Our oft-times quoted, long-time TPM Reader JB, a former Republican Hill staffer, checks in with his read …
As you can imagine, I read reports of the Democrats’ reaction to the Massachusetts election with some interest, particularly the comment you posted Wednesday afternoon from the Democratic Senate staffer who can’t say what the Democrats stand for. I have a theory about this.
From TPM Reader MB …
What really bothers me about the Dems’ epic collapse, more than anything, is how easily they gave up. Not even on a political level, but on a human level, it boggles the mind.
Scott Brown was so gunned up to get down to the work of being a senator that by Wednesday morning he’d already recorded his first robo-call for John McCain.
John Edwards issues statement to NBC admitting that he fathered a child with Rielle Hunter.
Some top-notch foreign policy analysis this morning from Fox News’ Steve Doocy. After a segment on those bible citations inscribed on U.S. military rifle sights, Doocy, citing his wife’s wisdom, says when it comes to injecting religion into warfare, we’re not the ones who started it:
‘Hey, wait a minute, the Taliban and the extremists — what is it they say just before they blow themselves up which kills somebody, they say, ‘Allahu Akbar.’ So if anybody’s making this a religious thing, they started it.”
Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-MA) will be touring Capitol Hill today. That and the day’s other political news in the TPMDC Morning Roundup.
Or are they just now realizing that they’re in free fall?
We’re picking up some signs that it’s dawning on at least some House Democrats that abandoning the Senate health care bill might be suicidal politically.
New Missouri Senate poll: Rep. Roy Blunt (R) 49%, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) 43%.
A just-released report from the Congressional Research Service shows that the number of private contractors in Afghanistan is skyrocketing:
Justin Elliott has the details.