Republicans are expected to take out the weak and lame House Democrats on the edge of the herd, but it’s a measure of the threat to their majority that Democrats are having to fend off attacks on the herd itself. Here’s a half dozen Democratic incumbents whom you wouldn’t usually expect to be in jeopardy but who aren’t safe this time around.
The Bush-stacked U.S. Civil Rights Commission is holding its annual conference in DC today. The Democratic commissioners are essentially boycotting the event, which features conservative speakers opposed to affirmative action and supportive of racial profiling. Having once been a watchdog on civil rights, especially for African Americans, the commission is now reduced to holding a panel discussion this afternoon on whether the commission itself should continue to exist.
Tea Party sponsoring organization, FreedomWorks, announces new program to bring Jews, Blacks and Hispanics into Tea Party movement.
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Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) says he may have to join a Republican filibuster if Dems only extend tax cuts for income under $250k a year.
Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), looking at the serious possibility of defeat tomorrow night at the hands of Tea Partier Christine O’Donnell, says that if O’Donnell is the nominee, “Republicans lose the election automatically.”
First Secretary of the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles requests political asylum in the United States after Saudi officials discover he’s gay.
If the Dems are going to have any hope over the next seven weeks they’re going to have to start pushing back against chump reporting like this from the AP.
The lede reads: “President Barack Obama claims it’s still a “wrestling match,” but with Senate Republicans in uniform opposition, his plan to raise taxes on wealthier people while preserving cuts for everyone else appears increasingly likely to founder before Election Day.”
Lawyers for accused Muslim cabbie slasher Michael Enright suggest his defense will be that he suffered PTSD from his time as an reporter embed in Afghanistan earlier this year.
At a hearing today, Justice Richard D. Carruthers denied Enright’s request for bail.