Comments on The Breda Fallacy: just not feeling it

Michael Barone, in the Washington Examiner, has a ...

2010-01-07T13:56:55.578-05:00

Michael Barone, in the Washington Examiner, has a growing list of dems who are quitting and heading for high timber rather than face their constituents at the polls. current thought is that it'd be better for a lessor known liberal to run and possible fool (again) voters into voting for a democrat.

At worse case, another leadership slot is open for the next senior pol. The in-house Marxists are taking a beating.

Good!

Something else to consider, folks. Congess has, i...

2010-01-07T11:53:41.136-05:00

Something else to consider, folks. Congess has, in their infinite greed, written the rules such that when they retire, they get to keep, tax free, IIRC, their re-election war chests.

Dodd's gonna lose anyway, so he may as well go out not having been beaten, and with a big nest egg.

WV - malis: what congress had aforethought

Yeah, in the cold light of day, I'm less sangu...

2010-01-07T09:45:31.193-05:00

Yeah, in the cold light of day, I'm less sanguine.

Dod was slated to take an ass-whuppin' at the polls this fall, and now they'll run somebody who might win.

There's some thought going around that it'...

2010-01-07T02:43:36.367-05:00

There's some thought going around that it's simply to deny victory for the republicans that would have beat them anyway. Just a final dirty stinky political trick.

(lifted off Arfcom)
It would be much better for them to lose.

1. By retiring they are allowing an untarnished D to run instead. While this will not save every seat (people are pissed at the D party), it will lessen the losses.

2. The media will only report a "loss" as a seat that was occupied by someone running. Thus they will make the D losses next Nov sound a LOT less severe than they really will be.

So both the acutal damage and the perception of damage to the general public to the D party will be less than if these guys stayed and fought it out.

I have to admit the -*$#^@- are playing hardball politics FAR better than the Republican party even dreams about.

I was bummed by that. I'd really hope he woul...

2010-01-06T22:43:06.996-05:00

I was bummed by that. I'd really hope he would run again, and get bitch slapped down HARD..

Imagine how much hope this gives me, one of Ben Ne...

2010-01-06T21:25:02.626-05:00

Imagine how much hope this gives me, one of Ben Nelson's constituents.

Oh, let me have my moment. I'll be cynical aga...

2010-01-06T21:07:06.217-05:00

Oh, let me have my moment. I'll be cynical again tomorrow. :D