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DLTDHYOTWO!*
See ya:
Scott Lee Cohen, the pawnbroker whose surprise victory in last week’s Democratic lieutenant governor primary was followed by scandalous revelations about him, quit the race tonight during the half time of the Super Bowl, saying he didn’t want to “put the people of Illinois in jeopardy in any way.”
Cohen made the tearful announcement at [...]

They’re dropping like flies.
Or rats jumping ship.
Pick your creature.
First, Democrat Sen. Byron Dorgan announces his retirement tonight.
Now, Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter of Colorado is bowing out of his re-election bid. Via the Denver Post (h/t Kim Priestap):
Gov. Bill Ritter is planning an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday at which he is expected to announce that [...]

In August, Democrats in Denver tried to blame conservative Tea Party activists and Obamacare foes of vandalism at the party’s downtown headquarters.
Remember?
Even after the hammer-wielding suspect was revealed to be a far Left anarchist nutball who had worked for the SEIU-tied 527 group Colorado Citizens Coalition and once canvassed for a state Democratic candidate, state [...]

Calling all Photoshoppers/parodists.

The White House etiquette czar gives its seal of approval to Alan Grayson’s verbal diarrhea. President Obama was in Florida last night and praised Democrat Rep. Alan Grayson as an “outstanding member of Congress.”
But even Democrats are embarrassed by Grayson’s crude rhetoric:
Republicans and Democrats slammed Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) for calling Linda Robertson, an adviser [...]

“If you would just shut up…”

Charlie Rangel puts a whole new twist on walking-around money.
He doled it out to Ethics Committee Democrat members walking around on the Hill.
And it’s paying off.
WCBS-TV reports:
CBS 2 HD has learned of more alleged back-door dealings and political power peddling by Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel.
The reigning member of Congress’ top tax committee is apparently “wrangling” [...]

“…there was no intent to disrespect…”

Photoshop: The People’s Cube
The New York Post’s Maggie Haberman reports that disgraced former NY Democrat Governor Eliot Spitzer is mulling a return to politics.
Really:
Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been privately talking with friends about a possible comeback, and is considering a run for statewide office next year, several sources told The Post.
Less than [...]

“Cash for Clunkers” — a program that our genius financial managers in Washington had skillfully budgeted to run, appropriately enough, until around Halloween — has been suspended after just a few days. There were many “unforeseen” problems, meaning that nobody who created the program knew anything about what they were doing or the possible pitfalls. [...]

Three items from the Era of Hope and Change:
1) Team Obama pays back the Daley Machine. White House lobbies for the Olympics in Chicago.
2) Nepotism here, nepotism there, nepotism everywhere.
3) Shocker! Murtha’s nephew used the Murtha name, after all!

We have a President and majority in Congress who don’t read their own massive spending bills before passing them into law.
Now, the trend is catching on at the state level.
Oregon Democrats tapped an economist to attack a GOP recovery plan…after admitting he didn’t bother to look at the GOP bill before testifying against it.
Because [...]

Cashin’ in.

“The monotonous repetition of guilty verdicts…”

Card check fact check.

DLTDHYOTWO.

Mob scene.

Latest poll shows that the public has soured quickly on Special K.
Message from voters: No, Miss Thang, you are not entitled.

Update: Visiting troops in Iraq….Good for her.
Pacific Northwest blogs lit up with rumors tonight that Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is headed to D.C. to take Bill Richardson’s place as Commerce Secretary nominee.
Denials all around, but eyebrows still raised:
Gov. Christine Gregoire is out of state, but her office won’t say where she is or what she [...]

Our wonderful friend and photoshopper Tennyson Hayes is back. Nothing more needs to be said about Caroline Kennedy’s Senate bid than Tennyson’s photo-commentary:

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Nobility cannot be bothered with the rules and customs of the little people:
If she were applying to be, say, an undersecretary of education in Barack Obama’s new administration, Caroline Kennedy would have to [...]

Mileage may not vary.

Reason number 99,786 I’m glad I’m not a New Yorker: The Democrat governor is proposing a tax on non-diet sodas — along with a bevy of other tax hikes — to cure the state’s economic ills.
Indigestion:
After opposing higher taxes for months as counterproductive, Gov. David Paterson will seek to increase several taxes from gasoline [...]

CBS 4 in Denver reports that law enforcement officers have gone three months without getting paid for overtime costs related to policing the Democratic National Convention. Who’s looking out for the troopers?
Show them the money:
Colorado state troopers say it’s been more than three months since the Democratic National Convention and they have yet to get [...]

“We don’t want recreation to be left behind.”

Bow down.

Higher taxes? Check.
Massive new spending? Check.
Military cuts? Check.
Stimulus czar? Check.
Expanded government role in health care? Checkity-check-check-check.
And just in time for another global stock slide.
Welcome to Barney Frank’s America:
After the November election, Democrats will push for a second economic stimulus package that includes money for the states’ stalled infrastructure projects, along with help paying for healthcare [...]

Many friends in Washington state alerted me to the Democrat Party’s attempt to disenfranchise our troops overseas through a lawsuit claiming that GOP gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi “confused” voters by identifying himself as “GOP” instead of “Republican.”
A judge has ruled today and stopped the Dem stunt. Thank goodness someone in a robe has some common [...]

File under: Most ethical Congress ever.

Gesture politics.

Friend of Obama.