Certainly nothing to bank on. But there’s expected to be at least one Tea Party candidate in the Nevada senate race. And a new Mason-Dixon poll suggests such a candidate could swing the race to Reid or at least make it far more competitive than it appears to be today.
Up till John McCain’s Republican challenger in Arizona, former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-AZ), was probably best described as at least birther-curious if not an outright birther. But as his challenge to McCain heats up, he’s now disavowing birtherism.
A mere 2,000 federal transportation workers will be put on unpaid furlough today thanks to Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY). That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
McCain doubles down on his big fib: claims no one told him TARP was for the financial sector or the banks.
It’s been pretty much shark hopscotch for McCain going back to late 2007. But I wonder whether this could push him over the edge, even get him in trouble in what should be a pretty easy reelection.
How can J.D. Hayworth not take advantage of this opening?
TPM Reader JS isn’t telling us which state is most corrupt. But he reviews some top contenders …
I live in Juhsey (NOT “Joisey”): specifically Newark. I went to school in Rhode Island and Connecticut, and live in New York. Does that make me an expert?
From Susan Dominus in the NYT …
It seems Mr. Paterson could not even manage to abuse power to his own advantage: instead of letting an aide take a bullet for him, like Andrew Young did for John Edwards, the governor lost his political future over his apparent effort to smooth over an aide’s misdeeds, talking on the phone with Mr. Johnson’s ex-girlfriend, who was seeking a protective order against Mr. Johnson in court.
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I’m having a good-natured taunt match with TPM Reader SJ over whether Illinois is corrupt enough to take on the combined combination of the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey & Connecticut). And she may have a point. But before anybody gets too cocky, there are a lot of sleeper contestants out there that most people don’t even think of. Like another state I used to live in: Rhode Island. On a per capita basis, Rhode Island might easily be the most corrupt state in the union.
So let’s throw it open and really find out who’s got what it takes. What’s the most corrupt state in the union?
And don’t just assert it. Talk is cheap. Gimme an argument why your state of choice really deserves to be called the most corrupt state in the union..
Bring it on!