead heat. Of course, we […]

BUMPED: New Dennis Campaign Clip, Plus, Next House Located For Nancy

by Smitty Update: It looks like FilmLadd strikes again, this time reprising A Few Good Men. Before anyone gets all nitpicky about the smoking materials, your attention is drawn to this link, which implies that Nancy is OK with a blunt, as long as no one is dressed in S&M garb, not that I have […]

Go, Rocket Girl, Go! New TV Ad for Republican Ruth McClung in Arizona

She’s looking like a winner here: UPDATE: They’re having another “McClung Miracle” money-bomb Monday, and check out this new ad: RUTH McCLUNG for U.S. CONGRESS

Poll: Sean Bielat 63%, Barney Frank 31%

OK, it’s merely an unscientific online poll at the Web site of the New Bedford Standard-Times, but that won’t reduce the shock factor for Democratic Party operatives when they see the headline via their Google alerts. Sometimes you just want to mess with their minds, for the pure outrageous hell of it. In more serious news, Fleming […]

Forget Client #9 And Whatshername: Give Me Da Tech Guy And William Jacobson

by Smitty Somebody whose blog-fu exceeds mine handily is Da Tech Guy. While out galavanting with RSM, he paid a visit to William Jacoboson of Legal Insurrection, another premier blogger. The big question here is why these two don’t have a talk show. Unlike so much of the swill sloshing about on the cable networks, […]

Latest Polls Show Republicans Now Leading Key House Races in MD-1, FL-22

In Maryland’s 1st District, Republican Andy Harris leads freshman Democrat Rep. Frank Kratovil by 11 points, according to a new poll by Monmouth University, even though the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent more than $1 million to help Kratovil. Meanwhile, in Florida’s 22nd District, Republican Allen West appears to have gained the upper hand against second-term […]

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