Will Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak run against Specter?

 

Pennsylvania Congressman Joe Sestak was on Hardball with Chris Matthews a few minutes ago discussing his potential Senate run against the newest Democrat in the US Senate Arlen Specter.

He still hasn’t decided according to him he’s still consulting with his family. I don’t buy his reason at all but it does sound nice and keeps the press back a bit. But what I think he’s really doing is weighing the costs to his political future if he runs against Specter because he knows he wouldn’t be running against Specter alone he’ll be running against Obama, Biden and the current Democratic leadership.

And that’s a tough call for a politician.

But I hope he does run.

We’re Democrats damn it! We don’t want people telling us who to vote for even if that order comes from a well liked President. Leave the anointing of leaders to the Republicans..lol.

Sestak might be a long shot and he might suffer severe blowback for running against Specter BUT this is America if you believe in something you go for it and fight for it every inch of the way and I think if Sestak really believes that he’s the better candidate he shouldn’t let anything deter him from running. 

Who knows he just might win and all he has to do is look at the current occupants at the White House to know that anything is possible in this great country!

So it was Senator Dodd who gave our money away..

Will Senator Chris Dodd resign?

Probably not.

Will the treasury officials who supposedly ‘forced’ his hand be exposed?

Probably not.

Will the American tax payer and the Chinese consumer/saver have to bail out more companies that don’t deserve it a few weeks from now?

YOU BETCHA!!!

Roland Burris tells senator I’m not going anywhere baby!

 Senator Dick Durbin, the senior senator from Illinois and the No.2 democrat in the US Senate asked Roland Burris, the junior senator from Illinois  to consider resigning based on all the information that’s emerged in the last few weekes. And guess what Burris did? He politely declined!!!! And then he went further and said he may even consider running in 2012!

Burris has finally got his  ‘precious’ and now these idiots want him to give it up how dare they! 

You know that serves them right!!  A corrupt, comical idiot appointed him, idiots seated him and now the idiots can’t get rid of him!!!

How funny!!!!!

Republican senator withdraws his nomination for commerce sec

Senator Judd Gregg has decided he just can’t work with President Obama.

He just can’t do it. The ideological differences, analysts are saying, might have been too great for Gregg and the stimulus bill played a big part in him withdrawing his name.

But I don’t know if I buy that, this could have all been an elaborate ploy by the Republicans to make Obama look bad and let’s face it this looks really, really bad. Judd tells him we’re going to play ball and then punches him in the face so he can’t see the ball coming at him!  Oh, you Republicans!

Anyway, this is now the second nominee to withdraw his name for Commerce Secretary and the fourth individual to withdraw from a nomination and Obama has only been in office for three weeks!

I wouldn’t like to be the next nominee for Commerce Secretary I would know that I was the president’s third choice and everyone else would know that too!

Also does this mean that Obama wouldn’t be able to work with the Republicans over the next four years?

John McCain on C-SPAN

 

 

Former GOP presidential candidate, John McCain was on C-SPAN  today discussing earmarks, one of his signature issues.

This is the first time I’ve seen John McCain in any significant capacity since he lost to Obama.

Oh wait.. he was on Letterman but that doesn’t really count does it? lol.

He was holding a press conference with a couple other senators talking about upcoming earmark legislation.

And he said he was happy to be back in the Senate. I must say that he looks a lot older than he did on the campaign trail nevertheless is good to see him back at work.

And for those of you wondering out loud about my viewing habits the answer is yes, I watch CSPAN and I admit it proudly..I’m a geek/nerd..and I love it.

Race doesn’t matter when it comes to seating Burris..

Race is NOT an issue when it comes to seating Roland Burris as the junior Senator from Illinois at least it shouldn’t have been but obviously it has become an issue.

I guess that’s why Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and news anchors alike keep talking about it.

Just a few hours ago Dick Durbin, tried to reassure his black constituents and African Americans across the country that race isn’t the reason behind the non-seating of Burris.

He kept talking about how Burris is his long time friend and that he’s very fond of him etc etc..do you know what that sounded like to us black people and to a lot of other folks? It sounded a lot like appeasement. The irony is black people don’t want Roland Burris seated either!

But it seems that matters very little because from all appearances Burris will be seated-eventually because Reid and other Democrats don’t want to be called racist!!!

This is ridiculous. After all their tough talk all Burris had to do is show up, create a scene and then cry,  “Look, the white people don’t want to let a black man into their club,” in order to get the senate seat.

How sad. How very, very sad.

Now, it might not be as simple as that I agree but that is exactly how it appears to many in the public believe me and that to be honest doesn’t help to improve race relations in the country.

The simple fact is Roland Burris should not be seated! Period!  And his race has absolutely nothing, NOTHING, to do with it.

And the fact that he will be seated eventually simply because his appointment has been reduced to the fact that Reid et al don’t want to be seen as ‘keeping the black man out’ just goes to show that we haven’t really moved that far along to creating that post racial society we kept talking about during the 2008 campaign and had really hoped Obama’s win had showcased.

It’s a pity.

The first 2008 Presidential Debate

So it begins..

I thought men love talking about Viagara…

But apparently John Mccain doesn’t. He looks in visible distress at the first mention of the word Viagara by a reporter..

 

How long before this is used on the late night shows? If it hasn’t been used already..LOL..