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SSP Daily Digest: 4/20 (Morning Edition)

by: DavidNYC

Tue Apr 20, 2010 at 8:06 AM EDT


Today is definitely the right day for a ganja break....

  • CA-Sen: President Obama was out in California doing not one but three separate fundraising events for Sen. Barbara Boxer. The fundraisers are expected to bring in between $3 and $3.5 million, split between the DNC and the Boxer campaign. But I can't imagine it will be an even split, seeing as donation caps for party committees are more than ten times greater than for campaigns.

  • DE-Sen: WTF? Can someone please explain to me why, of all people, Chris Van Hollen - the chair of the DCCC - is helping to fluff Republican Rep. Mike Castle's bipartisan cred? CVH is co-sponsoring legislation with Castle which is aimed at "responding" to the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling. The merits of the issue aside, why on earth give a gift like this to Castle?

  • PA-Sen: The primary is just a month away - so Joe Sestak finally has to blow his cash hoard on a crunch-time push against Arlen Specter, right? PoliticsPA says that their sources are confirming Sestak will at last go on the air with TV ads today, but doesn't have any details on the size or breadth of the buy.

  • MI-01: Dem state Sen. Mike Prusi, who had been weighing a bid to succeed retiring Rep. Bart Stupak, says he won't run. There are still several Dems in the mix, though.

  • Chicago-Mayor: After denying it for quite some time, Rahm Emanuel finally admitted to Charlie Rose that he would like to be mayor of Chicago some day - but that he wouldn't challenge his "dear friend" Richard Daley.

  • Polling: Nate Silver points up an interesting issue with Rasmussen's "House Effect." Rasmussen defenders often argue that the firm's likely voter screen produces more-Republican results because conservatives are more fired up this cycle. The problem with that claim is that Rasmussen does release one set of numbers that cover all adults and are not screened in any way: their monthly partisan ID tracker. And on this measure, too, Ras is six points redder than average. Nate offers a few guesses as to why Ras leans this way even without any screening.
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    SSP Daily Digest: 4/20 (Morning Edition) | 29 comments
    Van Hollen
    My guess is that he wants to be promoted within the D leadership in the next Congress, which probably does mean having to kiss up to Beltway idiots who actually believe the Broder lie that Dems can't win unless they pretend to be Republicans and love Republicans. His actions endorsing Case in Hawaii (which will almost certainly backfire in favor of either Hanabusa or Djou) and now doing this "bipartisanship" crap with a guy who will probably win one of our most competitive Senate seats really just confirms it for me. CVH wants a leadership job and he's kissing up to the Beltway to get it.  
    I dont mind CVH working with Castle as much
    Hell, maybe he's doing it for making his job easier.  But what gets me is why bother, Castle certainly wont be around to see the legislation through as he moves on from the House, why give him this nice press and great rhetoric on the campaign trail when it it's impossible they'll finish during this Congress?
    [ Parent ]
    We need to find out
    whether Tom Carper was involved.

    party: Democratic, ideology: moderate, district: CT-01
    [ Parent ]
    Van Hollen
    Oh great, as soon as a Democrat even suggests or actually goes through with working with a Republican, you guys go off on a tangent again, wondering where CVH's loyalties lie. Gimme a break!
    You can't be that slow
    Its not because CVH is working with a Republican; its because he is working with a Republican that is currently ahead in a competitive Senate race in a blue state.  Castle's big vulnerability in Delaware was that he had been voting as a lockstep Republican for a few years there; not any more.  

    26, D, MO-05, Hispanic
    [ Parent ]
    You don't really think it's competitive, do you?
    That seat is gone. I think Van Hollen is knows this and is planning for the next congress when Democrats will need Castle to get anything passed in the senate.
    [ Parent ]
    Please don't state opinions as facts
    Such as "That seat is gone."
    [ Parent ]
    Fine
    IMHO, the seat is gone.
    [ Parent ]
    What productive purpose
    that's congruent with this site's focus, are you trying to achieve with comments like this?
    [ Parent ]
    No purpose
    Nothing matters anyway. Both parties are inherently corrupt and look out for special interests of their own preference. And besides, I'm getting tired of Democrats and Democratic supporters of feeling so cocky and arrogant during election time for the past 4 years.

    Here's hoping you lose LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of seats in November, even if the sole purpose is to shut you all up for awhile.

    [ Parent ]
    Here's hoping
    The door doesn't hit you on the way out.
    [ Parent ]
    So James was a bit wrong -- your post did serve a productive purpose
    Getting rid of you and the mostly useless commentary you've subjected us to from time to time.
    [ Parent ]
    jerk
    n/t

    26, D, MO-05, Hispanic
    [ Parent ]
    Portland (OR) Mayor recall petition fails (again)
    And they end with an incoherent whimper http://www.citizenrecall.org/j... .

    This was the second recall effort of the first openly gay mayor of a top-20 US city. The first time, I regularly saw people outside of local markets getting signatures.

    The second time was reportedly more well funded, but I did not see anyone outside of local markets in at least in this (or nearby) Portland neighborhoods.

    No word (yet) on how many signatures they got this time.  

    Adams Recall Group says their website was "hacked"
    (aka, cracked, for open source adherents)

    And they claim they haven't given up - per local TV news reports.

    Today is the deadline (5 pm) for submitting the petition.

    [ Parent ]
    If people want to sign on to good legislation
    More power to them, one political party doesn't hold the entire lot on good idea.  It's suppose to be about the health of the nation and not necessarily time to worry about politics when legislating.  Good for Van Hollen and Castle.  

    Please donate to amcharities.org to help build more after school centers in the Miami area.  

    23, Democrat, IA-2

    You are talking policy
    This is an elections site. You can't blame people for being upset at somebody giving cover to a candidate on the other site.
    [ Parent ]
    Have to agree with conspiracy on this one

    [ Parent ]
    I'm aware of that
    forgot to put my blinders on.  

    Please donate to amcharities.org to help build more after school centers in the Miami area.  

    23, Democrat, IA-2

    [ Parent ]
    Castle
    I think Biden et al. are letting Castle finish out his career as a four-year senator.
    DE-Sen and Wall Street Reform.
    It's been a while since i've posted and I know were not supposed to talk policy but I can't help but think that the one silver bullet the Democrats have is Wall Street reform. If the Republicans are portrayed as being defenders of the big banks and Democrats campaign for reform that the big banks are publicy opposed to there could be a turning point in what looks to be a crappy year for Dems. Also on Castle while it is good to see some bipartisanship it was a crappy move politically. You don't hand bipartisan cred to someone who is looking for a promotion. Van Hollen being head of the DCCC should know better.  

    CO-02 (college)/FL-15 (home).  
    A crappy move politicaly for DE-Sen, but
    perhaps it's a better move on a national level, a wedge issue to keep moderates away from Rs in other races?
    [ Parent ]
    Jim Demint is poised to snatch defeat
    from the jaws of victory for the GOP. About a week ago he announced he was endorsing Ken Buck over Norton in Colorado. Norton has raised $1.8mil versus Buck's $500k. Apparently it was due to Buck's ability to win straw polls and the fact that he was going to dominate at an activist convention. So I can kind of understand this move, I mean sure it is the wrong move based on the probability of a candidate winning but hey Buck has raised some money.

    Now Demint is endorsing Marlin Stutzman, what haven't heard of him? That is totally understandable b/c he 125k in the entire first quarter of this year which usually makes a candidate a some dude when it is a Senate race. So if raises almost 400k in the 7 weeks he is in the race, how disappointing is 125k over 3 months? According to Politico, Stutzman has 70k in CoH, which, of course, means that he is a future conservative leader and worthy of an endorsement.

    I am starting to think that Jim Demint was genetically engineered by a bunch of Democratic Party scientists to single handedly destroy the Republican chances in the Senate.  

    On the bright side
    he was one of the first to "find" Rubio. Not that I have anything wrong with Crist, but Rubio is an electable candidate who would be a reliable conservative vote in the Senate. And Stutzman.....yeah, I don't know anything about him, but at least he doesn't have Coats's baggage or Hostettler's track record.

    The only one that really upsets me is Buck over Norton. Norton can beat Bennet, but I think that we will be in for a repeat of the last few statewide contests in Colorado (54-45 D or so) if the GOP nominates Buck.

    20, CD MA-03/NH-01/MA-08

    [ Parent ]
    DeMint
    Is doing more to insure a permanent Republican minority than Bob Menendez. He's even considering endorsing O'Donnell in DE!
    [ Parent ]
    You have to be F@#*ING kidding me
    oh wait no you don't, he really is that dumb. I think this just plays more into my, "artificially created by the Democrats to cripple the Republicans idea."
    [ Parent ]
    Damn
    Our secret plan, discovered...:(

    21, dude, RI-01 (registered) IL-01 (college)
    please help Japan. click "donate funds" in upper right and then "Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami." http://www.redcross.org/
    [ Parent ]
    O'Donnell would be a complete waste of an endorsement
    It'll be a downright miracle if she passes 25%.

    For daily political commentary, visit me at http://polibeast.blogspot.com/ and http://twitter.com/polibeast
    [ Parent ]
    Bennett of Utah (R) Set to Lose Primary...
    Per Taegan Goddard.

    I hope McCain goes with him.

    SSP Daily Digest: 4/20 (Morning Edition) | 29 comments

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