Just your average cell phone vid of drug addled Mayor in rage-rant threatening to murder people. The latest from Mayor Ford.
And just for if you’re keeping score at home, this does not seem to be the fabled ‘Second Rob Ford Tape.’
So get this. Rick Scott, Tea Party Governor of Florida is running ads on MSNBC attacking former Republican-turned-Democrat Charlie Crist as a phony Democrat, quoting Dem politicians slamming Crist back during his GOP days.
Nothing wrong with that; actually sounds pretty shrewd. The ads are legit in the sense that they are identified as paid for by the Scott-affiliated 527 group, Let’s Get To Work. But of course there’s no mention of Scott and the Governor doesn’t have to be on MSNBC saying the familiar “I’m Rick Scott and I approve this message.” Which presumably might deflate the effect among the target audience of committed libs and Dems.
Steep price to pay if you deviate from the pro-gun orthodoxy in a pro-gun magazine.
Many claim Virginia’s gubernatorial campaign was all about women’s issues, yet Erin Matson at TPM Cafe counts exactly zero women on the ballot. What’s up with that, Virginia?
Brad Paisley “twerks” his back, Carrie Underwood helps him sign up for Obamacare, and they encounter the spinning pinwheel of death.
Check out this piece on the messaging machine that made Bill de Blasio the next Mayor of New York City. Mini-spoiler: deep tie-in to the Obama messaging world.
Biden calls the wrong Marty Walsh to congratulate him on his victory in the Boston mayoral race.
Several months ago I got a chance to sit down privately for an off-the-record discussion with now Mayor Elect Bill de Blasio. (Note to self: If you want the freewheeling sit down with the next Mayor of New York, schedule it while he still doesn’t seem like he has much chance of winning.) Since then I’ve considered myself a supporter, vis a vis the other Democratic contenders. I’d say I was a supporter during the general but apparently the election was basically uncontested. Here’s a very negative take on Mayor Bloomberg’s legacy as Mayor we just published at TPMCafe. I confess my own take on Bloomberg’s legacy is considerably more mixed, notwithstanding my excitement about the de Blasio era. But this is a part of the equation, a key aspect of Bloomberg’s tenure that you have to grapple with to understand his dozen years running the city.
Journalism prof at Rand Paul’s alma mater: I would flunk him for “what appears to be an unambiguous case of plagiarism.”