| Haven't been doing a good job on the newslet items lately, as it's been all exposition and essays (except for Brattlerouser, of course)...
Terri Hallenbeck has a good read today about the state of the state GOP. It's Douglas, Dubie, and that's about it. Who brought them to this predicament? Why, outgoing Chair/ED Jim Barnett, of course. Despite people like Freyne characterizing his move to the McCain campaign as a step up in rank, and a stepping out in glory, it is clearly a horizontal move that gets him out ahead of the daggers that were being sharpened by the GOP rank and file (and for the record - I told ya so...).
Darren Allen gets caught mid-cycle. Usually he pens an editorial that pisses off the right, and then plays good "I'm-not-the-liberal-media" columnist by publishing roughly three consecutive "balancing" pieces that engage in some sort of neener-neener-neener-ing of Dems that's usually only halfway thought through. Today seems to have him stuck in mid-cycle, offering a neener mixed in with a self-contradictory acknowledgement of the obviously appropriate call by Thomas Salmon Jr. for a recount in the Auditors race (137 votes, folks). Not sure what this means for next week's Allen column, given that his cycle is slightly off it's track now.
Dean, addressing the Association of State Democratic Chairs on the recent squawking of James Carville via the NYT: "It was a great win for what I call the new Democratic Party. The old Democratic Party is back there in Washington, sometimes they still complain a little bit." Heh.
Shumlin Mark II is all about Global Warming. Good to hear. Via Freyne.
The Progressives wrapped a post-campaign gathering discussing the first cycle in a while in which they didn't grow in some quantifiable fashion. Although it's unlikely the Progs have plateaued, their primary rhetoric - that there is no difference between the Dems and the GOP - likely has (given that it's become plainly absurd on its face), which is probably the message to take away from the election. The trick will be convincing some of the die-hard "smash-all-Democrats" regulars (such as Pollina) to focus more on the proactive and visionary and less on the "smash" if they want to regain some of their momentum next time. Interesting (if flawed... more on that later this week) piece at PoliticsVT.
Oop! Gotta go. Kid's waking up... Ths week I promise at least 3 posts that will really piss people off. Keep watchin'... |
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