(AFX UK Focus) 2009-04-17 15:20 FACTBOX-Key 2010 U.S. Senate races to watch (Interactive Investor)

WASHINGTON, April 17 (Reuters) – Following are some of the 2010 U.S. Senate races that are seen as the most competitive: Arkansas: Incumbent Democratic Senator Blanche Lincoln is facing a tough re-election in a state that voted Republican in the 2008 presidential race. Well into her second six-year term, critics say she has failed to make an impression as a senator.

Final Thoughts on the “Tea Parties”

Via CC , here’s this Vancouver Sun story on the hilarious yet sad debacle that was the “tea bag” protests yesterday: The day of “tea parties,” pushed by Republican operatives and partisan advocacy groups such as FreedomWorks, which sought to protest U.S. President Barack Obama government’s tax and stimulus policies by encouraging people to “wave tea bags,” Let’s take a minute to examine the suckitude on display in just that short half-sentence, yes? First of all, let’s look at a couple of

Unassuring words

Not a cheery Krugman today : 1. Things are still getting worse . Industrial production just hit a 10-year low. Housing starts remain incredibly weak. Foreclosures, which dipped as mortgage companies waited for details of the Obama administration’s housing plans, are surging again…. 2. Some of the good news isn’t convincing . The biggest positive news in recent days has come from banks, which have been announcing surprisingly good earnings. But some of those earnings reports look a little …

A Cavalcade of Collectivism

So many thing are happening now that, as I take time off to participate in the Tea Party in Newport News, Virginia on April 15, I have decided to devote just brief commentary on a selection of events. Legislated Slavery Presumably to give themselves more time to sweeten the idea of slavery or indentured servitude for future “volunteers,” Congressmen have dropped a provision from the GIVE Act, HR 1388, to establish a commission to study the idea, and included it in HR 1444 and called the

Harvard Beats Yale 29-29

(Kevin Rafferty, US 2008, 106 min., Digital Projection) “Preposterously entertaining…Pulses with the artful, exciting beats of a thriller”—Manohla Dargis, The New York Times. Late in the eventful year of 1968, Ivy League football teams Harvard and Yale, both undefeated that season, met in Cambridge for one of the most famous games in history. This extraordinary retelling uses rare footage of the wildly unpredictable match and is told exclusively by the original players, including Harvard’s o

Are All Republicans All Sore Losers?

The question isn’t rhetorical and isn’t meant to be simply partisan, but a disturbing pattern is emerging. Observe: 2000: U.S. Presidential election. VP Al Gore has won the popular vote, but things are too close to call in FL and the electoral college will be decided there in this close election. An early network calls it for Gore, but has to back off because it is clear that Bush is gaining. Later Fox News calls FL for Bush, but the Associated Press never calls the election for anyone. It

Theo Caldwell: A Bush worth listening to

When catastrophe comes along, it opens a market for solutions. For the Republican Party, which has been shellacked in the last two U.S. elections, this means every conservative with a platform is selling some prescription for a comeback. From David Frum to Rush Limbaugh to Newt Gingrich and beyond, there is no shortage of alchemists who claim they can convert the GOP’s recent lead-balloon performances into electoral gold. History will judge whether some, none or all of these people were corr

The Streisand Effect – or People Who Don’t Need People

I have a confession to make: when I’m alone in my car – or in iPod isolation – I sometimes listen to Barbra Streisand. And I’m neither a big fan of pop music nor of the current state of liberalism – the cushy, comfy, groupthink kind with which Streisand has become closely linked in recent years. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Whenever I’m feeling a little down, Streisand’s rousing, patriotic rendition of “Before the Parade Passes By” (from the Hello, Dolly! soundtrack) is the next best t

Brian Howey: Change Indiana Democrats Don’t Believe In

NASHVILLE, Ind. – If you were there on May 2, 2008 – at the Indiana Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner – you heard candidate Barack Obama say, “You don’t have to sit here and watch our leaders do nothing. I learned we don’t have to consign our children to a future of diminished returns, a future of few opportunities. We don’t have to stand by, we don’t have to wait, we don’t have to put off, because this is the United States of America.” That Obama was speaking under party spon

Eight Possible Candidates in the 35th District. . .Who Will Make The Run-Off?

Almost two weeks ago, state Sen. Kasim Reed (D – Atlanta) launched his much anticipated campaign for Atlanta mayor with a midnight rally on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol. While not official until qualifying later this fall, Reed’s mayoral candidacy has launched a political stampede in the 35th state senate district as candidates begin lining up in the race to succeed him. To date, only two candidates have officially announced for the seat; south Fulton businessman Benny Crane and poli

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