the big story is the mcconnell/rand paul/jim bunning story....

[spanone]

the media is much more interested in arlen specter who never was a true democrat or republican

all i hear is pennsylvania....

the teaparty whoopin up mcconnell's boy is the story



Even a Bad Election Cycle Has Some Upsides
On a summer’s eve three years ago, I received an e-mail from a friend of mine. It went something like this: “I’m at La Loma. On the night he kills immigration reform, Mitch McConnell is eating Mexican for dinner with his wife.”

Now, Capitol Hill denizens know that McConnell, the Senate minority leader, and his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, are regulars at La Loma, the popular eatery with the killer margaritas on Massachusetts Avenue Northeast. So the fact that he was there on the June night in 2007 when Senate Republicans, despite pressure from the Bush White House, decided to cast aside consideration of an immigration overhaul bill was probably just coincidence.

But the image was seared into the brain of my friend, who happens to be a top Hispanic Democratic operative. And it was certainly ironic, to say the least.

Well, today, the Kentucky Republican is preparing to eat crow. Perhaps this will bring my friend — and thousands of other Americans who have long feared or hated Mitch McConnell — some satisfaction.

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003664579&topic=Kurtz

[MindandSoul]

1. It couldn't happen to a nicer guy! I hope McConnell eats crow (instead of burritos!)

[SpiralHawk]

2. Typical Republicon pharisee

Hypocrisy so thick you could cut it with a knife

[customerserviceguy]

3. I expect the tea partiers to do well today

Surely they have backed other candidates down ballot in the states that are not getting a lot of attention. They won't win every primary, but they will do a lot better than most people would have suspected. Rand Paul's margin of victory in the Rethug primary will give them a lot of steam in the coming months ahead.

[malaise]

4. Didn't Cheney endorse Grayson as well? n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. Good news. While the M$M, including MSNBC, are gleeful that Democrats could lose seats...

I find it hilarious that the so-called "punditry" is constantly signaling doom and gloom for the Democrats as if it is unusual for the party in power to lose seats in midterm elections. Nothing about this midterm cycle is an aberration. To be sure, the party of the president *always* loses seats in off-year elections. Further, the president is sitting on a 50%+ approval rating despite all the hate rhetoric coming from the Tea Baggers, Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, and that ilk.

So, just remember that whenever the pundits proclaim that this year's midterm election results are a referendum on President Obama--a proclammation that they spew with glee--know that they are being disingenuous. The so-called "LIBRUL MEDIA" prefers the corporate status quo. They want this president to fail. That goes for those on MSNBC who are too lazy to inform the public that this midterm cycle is no different than previous ones.