Kos reveals Jon Tester’s skeleton in his closet — two weeks after the election! *whew*, disaster averted.
ePluribusMedia finds in Tester and Webb’s Meet the Press appearance a refreshing willingness to actually discuss Iraq in an intelligent manner. That’s why we put him there, fella!
What’s in the water in Big Sandy, anyway?
The Notorious MarkT responds to Ed Kemmick’s column on fairness in the media and introduces the idea of institutional timidity.
Judith Gap wind farm is a roaring success. (Hat tip to Shane.)
Matt urges the Good Guv into action on renewing gaming licenses on the Flathead reservation.
Montana Democrats will elect a speaker of the house on Monday. Jeff Mangan discusses possible leadership candidates.
The day after showing up to the wrong causus, Idaho idiot Bill Sali was elected the incoming GOP freshman class president! This is not a joke…man, this really underscores the poor showing of the Republicans this election…
USAToday analyzes Democratic gains in the West.
Democratic successes in 2006 is already providing benefits for conservation in the West. Let’s see if other lawmakers realize change is in the wind.
James Carville is thrown under a bus for his attack on Howard Dean. Looks like the 2006 elections got the attention of the insiders.
Sherrod Brown’s campaign manager explains his candidate’s victory in Ohio: the middle class message. Hm, same tactic worked for Tester… (Hat tip to Matt.)
Meanwhile, Democrats are working on a major ethics reform bill…
After being denied habeas corpus, tortured, denied his citizenship, it turns out that “dirty bomber” Jose Padilla may not be guilty of a serious crime. America, meet your anti-terror policies! (Hat tip David Crisp.)
Wolf Blitzer parades the neocons past the public and makes them talk about the disaster they created.
Glenn Greenwald explains why the draft and Congressional declaration of war is important as a buffer from Presidential ambition.
Of course some kool-aid drinkers believe hippies lost the Iraq war.
Let the games begin! Mitt Romney slams John McCain over gay marriage. Shane thinks we’ll be seeing a lot of this in the next two years.
Digby considers the weird rhetoric from the Missouri legislature connecting abortion to illegal immigration. It goes something like this: those nasty brown people will overrun us if we don’t start pumping out white babies.
Colby Natale considers Mexico’s parallel government.
Olbermann schools W on Vietnam.
In “Thank God for Evolution!” a Unitarian minister demonstrates how faith and science are compatible.
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November 21, 2006 at 1:49 pm
With all due respect, the term ‘thrown under the bus’ should be reserved for people who don’t deserve it. Carville was attempting to throw Dean under the bus and desrves any discredit he gets.
November 21, 2006 at 1:58 pm
Hm. I always thought the term applied to anyone who was ditched by his/her erstwhile allies.
November 21, 2006 at 2:07 pm
From William Safire:
Yeah, Butte. No offense, Butte.
November 21, 2006 at 4:46 pm
So…I can say Hilary threw Carville “under a bus,” by leaving him dangling in the wind on the Dean thing…right?