Looks like we might have Tricky Dick to kick around some more. Former Rep. Richard Pombo (R-CA), who’s re-election bid in 2006 was crippled by his links to political scandal, is going to run for Congress again this year (in a different California district). Here’s a quick rundown of some of the highlights from our Pombo file.
Allen Quist, who’s challenging Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN) says the war against terrorism is important but not as big a deal as the war on Democrats.
Republican candidate for governor of Idaho declares:
To think that we can save the Constitution without God’s help when the government of the United States is corrupt is absurdity. We are in America’s second Revolutionary War to save our freedom, which we paid for with blood. We need God’s help and I’m not ashamed to ask for it.
This was the same guy who “joked” last summer about hunting Obama.
House Democrats who threatened to block health care reform if illegal immigrants were not covered are preparing to concede the point — on the strength of a White House promise that the issue will be addressed in comprehensive immigration reform legislation later this year.
There was another party crasher at the same White House state dinner the Salahis crashed, the Secret Service just revealed.
Rep. Peter King (R-NY) says he’s re-evaluating his decision not to take on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) this year.
As we start ramping up our 2010 election coverage, we’re paying close attention to races where Republicans have a good shot at knocking off a Democratic incumbent but have an intra-party conflict pitting somewhat moderate GOPers against the Tea Party/Club for Growth right. Virginia’s 5th CD is shaping up as a really good example. There State Senator Robert Hurt (R-VA) just got religion and signed Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge to shore up his right, despite the fact that Hurt was once one of Norquist’s targeted ‘moderates’.
Brian Beutler has the latest on heath care reform developments, including Democrats’ plans to bypass conference committee altogether.
In an otherworldly exchange yesterday on Fox News, Brit Hume declared that Tiger Woods’ only shot at “total recovery” is to convert from Buddhism to Christianity. Watch.