The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

‘Down in Alabama, You Can Run,
But You Sure Can’t Hide’

As mentioned yesterday, I’m now soliciting contributions to the Shoe Leather Fund to help fund an expedition to Alabama later this week. Despite promising Mrs. Other McCain I wouldn’t make any more road trips before CPAC, there’s some Tea Party action happening down there in the Republican primaries, and I need to check it out. Early this morning […]

Politico Names an NRCC Dud; UPDATE: Roby Says FEC Numbers Show Otherwise; Time for Some Shoe Leather Reporting?

This one’s going to leave a mark: “Montgomery city councilwoman Martha Roby, the leading Republican to face Rep. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.), only brought in $76,000, and spent more than she raised.” One of the reason’s for Roby’s lackluster performance is the entry of Tea Party-backed Republican candidate Rick Barber into the AL-2 primary, which I mentioned here […]

All Politics News Breakfast Is Local

FITCHBURG, Mass. — Two eggs over medium, corned beef hash, wheat toast, orange juice and coffee yesterday morning at the Fifth Street diner: The Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise has this: Vincent FratAntonio, 49, of Leominster, went to vote Tuesday despite recently having major surgery, and cast his vote for “(Scott) Brown, of course.” . . […]

Polls, Robocalls, Snow, and Other Distractions in Massachusetts

FITCHBURG, Mass. This afternoon, I was on the Ken Pittman show on WBSM in New Bedford and Fairhaven and the subject of the Tea Party movement came up. There can be no doubt that Tea Party activists — “far right teabaggers,” as Chuck Schumer calls them — are making a difference in Massachusetts. Think about that Vietnam veteran […]

Massachusetts Senate: When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Vote Brown

FITCHBURG, Mass. — Red Mass Group, Gateway Pundit and Legal Insurrection now pick up on the SEIU “Purple for Brown” phenomenon I spotted last night in Worcester. Weasel Zippers has MSNBC’s Ed Schultz boasting he’d cheat to elect Martha Coakley. Meanwhile, I’m updating for The American Spectator: Seeing the Senate campaign from ground level is […]

Among the Reasons For Discomfort When Some Call the US a Christian Nation

The Future of Capitalism mentions a Watertown Daily Times report about the Amish in the context of health

Just Bought My Ticket to Boston

An eight-hour train ride on two hours sleep? Yeah, I can do that, for a “far-right teabagger”: Martha Coakley is running to fill the rest of Ted Kennedy’s term, and her opponent is a far-right tea-bagger Republican. . . . The special election is coming up on Tuesday, and it’s going to be close. Read Vicki’s […]

Is Martha Coakley Even Sleazier Than
Tila Tequila? BUMPED: Reporter Hassled

Tila is arguably the nadir of celebrity sleaze, but at least she’s not running for the Senate: Democrat Martha Coakley is the voice of the “little people” the way Ted Kennedy was the voice of sobriety. That’s from Michelle Malkin’s column and you should read the whole thing, which makes clear just what kind of sold-out hack Martha Coakley […]

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