gregladen | November 3, 2008President: Barack Obama
US Senate: Al Franken
US House Third District: Ashwin Madia
US House Sixth District: El Tinklenberg
Minnesota Supreme Court and Appeals Court
Seat 3: Anderson
Seat 4: Gildea
Appeals Court judge
Seat 16: Stoneburner
Other Judges: No opposition, so no vote from me.
Constitutional amendment: Increase state sales tax by 0.375% to pay for environmental and cultural programs.: YES
(Please note, not voting in this is a "no" vote (in case that matters to you).
Minnesota House District 47A: Denise R. Dittrich
District Court races (contested)
Seat 14: Maybe Luke R.…
gregladen | November 3, 2008Hmmm.... some's at the front door. I wonder who it is. This time of the year, it is likely to be someone canvassing for a candidate. Well, in that case, I'll answer the door and let them know right away who we'all are voting for so they can move on to the next house quickly and get their GOTV job done. Unless, of course, they are Republicans... then I'll engage them in conversation for as long as posible so that CAN'T get their job done...
... Hmm, can't quite see through this dumb peep-hole thing ... I think it is a lone female figure in a suit but can't quite make it out. Maybe a…
gregladen | November 3, 2008One of Norm [Coleman''s] neighbors had an interesting run-in with one of Norm's ex-girlfriends .... This neighbor heard crashing sounds downstairs while he and his family were upstairs. He came downstairs and confronted the woman. She was drunk and thought she was trashing Norm's house. The police came and arrested her. According to this neighbor the police report of this incident was buried-- He had a hard time getting his insurance company to cover the damages.
I don't know, I'm just saying. And linking.
gregladen | November 3, 2008And this is Franken's very mild rebuke in his latest campaign ad:
Get Out the Vote!
gregladen | November 3, 2008I knew she was scrappy ... but I had no idea she was so talented in this area! Seriously, this is the best campaign review evah! And it is reasonably short ...
gregladen | November 3, 2008... they "got good and drunk" and ... the conversation in the room was "nauseating." They made sexist and racist comments all afternoon long. African Americans were referred to as "darkies." There was a long conversation in which they expounded upon the reasons poor people were poor. The conclusion was that "they are lazy and don't work" according to this source. The worst part was when they were passing around a laptop they were using to view hardcore pornographic movies. They showed the movies to the women employees and tried to encourage them to watch with them. They were commenting "like…
gregladen | November 3, 2008The Replace Michele Bachmann Web Carnival ... the final installment evah! ... is up at Tangled Up in Blue Guy. As Mike says: "Please, don't make us do this again in two years!!!"
It is a great web carnival. Go here and enjoy!
gregladen | November 3, 2008From CREW's report on the most Corrupt Members of Congress, this bit about Norm Coleman:
When in Washington, Sen. Coleman lives in a basement apartment in the Capitol Hill townhouse of Republican operative Jeff Larson. Mr. Larson runs FLS Connect, a telemarketing firm, which has been paid over $1.4 million since 2001 by Sen. Coleman's leadership political action committee (PAC) and two campaign committees. Mr. Larson is also the treasurer of Sen. Coleman's PAC and provides it with office space in St. Paul, MN. Adding to the relationship between the pair, Mr. Larson's wife, Dorene Kainz,…
gregladen | November 2, 2008Kapow! ZLOTT!!!! Pow!
That is what is going on in the Franken vs. Coleman race with some interesting recent developments that congealed in a Public Radio debate, a new ad by Norm Coleman, and ... wait for it ... a new ad from Al Franken that should be out tomorrow some time.
Some real shit is truly hitting a very energetic fan, and people are sitting up and taking notice. What is currently a very close election is likely, I predict, to not be close at all by the time Tuesday comes along.
But I'm not saying which way it is going to break, because I have no idea.
Details here.
Here is…
gregladen | November 2, 2008The Boneyard Web Carnival Needs Your Submissions!
Send them HERE!!!!
Please do this by Monday at 8:00 PM.
Thank you very much, that is all.
gregladen | November 2, 2008... didn't happen to include any black people. That was later. Look:
hat tip Miss Cellania
gregladen | November 2, 2008
Simple, no matter how dumb your screw up is, just throw a flag over your head and go down on the statue of liberty. You'll be fine.
gregladen | November 2, 2008... is all about the terrain. One might assume that Michele Bachmann's idiotic public statements on Hardball would be enough to put her down, metaphorically. It certainly was enough for the RNCCC to pull funding, for the DNCCC to toss in a million on behalf of El Tinklenberg, Bachmann's opponent, and for a couple of million dollars to pour into Tinklenberg's war chest from zillions of small donations around the country.
But this is not enough. The PEOPLE of the Sixth District have to decide to vote for Tinklenberg rather than Bachmann. What will these voters do?
I know the Sixth…
gregladen | November 2, 2008Gallup Daily Tracking Poll an ABC poll, a CBS poll, and another poll being reported in USA Today tomorrow morning, according to an editor with the paper speaking seconds ago on Hadrball, show two important things:
1) An Obama lead of 11 to 13 points, and
2) A trend spreading this difference.
I don't believe it, but I thought you'd like to know.
Some of these polls are also showing that in the traditional area where R's lead D's, the opinions of those polled is even: Security, economy, etc. In other areas, the D's are killing the R's.
gregladen | November 2, 2008This is a recap of my earlier post of what to watch for in the US Senate Races.
We are hoping for a 60 seat Democratic Party presence in the Senate in order to have a filibuster proof majority. Without this, any Republican with a grudge, a bad attitude, a hatred of liberal or progressive idea, or who feels that his/her own career is more important than his/her country (which pretty much describes 99 percent of all Republicans) can get up on the Senate Floor and read Mother Goose Tales forever in order to stop a bill being brought up for a vote. I'm not using an analogy or a metaphor here…
gregladen | November 2, 2008Why should you vote for Al Franken? Ask Mike: Why Did I Vote for Al Franken?. And see Almost Diamonds to find out why Stephanie is Voting for Al.
gregladen | November 2, 2008Two and seven: With two days left until election day, a new national poll suggests that Barack Obama holds a seven-point lead over John McCain in the race for the White House.
In the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Sunday morning, 53 percent of likely voters say they are backing Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, for president, while 46 percent support McCain....
CNN