For those of you scoring at home, I thought I’d lay out exactly what the major races are next Tuesday, November 3. From Maine to California, New Jersey to Washington state, there are several significant races on the ballot, all of which will be spun by Democrats and Republicans as indicative of the national mood. But each have their own peculiarities about them.

So, about Ahmed Wali Karzai. Remember we got into Afghanistan in 2001 thanks to the derring-do of CIA operatives who politicked with Northern Alliance warlords thanks to bricks of cash. That got us into Kabul and into Kandahar. People wrote books that celebrated it. Woodward wrote overwrought accounts of it. No one found it objectionable. [...]

The CNN poll found that Huckleberry is leading the 2012 pack, followed by the ‘Cuda, with Willard placing third.

Blanche Lincoln is certainly against a government funded public insurance option: “Creating another government-funded option is not where we’re going. We don’t need to go there,” Lincoln told members of the Arkansas Farm Bureau during a video conference. “A government-funded option is something that I think is not the way to go.” This philosophical opposition [...]

Nancy Pelosi may not have enough votes for the “robust” public option tied to Medicare rates plus 5%. The Hill has published the official whip count [note: The Hill has now removed this page. Data was copied and posted here] of those House Democrats who oppose the robust public option. As I’ve pointed out countless [...]

Last week, Chris Dodd said he might support Joe Lieberman as an independent in 2012. And yesterday after Lieberman threatened to take the unprecedented and historic move of joining the Republicans to break the caucus’s filibuster-proof majority, Dodd said there would be no consequence . . . .

Donations to the Blue Dog PAC are down sharply in the third quarter. In fact, they received just three donations in the entire month of September, totaling $12,500.

• What a mess.
• Thanks, Joe!
• Someone tell Short Ride.
• No.
• But…but…H1N1 is a secret gubmint plot.
• That Hamsher woman is shrill.

Oh how times change, s**t happens, and suddenly dogs and cats are living together. Apparently it’s 1956 all-over agains and right-wingers are getting nostalgic for the wit & wisdom of comrade Kruschev. Beck: Did you ever read Pravda? Laffer: I did read Pravda, as a matter of fact. Beck: Did you read that? Where they’re [...]

The Ozark Mountain Daredevils – If You Want To Get To Heaven (Ya Gotta Raise A Little Hell).

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