- Among the big news this week will be the eight states holding primaries tomorrow: Alabama, Iowa, and South Dakota hold gubernatorial primaries; Mississippi, Montana and New Jersey hold Senate primaries and New Mexico and California hold Senate and gubernatorial primaries.Interesting will be whether how former Alabama Democratic GOP Gov. Don Siegelman, does in his primary. On the ballot on the GOP side is former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, of the Ten Commandments monument controversy.
- But the biggest spotlight will be on the special election to fill the seat of disgraced GOP. Rep Randy Cunningham in California's 50th District around San Diego. Former GOP Rep. Brian Billbray, who should win easily in this uber-conservative area, is instead locked in a dead heat with the Democrat, Francine Busby.
- Will a last-minute mistake by turn voters toward Billbray. The San Diego Union Tribune reported over the weekend that Busby told a predominantly Latino crowd Thursday that "You don't need papers for voting." A member of the audience recorded Busby's words, to which she had immediately added, "You don't need to be a registered voter to help [the campaign]" to clarify. Bilbray jumped all over her: "She's soliciting illegal aliens to campaign for her and it's on tape — this isn't exactly what you call the pinnacle of ethical campaign strategy," and added, "I don't know how she shows her face."
- Rhode Island Democratic Rep. Patrick Kennedy is home from rehab and is scheduled to appear at a mental health forum today.
- Slate's Mickey Kaus on Al Gore's appearance on ABC's "This Week": "The striking thing...was that he did not call for any sort of deadline-driven withdrawal from Iraq. Quite the opposite—he was careful to emphasize the potential of a pullout to make the situation worse."
Also over the weekend:
- Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and former Democratic Virgina Gov. Mark Warner said they were in support of keeping New Hampshire's first-in-the nation primary status.
- Maine Democrats adopted a resolution calling for impeachment proceedings against President Bush and VP Cheney.
- Washington Democrats approved a platform "that said the invasion of Iraq was unjustified and called for a complete and rapid exit strategy." They also called for a "Department of Peace."
Upcoming:
- The Senate is scheduled to vote this week on flag-burning and anti-gay-marriage consitutional amendments and repeal of the estate tax.
- On Wednesday, Kansas GOP Sen. Sam Brownback delivers a speech entitled, "Human Dignity and the National Interest in Foreign Policy," at a National Press Club luncheon.
- The first annual "Yearly Kos" convention of liberal bloggers gets under way on Thursday in Las Vegas. Featured speakers: Sen. Harry Reid, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Tom Vilsack, Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, Howard Dean.
Posted by Keith Chrostowski 11:25 a.m.
YearlyKos is not a convention of liberal bloggers; it is a convention of the progressive "netroots," most of whom are part of the online community that has formed around the blog DailyKos (www.dailykos.com) Many bloggers will be attending, but most of the participants are people who follow politics online via the blogs and want a chance to meet and talk in person.
Posted by: MeL | June 05, 2006 at 01:34 PM
By now you know today marks the 25th anniversary of Dave Righetti's no-hitter against the Red Sox. But another memorable moment took place at Yankee Stadium on that Fourth of July in 1983. Much like a no-hitter, it was a baseball event so rare and remarkable that it's worthy of its own salute.
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Dhananjay
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Posted by: Dhananjay | August 28, 2008 at 10:30 PM