Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42338831/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Lawmakers seek answers on Libya
The top NATO commander said Wednesday the U.S. military role in Libya will be reduced "measurably" as other nations take on added responsibilities in the war, an assessment that failed to satisfy lawmakers seeking more clarity about President Barack Obama's deployment of American forces.
DK Elections Daily Digest: 3/30
Senate:
? AZ-Sen: Jeff Flake then:
That's the difficulty of a campaign. I mean, it's easy to just say, "Seal the border and enforce the law." What does that really mean? What does that entail? And when you're able to explain it, then they're alright. And I think for those who don't agree with my position?think that it ought to be something different?at least I think they give me a little credit for sticking with my position because I've always believed this is what we need and I continue to believe regardless of the political environment.
In the past I have supported a broad approach to immigration reform - increased border security coupled with a temporary worker program. I no longer do. I've been down that road, and it is a dead end. The political realities in Washington are such that a comprehensive solution is not possible, or even desirable, given the current leadership.
In other AZ news, the subscription-only Arizona Guardian says that ex-Rep. Matt Salmon may endorse Rep. Trent Franks, rather than his old buddy Flake (who succeeded him in Congress when he unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2002), something they characterize as a "snub" on their home page. Franks of course hasn't announced a run yet, but Dave Catanese claims he'll do so this Saturday. Just hope whoever told Dave this is more truthful than the dipshit who dissembled about Connie Mack last week. (And I still maintain that Dave had every right?if not an obligation?to burn that source.)
? FL-Sen: Adam Hasner has to be feeling pretty good about himself these days. Rep. Connie Mack inartfully bowed out of the race, and Mike Haridopolos has already scored a few own-goals. So the former state House Majority Leader took to his Facebook to declare that "this election still needs a proven limited government leader, who is solid across the board on the conservative principles." Why golly, that sounds just like Hasner, doesn't it?
? IN-Sen, IN-02: Rep. Joe Donnelly sure sounds like he's interested in running for Senate. He told Robert Annis, a reporter for the Indianapolis Star, that he thinks his "experience is best served in the Senate." Annis also characterized Donnelly as "leaning toward" a run. A different reporter at the same event characterized him as "leaning strongly toward" a Senate bid if the GOP makes his current district redder.
? MI-Sen: PPP has the remainders from their Michigan poll last week, a kitchen sink GOP primary:
Pete Hoekstra is the clear first choice of Republicans in the state for who they'd like as their nominee to take on Debbie Stabenow next year. 38% say he'd be their pick compared to 18% for Terri Lynn Land. No one else cracks double digits, with Saul Anuzis at 5%, Justin Amash, Randy Hekman, and Tim Walberg at 4%, Chad Dewey at 3%, and Tim Leuliette with the big egg at 0%.
Speaking of The Hook, he said he'll decide whether to challenge Stabenow in two weeks. In an amusing side note, Hoekstra admitted he got all butthurt when MI GOP chair Bobby Schostak said in a recent interview that he expects a candidate to emerge who is " head and shoulders" above the current crop of potentials?a group which obviously includes Hoekstra. Of course, Schostak also said of this mystery candidates: "I don't know who it is. They haven't met with me yet, if they're out there." We don't know who they are either!
? NV-Sen: Rep. Dean Heller, presumably trying to scare off would-be primary opponents, raised a pretty massive $125K in a single event in Vegas on Monday night.
? OH-Sen, OH-12: This is? getting strange. Top-tier Ohio Republicans have all pretty much taken a pass on challenging Sherrod Brown, or at least seem to be leaning against a run. But one guy all of a sudden put his name into the hopper: Rep. Pat Tiberi, who sits in the very swingish 12th CD. Tiberi's spokesman made sure to remind Dave Catanese that he's on Ways & Means, though, so that's a pretty tasty perch to give up. Catanese also notes that state Sen. Kevin Coughlin is preparing a run.
? RI-Sen: I guess rich guy Barry Hinckley is running against Sheldon Whitehouse? The founder of a software company called Bullhorn ("the global leader in On Demand, integrated front office software for the staffing and recruiting industry"), Hinckley is apparently trying to burnish his Republican credentials by holding some fundraisers at California yacht clubs. (Not joking about that.)
Gubernatorial:
? LA-Gov: 2010 Lt. Gov. nominee Caroline Fayard is starting to sound very much like a gubernatorial candidate? that is, if you can hear her over her foot-stuffed-in-mouth. She didn't do much to help her cause by declaring at a recent even that she "hates Republicans" because they are "cruel" and "eat their young." (Uh, I talk a lot of shit about the GOP, but what does "eat their young" even mean?) Fayard later tried to wiggle her way out of this by claiming "I?m against the president, but I don?t need to see his birth certificate." So she's managed to kill her crossover vote and her support among African Americans in one fell swoop. Well, uh, she sure is getting some free media out of this. (Hat tip: Daily Kingfish)
House:
? CT-05: I guess I thought that former state Rep. Elizabeth Esty (D) had already announced she was running for Chris Murphy's seat, but apparently she's only just formed an exploratory committee.
? MN-06: It's not particularly meaningful, since the funds can be transferred to another federal account, but Michele Bachmann did just file to run for re-election yesterday.
? NY-25, VA-02: Dan Maffei apparently says he'll decide on a rematch "in the next two months," while Glenn Nye (I'd forgotten he was still considering) will wait until "sometime in the summer." (That's how The Hill phrased it in both cases.)
? RI-01: With the city of Providence's finances imploding, freshman Rep. David Cicilline is taking a beating over his stewardship of the city he used to be mayor of. Among other things, a new Brown University poll finds him with a statewide approval rating of just 17-49. Could Cicilline be vulnerable in the general election? I doubt it, but he could underperform annoyingly and require help that could best be expended elsewhere, like a Paul Kanjorski. I think he might be more at risk in a primary.
Other Races:
? Wisconsin Recall: In just the last two months, the Wisconsin Democratic Party reports raising $1.4 million?or, a quarter million more than it did in all of 2010. In other news, a coordinator of the petition drive against Randy Hopper seems to have gone off-message with his intimation that volunteers would have "closer to 30,000 than 15,000" signatures by Tuesday (a month before the deadline). 15,269 sigs are needed for the recall to happen, but a spokesperson for the Democratic Party told the Journal Sentinel that these figures (such as they are) "are not accurate" and wouldn't say more. Quite understandably, t's pretty much been the policy of the party not to talk about where things stand.
? Wisconsin Sup. Ct.: JoAnne Kloppenburg is out with TV and radio ads that tout her independence.
Remainders:
? WATN?: Artur Davis, douchebag from beyond the grave. This is actually the same link as the NY-25/VA-02 item above; Davis did an event with Maffei and Nye at which he said that President Obama would bear the brunt of the blame for any government shutdown. Davis's claim: "I think that voters always focus on the executive as the responsible officer." That's why Bill Clinton lost so badly in 1996, right?
In other WATN? news, I'm guessing that ex-Rep. Bart Gordon (D) is probably ruling out a rematch for TN-06 (or a Senate run)?he just took a job at the law firm of K&L Gates. (The "Gates" is Bill Gates, Sr., the Microsoft founder's dad, who is now retired.)
Redistricting Roundup:
? Indiana: Have an idea for an Indiana state Senate map? Sen. Tim Lane (D) wants to hear from you! (Seriously!) Contact information is at the link.
? Louisiana: Even though he had said he'd stay out of it, Gov. Bobby Jindal's been weighing in on the redistricting process?and Dems, as you might guess, aren't happy about it. Click through the article to learn more about the exact nature of the dispute. Ultimately, though, it sounds as though Jindal will get his way, which more or less preserves the status quo.
? Funnymanders: What happens when a very careful redistricting job blows up in your face because the state Senate Majority Leader's son being groomed for the new seat tells the media he can't even remember being arrested for getting into a dispute over chicken fingers at Applebee's? Well, I'm calling that a funnymander. Nathan Gonzales has the details on that story, and a few other anecdotes as well, about redistricting gone awry.
? Dark Money: On the darker side of redistricting is all the unregulated cash flooding into various coffers, which Politico takes a look at. A big reason is an FEC decision last year which allowed members of Congress to raise unlimited soft money for redistricting groups, and both Dems and Republicans are, of course, going at it full bore.
Source: http://feeds.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/S3kHMK52zDk/-DK-Elections-Daily-Digest:-3-30
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2chambers: Senate rejects two long-term funding bills, sending leaders back to negotiating table
Two competing government funding bills fell short in the Senate on Wednesday, sending congressional leaders and the White House back to the negotiating table to try to work out a budget compromise.
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Wisconsin Lawmakers pass union bargaining bill as protests rage
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- The Wisconsin Assembly voted 53-42 to give final passage to a bill curbing collective bargaining for most government workers that was stalled for weeks when Democratic senators left for Illinois to prevent a quorum.
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Obama Authorizes Covert Operations in Libya, as U.S. Considers Aiding Rebels, Sources Say
President Obama has signed a secret presidential finding authorizing covert operations in Libya, although the administration still hasn't decided whether to arm rebel forces there, a U.S. official confirmed to Fox News.
Source: http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/nFYFssHYEl8/
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Geraldine A. Ferraro, 1935-2011: She Ended the Men?s Club of National Politics
In 1984, Ms. Ferraro took her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party.
Source: http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f19d1609df0cdcd3ceab0c56f9ac5e66
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Rep. Peter King's congressional hearings on American Muslim radicalization consider CAIR impact
Congressman Peter King held Congressional hearings on radicalization in the American muslim community. As Michelle Boorstein and David Fahrenthold reported on the proceedings:
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Murdoch Biz Columnist: ?Tax the Super Rich Or Face Revolution?
We have long enjoyed MarketWatch columnist Paul B. Farrell’s seething, doom-soaked predictions of American Collapse — and his column is always the “most read” thing on this stock-market business website, so we are not alone. But today’s is a delight even if you’re used to Farrell’s ranting, because now he’s calling for armed revolution against [...]
Source: http://feeds.wonkette.com/click.phdo?i=b56935a73f234bf6099753cdec8c7518
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VIDEO: POLITICO Playback
POLITICO Playback rounds up the best of last night's late-night television.
Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/52212.html
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An Incoherent Libya Policy
Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
You don't just walk up to the local bully and slap him across the face. If you are determined to confront him, then you try to knock the living daylights out of him. Otherwise, you are better off to leave him alone.Anyone who grew up in my old neighborhood in Harlem could have told you that. But Barack Obama didn't grow up in my old neighborhood. He had a much more genteel upbringing, including a fancy private school, in Hawaii. Receive news alertsMaybe that is why he thinks he can launch military operations against Moammar Qaddafi, while promising not to kill him and promising that...
You don't just walk up to the local bully and slap him across the face. If you are determined to confront him, then you try to knock the living daylights out of him. Otherwise, you are better off to leave him alone.Anyone who grew up in my old neighborhood in Harlem could have told you that. But Barack Obama didn't grow up in my old neighborhood. He had a much more genteel upbringing, including a fancy private school, in Hawaii. Receive news alertsMaybe that is why he thinks he can launch military operations against Moammar Qaddafi, while promising not to kill him and promising that...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/30/measuring_force_109390.html
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Obama aims to cut oil imports by a third
President Barack Obama will set an ambitious goal on Wednesday to cut oil imports by a third over 10 years, focusing on energy security.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42335437/ns/politics-white_house/
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The Plum Line: Do people care about the deficit?
Duncan Black poses a question: "Nobody cares about the deficit. Why don't people understand this?" Matthew Yglesias attempts an answer: "Politicians don't understand that the voters don't care about the deficit because the voters themselves don't understand that they don't care about the deficit....
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Iowa reps pass bill limiting collective bargaining
DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Iowa House approved a bill Friday limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights and requiring them to pay more for their health insurance.
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Obama economic adviser adopts classroom style to explain policies
In the fall, with the administration struggling to convince Americans its economic strategy was working, the White House's new media team wanted to try an old-school idea: an adviser in front of a board explaining its policy ideas, like in a classroom.
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Obama Will Address Nation Monday on Libya
Six days after initiating military action, President will deliver address on objectives in Libya at 7:30 ET Monday.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=3e464ddbdf69034a874bb7214e215da0
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U.S. tab for Libya mission: $550 million
Pentagon: Most of money for bombs, missiles; "future costs are highly uncertain" 
Source: http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/oymZz_9v6Yc/main20048299.shtml
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At Pollies, political operatives come together to honor their own
Hollywood has the Oscars and Washington has the "Pollies."
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Redistricting Battles: Could Your Congress Member be in the Line of Fire?
Several veteran members of the U.S. Congress could soon see their jobs in the line of fire as redistricting efforts get underway around the country.
Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=ea53b3ffedd40402ef137bde07bf4d39
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The Plum Line: Wisconsin 14 planning "homecoming" march on capitol tomorrow
The fourteen Wisconsin Democrats who have been on the lam for weeks are all returning to the state tonight -- and will celebrate their return with a march together on the capitol tomorrow meant to signal that they fully intend to fight on, a state senator confirms to me.
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Obama sharply defines US limits in Libya
In his speech to the nation Monday night on U.S. military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama sharpened his definition of the policy he?s pursuing there, but left significant questions unaddressed.
Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42311273/ns/politics/
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Wisconsin universities form unions despite Scott Walker's union-busting
(Photo source: SEIU)
Wisconsin's workers haven't only fought back with protests and recall efforts. Since Scott Walker began his attack on Wisconsin's public employees, faculty at three University of Wisconsin campuses have voted to join the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).
In February, faculty at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse voted in favor of the union by a 249-37 margin. March 9, University of Wisconsin-Stout joined the union 196-31. March 24, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 148-16.
"What we've seen at UW-River Falls today is an extension of what we've seen across our state since Walker announced his disastrous bill," stated Wes Chapin, a professor of political science and chair of his department.(snip)
According to Prof. Chapin, Gov. Walker's budget repair bill further galvanized the faculty's resolve to form a union. "When it became clear that the governor's extremist legislation had nothing to do with balancing the budget and everything to do with denying workers' rights, UW-River Falls faculty realized the urgency in this vote. Together, we stood up, took notice, and turned out to vote."
It's hard to think of many better ways to throw Walker's assaults on workers back in his face?at least, hard to think of many better ways between now and when he can be defeated at the polls.
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