What I'd like to know

Hate to sound like Anderson Cooper, but... (4.00 / 2)

this clip reinforces what I already thought--getting to the House at 8 am to procure one of those guardrail squatter seats kinda spells "loser" don't it? Or at least, "Hey, look at me! The living definition of a Congressional lightweight!"

(Although being in one of those camera friendly seats would have been extremely cool for Barack Obama's first State of the Union. But if you do it again next year, well, I dunno...)

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by: benjaminwalter @ Wed Feb 25, 2009 at 11:11:18 AM UTC

Watching this creepily hypnotic little scene in all its (4.00 / 1)

inglorious Groundhog Day repetition, I found myself musing:

1) Instead of Thandie Newton, Oliver Stone could have cast Shelley (in black face) as Condi in W. (same devout female enabler thing going on but Shelley truly embodies it where Newton ended up playing it cartoonishly, being constantly with the Medusa glowering at anyone who dares offend Her Man); and,

2) Here's what Shelley, Boehner, McConnell, Shelby and the rest of the Just Say No GOP establishment in DC don't get about this so-called "bi-partisanship" thing and the American people do: it isn't so much that bi-partisanship's desired, it's the very simple fact that Barack consistently goes out of his way to be non-polarizing.

After all these years of Bush/Cheney and non-stop posturing by frankly tedious (to the alienated many who get their national news from TV) Congressional leadership types from both parties...it's damned appealing and strikes a deeply resonant chord.  

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by: benjaminwalter @ Wed Feb 25, 2009 at 12:01:49 PM UTC

Will she continue the "NO" vote tradition? (4.00 / 2)

Cantor pushes for GOP "no" on omnibus

Cantor warned colleagues at a closed door meeting Tuesday not to "allow a $500,000 earmark or pet project to be used as a bribe for your vote on this reckless $500 billion omnibus bill," according to a person who was in the room.

We really have to monitor the ribbon cutting in WV-02 this next cycle.

NFTT: Support My Team or I Will Dance

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by: CA Berkeley WV @ Wed Feb 25, 2009 at 16:24:35 PM UTC