Former US Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan, a second-tier player in the US Attorney firing scandal, is now challenging Rep. Jason Altmire (D) in Pennsylvania’s 4th District. Today she called into a local talk radio show to among other things threaten the host with a defamation suit over her long-running prosecution of celebrity coroner Dr. Cyril Wecht.
Liz Cheney tells TPMDC it’s time to end Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.
I’m starting to wonder what’s up with this letter to Sen. Reid (D-NV) circulating among Democratic senators to demand that a public option be added to a reconciliation bill to be pushed through the senate. I’d seen it as more nostalgia than serious organizing. But Sen. Schumer just sent out a fundraising letter telling supporters he’s on board now too.
“Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS man, let’s try something different; take my pound of flesh and sleep well.” — The title and last line of the suicide note/political manifesto of the guy who flew his plane into that building housing the IRS offices outside Austin.
Young America’s Foundation spokesman Jason Mattera rolls out first Obama/Cocaine joke of the day. See the video.
When our Christina Bellantoni was checking to find out what would happen with the jobs bill the Democrats are going to try to vote on on Monday, she heard this from a Democratic leadership aide: “It all depends on Republicans. We are hoping that republican senators like Scott Brown will oppose the will of their leadership and buck the demands of republican lobbyists who are busy scheming to defeat senator Reid’s legislation as we speak.”
Placing hopes on Scott Brown, the new darling of the Republican right, to break the latest Republican filibuster. I guess that’s taking the initiative.
This reminds of when Harry Truman dared members of the 80th Congress to help him pass some of his legislation.
Dick Cheney is right now making a surprise appearance at CPAC.
Sort of a like when Muddy Waters came on stage at the Last Waltz.
If you haven’t been following closely, let me set the stage briefly for you on this year’s Republican Primary for governor of Texas. You’ve got incumbent Rick Perry seeing re-election to a third full term (as lieutenant governor when then-Gov. George W. Bush was elected President, Perry ascended to the post in 2000 and was elected in his own right in 2002 and 2006).
In a very unusual challenge, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a sitting senator from the same party, is taking on Perry. Hutchison’s campaign has never quite seemed to be able to get over the hump, and in may be in part because she’s splitting the anti-Perry sentiment with a little-known third candidate named Debra Medina. Read More
Yes, corporations can now spend unlimited funds on US political campaigns. But by openly taking sides do they open themselves up to alienating big chunks of their customer bases? A new advice memo from a leading DC lobbying firm advises clients on how to spend without customers or anyone else having to find out.
We’ve got reporters and a photographer on the scene of the always memorable Conservative Political Action Conference, which gets underway this morning in DC. It’s a combination political convention, trade show, and cotillion. Today’s debutante is Marco Rubio, the conservative challenger to Gov. Charlie Crist in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Florida. We’ll be bringing you ongoing updates in our CPAC Wire.