Comments on: 60 Seats in the Senate: The Road is Through the South http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:51:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Evan http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709674 Evan Tue, 04 Nov 2008 01:40:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709674 <p>Stirling Newberry observes that “It is interesting that traditionally campaigns move to the center at the end. This one has moved towards the base…”</p> <p>Spot-on, from where I’m standing.</p> <p>Whenever you’ve got to fight this hard just to retain your base core of supporters, you’re history.</p> Stirling Newberry observes that “It is interesting that traditionally campaigns move to the center at the end. This one has moved towards the base…”

Spot-on, from where I’m standing.

Whenever you’ve got to fight this hard just to retain your base core of supporters, you’re history.

]]> By: kdh22 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709300 kdh22 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:32:54 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709300 <p>Unfortunately, yes.</p> Unfortunately, yes.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709299 Petrocelli Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:28:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709299 <p>The worst thing is, when they lose, they blame it on teh gay</p> The worst thing is, when they lose, they blame it on teh gay

]]> By: kdh22 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709298 kdh22 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:26:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709298 <p>So it seems.</p> So it seems.

]]> By: Stirling Newberry http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709297 Stirling Newberry Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:25:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709297 <p>Absolutely. The government has a duty to ask every citizen their consent.</p> Absolutely. The government has a duty to ask every citizen their consent.

]]> By: punaise http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709296 punaise Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709296 <p><a href="http://narcosphere.narconews.com/thefield/" rel="nofollow">Al Giordano</a> pegs Georgia as the possible surprise/sleeper state to watch at the prez level. if so, that’s bound to help Martin.</p> Al Giordano pegs Georgia as the possible surprise/sleeper state to watch at the prez level. if so, that’s bound to help Martin.

]]> By: Stirling Newberry http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709295 Stirling Newberry Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:24:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709295 <p>No proof, but there have been very consistent rumors about it for some time.</p> No proof, but there have been very consistent rumors about it for some time.

]]> By: Petrocelli http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709294 Petrocelli Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:22:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709294 <p>I had no idea McConnell was another closeted Gay Repug.</p> I had no idea McConnell was another closeted Gay Repug.

]]> By: paz3 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709293 paz3 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:21:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709293 <blockquote><p>Texas is the capital of the new Republican Party, the place where its adherence to corruption and resource extraction, combined with a cheapskate approach to problem solving, so long as the problem isn’t going to be solved by the suitable application of missile technology, has flowered and become the epicenter of the Republican philosophy at work. </p></blockquote> <p>I have a daughter who lives in TX, about 35 miles or so NW of Houston, and so I get some first hand tales about that the cognitive dissonance that seems to accompany the “New Republican” attitude that many Texans profess.</p> <p>For example, despite what you might think of as a state with some urban sophistication brought about by Houston and Dallas, there are ongoing attempts by Texas state politicians to deny evolutionary science by, for example, introducing the mandatory teaching in state schools of such non-scientific “ideas” as Intelligent design, or pushing the young earth “theory.” </p> <p>My daughter was deeply involved in trying to expose the damage caused by sand mining in the San Jacinto River (feeds into Lake Houston) and she was forced out of a job because she wouldn’t tweak the findings that detailed the damage done by this particular form of resource extraction.</p> <p>(You can read about this a bit more at <a href="http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"></a> </p> <p>You’re certainly right about the pushback that many Texans have against this form of Republicanism, but if 23% of Texans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim, it’s clear that a lot of citizens of the Lone Star State are not trying to hear anything that disturbs their world view and allows ongoing demonization and denial.</p> <p><a href="http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/</a></p>

Texas is the capital of the new Republican Party, the place where its adherence to corruption and resource extraction, combined with a cheapskate approach to problem solving, so long as the problem isn’t going to be solved by the suitable application of missile technology, has flowered and become the epicenter of the Republican philosophy at work.

I have a daughter who lives in TX, about 35 miles or so NW of Houston, and so I get some first hand tales about that the cognitive dissonance that seems to accompany the “New Republican” attitude that many Texans profess.

For example, despite what you might think of as a state with some urban sophistication brought about by Houston and Dallas, there are ongoing attempts by Texas state politicians to deny evolutionary science by, for example, introducing the mandatory teaching in state schools of such non-scientific “ideas” as Intelligent design, or pushing the young earth “theory.”

My daughter was deeply involved in trying to expose the damage caused by sand mining in the San Jacinto River (feeds into Lake Houston) and she was forced out of a job because she wouldn’t tweak the findings that detailed the damage done by this particular form of resource extraction.

(You can read about this a bit more at

You’re certainly right about the pushback that many Texans have against this form of Republicanism, but if 23% of Texans believe that Barack Obama is a Muslim, it’s clear that a lot of citizens of the Lone Star State are not trying to hear anything that disturbs their world view and allows ongoing demonization and denial.

http://bohemianadventures.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709292 Hugh Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:18:38 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/11/03/60-seconds-to-a-new-south-in-the-senate/#comment-1709292 <p>Ah, those tricky pronouns. I have heard the rumors about Mitch but know almost nothing about Lunsford other than that he appears to be a Republican running as a Democrat. Thank you for the clarification.</p> Ah, those tricky pronouns. I have heard the rumors about Mitch but know almost nothing about Lunsford other than that he appears to be a Republican running as a Democrat. Thank you for the clarification.

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