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LIVE AT FIVE – 10.17.10

Posted on | October 17, 2010 | Comments Off on LIVE AT FIVE – 10.17.10

TOP NEWS

As Democrats’ Message Lags, GOP Poised For Huge Wins

GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell

Reminiscent of 1994? How about 1894? BE THE WAVE.

American Businessman Released By Iran After Two Years In Prison
Accused of giving financial aid to anti-government groups

Still Not Too Swift At Connecting Dots
FBI ignored tip from Mumbai terrorist’s wives 3 years before attack

Fed’s Evans: We’re In A Liquidity Trap
Recommends “strong measures” because he can’t bring himself to say “inflation”

Merkel Calls German Multiculturalism “A Failure”
Says Turks in Germany need to learn German

POLITICS

Palin Brings Folksiness, Ferocity To Anaheim Rally

Sarah Palin gives the keynote speech at RNC "Victory Rally" Saturday night

“There is nothing wrong with America that a good old fashioned election won’t fix”

GOP Senate Hopefuls Have $$$ Edge Over Democrats

Clinton Rallies California  Democrats In The Homestretch

President Urges Democrats Not To Get Discouraged

THE ECONOMY, STUPID

How Countrywide Papered Over The Cracks

Frozen Vegetables Recalled; May Contain Glass Fragments

Yahoo’s Last Hurrah?

Union On Strike At Hilton Hotels

SPORTS

This Time They’re For Real

Elvis Andrus steals home for the Rangers' first run

Rangers’ Bullpen Bounces Back, Holds Yankees At Bay in 7-2 Win

Unranked Texas Defeats #5 Nebraska 20-13

Badgers Upset #1 Buckeyes 31-18

Dodgers, Ted Lilly Agree To Three-Year Deal

FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS

Barbara Billingsley Dies At 94

Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver

Best known for playing June Cleaver on “Leave It To Beaver”, old lady who speaks jive on “Airplane”

Audrey Hepburn Stamps Fetch $606,000 For Charity

Jessica Simpson: I’m In Love

Christina Aguilera Takes A Breakup Vacation

FOREIGNERS

21 Dead, 16 Missing In PRC Mine Blast

Netanyahu Coalition Under Pressure From Left And Right

Philippines Braces For Typhoon Megi

Japan Times: Time To Let Neighbors Deal With the North Korea Problem

BLOGS & STUFF

Politico: Longshot Pelosi Opponent Raises $1.1 Million In 3rd Quarter

Iowahawk: Beltway Adventure

iOwnTheWorld: That’s Just How Progs’ll Do Ya

Don Surber: Did Obama Toss Manchin Under The Bus?

— compiled by Wombat-socho

Category: Uncategorized

At Bielat HQ, Ready for the Road Trip

Posted on | October 16, 2010 | 13 Comments

NEWTON, Mass. — Here at Sean Bielat campaign headquarters on a Saturday afternoon, Ace of Spades and several of his readers are running the phone banks: “Hey, my name’s Ace. Would you like Sean Bielat to build you a robot?”

The big news today is that Sean Bielat is the top fundraiser in Massachusetts:

In a sign that he has caught the attention of Republicans in Massachusetts and beyond, GOP congressional hopeful Sean Bielat outraised every congressional candidate in the state in the latest reporting period — including his opponent, longtime US Representative Barney Frank — according to newly released campaign finance filings in most races.
Buoyed by repeated appearances on national television and conservative talk radio, Bielat, of Brookline, raised $379,000 between Aug. 25 and the end of September, exceeding the $317,000 raised by Frank, a 15-term incumbent, Federal Election Commission records show. . . .

Which goes to show the power of conservative New Media. It wasn’t the GOP Establishment or “secret foreign donors” who turned the Bielat campaign into a nationwide crusade. It was bloggers and their readers who struck the spark, and the excitement is now a wildfire.

Now it’s time to spread the fire. Pete Da Tech Guy and I are leaving this evening for a road trip across New York state and Pennsylvania down to Maryland. We’ll be stopping along the way to cover several congressional campaigns. Pete’s still about $250 short of his fundraising goal for the trip, so please go hit Da Tip Jar.

Pete was just downtown for President Obama’s rally with Deval Patrick, and I just got word that the streets of downtown Newton have been blocked off by police, which means Obama is coming here.

UPDATE: Obama is having a private fundraiser at the West Newton home of Ralph de la Torre. Da Tech Guy tells me Obama drew about 8,000 in downtown Boston, which is substantially less than the average crowd for Sarah Palin.

UPDATE II: There was a rally for Sean Bielat with Howie Carr today in Foxboro:

UPDATE III: OK, I’ve mapped out the first day of our trip. We’ll be in NY-22 Sunday morning for a pancake breakfast with George Phillips, then swing by Phillips HQ near Binghamton before making a trip up to the vicinity of Syracuse for an evening event with NY-25 candidate Ann Marie Buerkle. After that, we’ll hit the road three hours south to Pennsylvania.

Now we’re about to hit the road. Pete insists we must stop by his house in Fitchburg to enjoy some traditional Sicilian cuisine. Good-bye from Boston. If you can’t hit Pete’s tip-jar, feel free to hit mine.

UPDATE IV: Last update from Boston, where Obama spoke today:

“The reason I came today isn’t just because Deval has been there for me as a friend, but because he continues to inspire me as a leader at a time when too many folks bow to the politics of the moment,” Obama said at a campaign rally for Patrick in Boston. “He represents the politics of conscience and conviction in an age of too much cynicism.”
Obama admitted that he’s sometimes on his Blackberry backstage when he attends events for candidates, but “when Deval speaks, I listen.”

Obviously, Deval has been telling Obama to destroy the American Dream — and Obama listened!

Category: Ace of Spades, Barack Obama, Congress, Da Tech Guy, Election, Massachusetts, New York, Sean Bielat, Shoe Leather Fund

Fueling Moran, Jim’s Retirement Apprehensions

Posted on | October 16, 2010 | Comments Off on Fueling Moran, Jim’s Retirement Apprehensions

by Smitty

Great time at the local campaign office last night. The place was packed. The phones were manned, and the workspace was fairly well crammed with volunteers who blew through the raw material for approximately 10k yard signs. The numbers don’t lie: it’s a tough race, but it’s only lost if this country has reverted to aristocracy.

Politics

Double down, grind out these last few weeks until the election. Then double down again, so the GOP doesn’t get a case of Alzheimer’s.
MA-6 Update: Democrat John Tierney Tries to Distance Himself From His Wife

EXCLUSIVE: Christine O’Donnell Hits Democrat Chris Coons on Taxes Again

Democrats, Unions Bankroll 527 Group Attacking Massachusetts Republican

HOLY COW! Republican AZ-7 Challenger McClung Now in ‘Dead Heat’ with Grijalva

On the ‘Beat Barney’ Beat

    WRKO ‘Debate’: Barney Frank Interrupts Himself to Complain About Interruptions

    Republican Pulls Ahead in New AZ-7 Poll: Ruth McClung 39%, Raul Grijalva 37%

    Sarah Palin Endorses McKinney (GA-12), McClung (AZ-7), Benishek (MI-1), More

    Where He’s Building Ace a Robot: Inside Sean Bielat’s Campaign Headquarters

    VIDEO: Barney Frank ‘Debates’ Bielat

    Barney Frank’s Pals Fannie and Freddie Helped Cause the Foreclosure Crisis

    NY-25: Ann Marie Buerkle

    OBAMA COMING TO BOSTON!

    ‘We’ve Got Grijalva Scared to Death’

      Obama Went Down To Delaware

      Barney Frank’s Self-Created Problem

      MA-10 GOP Candidate Jeff Perry Talks About Democrat ‘Smear and Fear’ Attacks

      VIDEO: Republican John Dennis Wonders Why Nancy Pelosi Won’t Debate Him

      Just Watched Christine O’Donnell And That Other Dude Debate

      Massachusetts Democrat Jim McGovern Says, ‘I Think the Constitution Is Wrong’

      Democrat Jim McGovern: ‘Silly’ to Blame Him for ‘Constitution Is Wrong’ Gaffe

      It’s a Small World, After All

      Pelosi: Raising Money for Democrats More Important Than Her Voters

      The Rest of the Story

      TwitterGate Update: Neal Rauhauser Switches Account to ‘Protected’ Status

      Bomb-Sniffing Dogs?

      Is Ladd Ehlinger Irresistible?

      ‘Synthetic Teenage Pervert’

      Axis Of Fedora’s Relentless Blogoversal Onslaught

      Do Interns Fret Around You, Billy? Of Course Conservatives Want A Restrained Federal Government

      LIVE AT FIVE10.13.10

      The Greatness Of America Is Not The Buffoons In Office

      Libby the Liar: Mitchell Laughed at ‘Terrorist’ Joke Against President Bush

      A Note On The Comment Policy

      • Kn@ppster. Replying to your ‘Rocinante candidates’ point: all have sinned, and come short of the glory of Cervantes. If our laws are simple, and principles pure, even Don Quixote might find the manageable. So let’s point out substantial flaws and let go the stylistic tangents.

      LIVE AT FIVE – 10.15.10

      If You Have Materially Supported Candidate(s), You Can Watch This

      Reporting News That Liberals Want You to Ignore? ‘Right-Wing Attack Site’!

      Props to Trog for shamelessly including me on a favorite quotes roundup.

      Category: FMJRA Award

      Marco Rubio: Sincere, Passionate, Articulate

      Posted on | October 16, 2010 | 7 Comments

      by Smitty (via The Lonely Conservative)

      After Crist gets done repeating a completely cheesy accusation from a Hispanic newspaper, Rubio looks about ready to come across the table and flog the orange clean off the guy:

      Rubio: champ
      Crist: chump
      Kendrick Meek sounds like a decent guy in all this, but, of the three, Rubio seems the clear choice.

      MARCO RUBIO for U.S. SENATE

      Category: Blogging, Florida, Marco Rubio

      ‘So, You Want To Date My Daughter?’

      Posted on | October 16, 2010 | 7 Comments

      by Smitty

      ‘No, sir. Maybe we’ll just stick to correspondence.’

      The Instapundit Guide To Social Tranquility And Teenager Management

      Category: Instapundit

      LIVE AT FIVE – 10.16.10

      Posted on | October 16, 2010 | 4 Comments

      TOP NEWS

      No Inflation, No COLA: Treasury Says No Increase For Social Security
      Dems pushing $250 bonus instead

      Holder Promises To Enforce Federal Laws Despite Prop 19
      Because weed is more important than immigration!


      U.S. Backs Off Currency Dispute With China
      T-men waiting until after election to condemn PRC as currency manipulators

      Mozilo Settles With SEC for $67.5 Million
      Avoids trial on civil fraud, insider trading charges



      POLITICS

      National NOW President: Yes, Calling Women Whores Is Wrong

      California NOW President:  Whitman’s Still a Whore

      Donation Site Ends Relationship With Wikileaks




      Former SecState Rice Meets With President, Refuses To Join Critics

      Obama Might Leave Fed Jobs Open, Furlough Workers

      Reuters/Ipsos: Democrats Cling To Narrow Lead In California



      THE ECONOMY, STUPID

      Bernanke Lays Out Case For Fed Stimulus, Acknowledges Risks

      Foreclosure Holiday: Who Wins? Who Loses?

      Three More Banks Closed In Kansas, Missouri: 132 So Far This Year

      Over 300,000 Impalas Recalled By Government Motors



      SPORTS

      Bullpen Fails Rangers As Yankees Come Back For 6-5 Win

      W, Nolan Ryan look on in disgust as Rangers choke


      New York now leads series 1-0

      How Much Celebrating Is Too Much For The NFL?
      Players unhappy with judgment calls by refs

      Favre Streak In Jeopardy
      Sorry, no Sterger content today

      Rod SexRed Sox Net Liverpool Club
      It’s soccer, nobody cares

      Former Indians Skipper Eric Wedge To Lead Mariners In 2011
      It’s the Mariners, nobody cares Nice collection of quotes there!



      FAMOUS FOR BEING FAMOUS

      Keef Reveals All In Rock n’ Roll Memoirs

      Keith Richards


      Sex, drugs, and oh yeah, music

      Twitter Cuts Off JustSpotted
      Work harder, stalkers

      Christina Aguilera Had Open Marriage, Claims Woman

      It’s Back To Prison For Rapper T.I.

      Alicia Keys: It’s A Boy!

      “Hobbit” Movie Greenlighted, Peter Jackson To Direct



      FOREIGNERS

      Israel Approves New Construction In East Jerusalem

      Swiss Complete World’s Longest Tunnel

      Pakistan Backs PRC: “Deeply Disturbed” By Xiaobo’s Peace Prize

      Possible Rift In CCP As Central Committee Meets?



      BLOGS & STUFF

      Michelle Malkin: Man Up!

      Firedoglake: Treasury Defends HAMP – I Can’t Stop Laughing

      Jawa Report: Prosecutors Declare Geert Wilders Not Guilty

      Weasel Zippers: Clyburn – “If [Democrats] Keep Majorities…We’ll Revive Public Option

      This one’s for you, Congressman.


      — compiled by Wombat-socho

      Category: Live at Five

      Erza Klein: Hey, This Whole Xenophobic Anti-Capitalist Attack Isn’t Working

      Posted on | October 15, 2010 | 7 Comments

      It’s always enjoyable to watch when the light bulb go on over a liberal’s head. The idea that the Chamber of Commerce is funneling money from “secret foreign donors” to Republicans was always ludicrous.

      Of course, if the attack had worked, Ezra wouldn’t have minded. But sometimes voters are smarter than Democrats think they are.

      Category: Liberals

      Pelosi: Raising Money for Democrats More Important Than Her Voters

      Posted on | October 15, 2010 | 5 Comments

      Explaining why she has refused to debate her Republican challenger, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that raising money for Democratic candidates “across the country” is a higher priority for her.

      A video posted at Republican John Dennis’s Web site, shows Pelosi being asked, “”Would you be open to debating your Republican opponent John Dennis in San Francisco?”

      Pelso reponds: “Let me tell you what my priorities are. My priorities are to elect a Democratic Congress. In order to do that, it is essential for me – time is money for me. [Traveling] around this country, to amass the resources to put my candidates on TV. Whether I get a bigger majority or not in my district is not the point.”

      Dennis first requested a debate with Pelosi a month ago, and recorded a humorous video about her refusal to debate:

      Category: California, Congress, Election, Nancy Pelosi, Video
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