Little Green Doctors Pounding On My Back
4 Dec 2008 8:38pm GMT Politico reports that the anonymous hold on the inspector general for the financial bailout has been lifted, clearing his way for Senate confirmation. TPM notes that it was rumored that Senator Jim Bunning had placed the hold. And that gives me an excuse to link to this audio clip of Bunning complaing that at a state fair, "little green doctors were pounding on my back." It's sort of like bottled hot water, only weirder.
Franken Update
4 Dec 2008 8:04pm GMT The campaign now says Al Franken leads by 10 votes based on the original rulings of the impartial election judges. According to the campaign: RECOUNT UPDATE: FRANKEN HOLDS 10 VOTE LEAD OVER COLEMAN By our count, Al Franken leads Norm Coleman by 10 votes with roughly 56,000 ballots left to be hand counted. Many media outlets are calculating the margin by a different method, relying on raw data from the Secretary of State's website to conclude that Coleman holds a lead of over 300 votes....
The Auto Bailout Hearings
4 Dec 2008 6:13pm GMT You can watch them live on MSNBC. Floyd Norris has a liveblog for those (like me) who aren't watching every moment. Also, a praiseworthy moment of television on Morning Joe...by Joe Scarborough (!), Bob Shrum, and Mike Barnicle. They debunk the false $70/hour autoworker wage number. In other news -- I'm getting closer to posting that long-promised update to the site. I'm nearly certain it will happen today. As I've said before, the goal is to make TJR a better platform for the kind of blogging...
Franken Camp Claims 22 Vote Lead
3 Dec 2008 9:30pm GMT Sweet.
Virginia GOP Chairman Defends Comparison To Bin Laden
3 Dec 2008 6:33pm GMT Remember Jeff Frederick, the Virginia GOP chairman who told McCain canvassers to compare Barack Obama to Osama Bin Laden? Well Mr. Frederick is sticking to his guns. Although he concedes his remark was dumb, he's defending it as 'true.' Va. GOP chief: Obama remark was stupid but true Virginia's Republican chairman said Tuesday that his remark tying Democrat Barack Obama to Osama bin Laden during the presidential campaign was stupid, but he refused to apologize... ...Frederick was asked about...