I don't have much time to blog today, so I think I'm going to just do a collection of short links to posts I've come across that deserve your attention. Let's see....
"Some Clinton Supporters Will Crap Bricks...": HRC raises $26 million this quarter? Nice try, but no. As Hotline reports, $11M of that was a one-time transfer from her Senate campaign, and an undisclosed amount more can only be spent in a potential post-nomination general election. Why the bricks? Because Obama may have raised more than $21 million for the primary campaign alone. And that's $21 million from scratch, without the help of a former president and his vast network of donors. Oh, and about those donors? HuffPo:
Obama: 83,351 Donors, $22+ MillionClinton: 50,000 Donors, $26 Million
People power, people. People power.
News That Will Shock No One, Part Two: WaPo reports that about 1/3 of the 48 USA Attorney posts that have come open during Bush's second term have been filled with administration insiders, many of whom have either little to no relevant legal experience or no connection to the districts they now serve. Consider it example 5,472 in an ongoing series demonstrating how Republicans have no interest in running an efficient, effective, and competent government.
News That Will Shock No One, Part Two: Monica Goodling, the Dept. of Justice's liason with the White House, is planning to take the Fifth when she testifies to congress about her role in the firing of the USA-8. Now we know why. Forget lliason; Goodling was the White House's personal hitman in side the DoJ. Oh, and yes, of course, her only previous experience before taking the job was in campaigning. Consider it example 5,473.
The Beginning of the End: Giuliani honestly has never scared me as a candidate, and this story shows why. There just isn't any good way to spin hiring a man with mob ties to be the NYC Police Commissioner, the head of the US Dept. of Homeland Security, and your own personal business partner. But even if there was, that spin would never get you past his pending felony indictments for tax evasion, filing false information to the government, and conspiracy to commit wiretapping. So I'll say it again: Giuliani will never, ever win the GOP nomination.
“Compassionate Authoritarianism:” Andrew Sullivan, riffing off of another excellent effort from Glenn Greenwald, show once again just how far the GOP has fallen. Both Romney and Giuliani believe that the President of the United States should have the authority to detain citizens without review. Ramesh Ponnuru over at NRO passes this information on without a comment. There are literally millions of Americans who fought, bled, and died to oppose just such an idea. How any American, let alone one running for president, could dishonor their sacrifice by even suggesting such an un-American idea is utterly beyond me. Sullivan is right: either vote Democratic or don't vote at all. Support the GOP and you support everything this country once stood against.
It's Not The Economy, Stupid, Its the People: Kevin Drum highlights yet another story that helps explain why, despite sustained overall economic growth, a solid majority of Americans are not happy with where stand economically. Short version? Median wages in this country are either flat or falling since Bush took office. The gains are only going to the top 10%; the rest of the country, by contrast, is facing both declining incomes and rising debt loads. And the GOP solution? Frank Luntz would be proud. As far as they are concerned, its merely a message problem. Example 5, 474.
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