Politics::Election2008: May 2008 Archives
The McCarville Report Online: Are Cargill, Adkins Next To Quit?
Republican State Reps. Ron Peterson (Broken Arrow) and Susan Winchester (Chickasha) have announced they won't run for re-election. Tulsa State Rep. Dennis Adkins and disgraced former Speaker Lance Cargill may follow them out the door. Filing period is next week, June 2-4.
Weekly Standard: The evolution of a congressman
Iowahawk parodies the decline and fall of a Republican congressman (1994-2008) in letter form. Pitch-perfect as always.
Salon: Barack Obama's "Appalachian problem"
"The reality is that when Democratic candidates run competitively in rural America, they win national elections. And when they get creamed in rural America, they lose.... Democrats should not be surprised when rural voters drift toward those institutions that stick around, like the churches, which often reinforce socially conservative ideas, and when rural voters prefer those politicians who actually ask for their votes." (Via Ace.)
The Diplomad: Bush 3 vs. Carter 2?
Me, too: "Is the November presidential election coming down to a choice between Bush's Third Term (McCain) or Carter's Second Term (Obama)? Hmmm . . . as somebody who was around in and remembers the 1970's, I'll sign up for the Bush Third Term option any time . . ."
The NRCC Blog: Republican Solutions and a Positive Agenda
Oklahoma Cong. Tom Cole, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, posts a blog entry and gets an earful from dissatisfied Republicans in the comments. (Via Michelle Malkin.)
iowahawk: It's Time to Call it Quits
Guest opinion by Sen. Clinton of N.Y.: "But even Senator Obama must know at this point that, even if he somehow pulls off a miracle by sweeping the remaining primaries and locking up all the contested superdelegates, he simply cannot escape the inevitable mysterious accident that will clear the Democratic nomination for Yours Truly."
IMAO: lolterizt! Part 47 - lolhilry! Edition
l337-speak caption fun with the former First Lady: "flop swet: ur soakin init" "wishn it wuz blud n bby fngrs" "PALPATINE '08"
RealClearPolitics - HorseRaceBlog - Not Quite Yet
A map of Clinton's performance in the bordering regions of surrounding states points to the potential for big Clinton wins in Kentucky and West Virginia. "I think it is too hasty to declare her finished just days before two of her three best states. Am I on to something here, or is this merely my contrarian streak running amok?"
Clayton Cramer's BLOG: The Gun Show Today
Cramer on the campaign trail: "Everyone has a story, and some are more interested than others in talking. I am pleased to report that I only talked to one person suffering from conspiracy theories: Catholic/Masonic/Illuminati/CFR one worldism--five members of the Supreme Court are Catholics! 'I've never been much interested in politics,' he told me, but Ron Paul running for President got this guy involved. (Why am I not surprised?)"
The Judge Report - My Conservative Manifesto VII
Good food for thought on the eve of the Oklahoma Republican convention. Robert N. Going recalls Barry Goldwater's nomination in 1964 and his platform: "A foreign policy that would not seek accommodation with communism, but a roll back of the soviet occupation of eastern Europe. In military matters you don't commit to war unless you intend to win it, and use every means at your disposal to do it."
