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Ingrid Martin Channels Joe the Plumber, Debates Obama After Health Speech -- Politics Daily
'Martin said she then entered into about a 2-minute debate reminiscent of Obama's meeting with another Ohioan, Joe Wurzelbacher (aka "Joe the Plumber"), telling him she worries about the long-term implications of his sweeping legislation. She told the president he was focused on insurance reform, as opposed to the rising cost of health care, which she believes to be the fundamental problem. Martin stressed her view of the need for tort reform. She also noted: "He said things like, 'Medicare is not going to be affected by this bill,' which is not right."' (Via Ace.)
Red army galvanizing in our bluest towns - BostonHerald.com
Thanks to Scott Brown's win, Massachusetts Republicans are coming out of the closet and getting organized. Let's hope the party oldtimers, used to being big frogs in small ponds, don't throw too many obstacles in the path of the enthusiastic newcomers. (By the way, the headline illustrates why the Republican Party should never have allowed CNN's map to define red as its color. The Red Army was the army of the communist USSR. In every other country, red is for the socialist/left-leaning party, blue is for the conservative party.)
Some of these are pretty funny. Reid and Pelosi: "We crafted this Valentine's card behind closed doors." Obama: "I've saved or created millions of valentines." Algore: "I'll charter a flight to bring you this Valentine's card in person."
A new blog of funny political Photoshops from a conservative perspective. (Via The Other McCain.)
Hot Air: Democratic heir to Ted Kennedy leads Republican challenger by ... nine points?
Republican Scott Brown is within striking distance of winning the Kennedys' seat in the U. S. Senate and breaking the Democratic filibuster-proof majority.
Paul Rahe: Barack Obama and the Exhausted Presidency - Big Government
"When Obama ran for the Democratic nomination, his opponents -- Joe Biden among them -- warned that he was not ready. When his party nominated him, Republicans made the same point, but to no avail.
"Now, if I am correct in my interpretation of the character of his exhaustion, even Obama appears to realize that he may not be up to the job. It seems not even to have crossed his mind when he ran for the office and assumed it that with the office would come responsibilities of a sort that had never previously encountered and that he had no particular desire to shoulder."
The mainstream media comes up with all sorts of ways to ignore the elephant in the room at Fort Hood.
Gerrymandering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Very informative article, with lots of maps as examples, cases in several countries, and methods for combating the practice.
Duverger's law - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"In political science, Duverger's law is a principle which asserts that a plurality rule election system tends to favor a two-party system."
Brendan Nyhan: Will 2010 be like 1994?
In the comments to this post, veteran congressional election analyst Charlie Cook has been looking at the district-by-district situation in the House of Representatives and says the situation is "very serious" for the Democrats and that "it is very clear that the party's vulnerability exceeds their margin of 40 seats." (Via Wizbang.)
