The Red and the Blue

Stephen Colbert and Glenn Beck

To use one of Dan Rather’s signature quotations:  Scott Murphy’s lead is “as thin as turnip soup” in the NY-20 special congressional election.

Fortunately, Murphy, the Democratic candidate, has a big (Republican) family to support him (57 immediate family members!).

Tedisco, the Republican challenger, holds out hope in the 10,000 absentee ballots, but it doesn’t look good for national Republicans.

Obama hits London for the G-20 summit — bearing gifts!

Eric Holder, the attorney general, lets former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens off the hook but keeps a tighter leash on the DOJ on the subject of DC voting rights.

Maybe the stimulus is starting to work?  I’ll leave the details to our colleagues at The Bottom Line.

And Steven Colbert calls out Glenn Beck for being an idiot.

Uncategorized Barack Obama, Glenn Beck, New York, Scott Murphy, Stephen Colbert

If you feared (or hoped) Fred Thompson’s abysmal return to the political realm in the 2008 Republican primaries shamed him into leaving the scene, fear not. I received another email from the “Friends of Fred” PAC announcing an “important endorsement” in New York’s 20th congressional district special election. This is the race to replace Kristin Gillibrand, who was appointed by Governor David Paterson to fill Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat.

Why does Fred (we’re on a first name basis now), a former Senator from Tennessee care about New York, you ask? Apparently this particular congressional election holds the key to the elusive Republican Revival that will someday sweep the country once more. Here’s the lowdown on the race according to Fred:

The Republican candidate, Jim Tedisco is a solid conservative. He is being opposed by a Wall Street Democrat, Scott Murphy.

A Tedisco victory will start the process of building an effective opposition to the Obama-Pelosi agenda, and send a clear message: conservatives aren’t going to let the extremist left in Washington strip us of our rights and freedoms. Read more…

Uncategorized Fred Thompson, Jim Tedisco, Republican, Scott Murphy