Less than one year ago, the 1st District Republicans held a convention to nominate a successor to the late Jo Ann Davis. That convention nominated then-Delegate Rob Wittman. I was not happy. Wittman’s only vote of substance at the time was a vote (actually, three votes) in favor of HB3202, the transporation tax hike of […]
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[The right-wing liberal] Rob Wittman for Re-election
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, Republican Party, Rob Wittman, U.S. politics, Virginia politics, aggregated
[The right-wing liberal] Bailout passes with room to spare
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, On the Blogosphere, Republican Party, U.S. politics, Virginia politics, aggregated
The bailout won 58 more votes this time, a sad commentary on the depth of the panic that gripped Washington since Monday. Kat is beside herself, while Leslie sees a silver lining.
More than two dozen Republicans flipped, among the names I recognized in that bunch were Rodney Frelinghuysen (latest in a long line of Federalist-Whig-Republicans […]
[The right-wing liberal] Sarah Palin to Michigan: We’re not going anywhere
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: Republican Party, Sarah Palin, U.S. politics, aggregated
Curious (NRO - The Corner):
Just hear (sic) audio on Rush’s show of Palin on Michigan. She, too, couldn’t stand for giving up the state and says she shot an e-mail to the campaign saying Todd and Sarah can go do some work there. I like the way she thinks.
Various bloggers who obsess about Michigan (cough) […]
[The right-wing liberal] I have the bailout vote on C-Span Livestream
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: Democrats, Economics, Government spending, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
The continuing upload is a bit sluggish, but I’m just interested in the final result, so I’ll manage.
1:11 PM - Yes leads 97-37.
1:13 PM - Yes leads 111-43, more Republicans support than oppose (41-29).
1:15 PM - Yes leads 116-48; party breakdown: Dems 72-18, GOP 44-30.
1:19 PM - Yes leads 164-86; party breakdown: Dems 103-31, GOP […]
[The right-wing liberal] Joe being Joe
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: John McCain, On the Blogosphere, Sarah Palin, U.S. politics, aggregated
“. . . Biden’s “gravitas” is derived almost entirely from the fact that he can lie with absolute passion and conviction. He just plain made stuff up tonight.” - Jonah Goldberg
I also noticed Biden flat-out lying (or, as Jim Geraghty partially assumes, hallucinating) last night. The McCain campaign quickly produced about 14 instances of what […]
One of the big political drivers for the bailout was the supposed weakness of the banking sector, in particular Wachovia, which needed a government-backed merger with Citigroup to avoid failing.
Except that Wachovia didn’t need the government or Citigroup after all (Washington Post, emphasis added):
Wachovia will snub Citigroup and jump into the arms of Wells Fargo […]
[The right-wing liberal] Michael Graham hits the nail on the head
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: On the Blogosphere, Sarah Palin, U.S. politics, aggregated
I grew up in either the Northeast; Michael Graham grew up in Southern California. Both of us had our formative years outside Middle America. Thus, he has come closer than anyone else to my view of the debate last night (NRO - The Corner):
I’ll admit it—Joe Biden is my kind of debater. Dispassionate and disconnected, he speaks […]
[The right-wing liberal] And the debate loser is . . . me?
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: On the Blogosphere, Sarah Palin, U.S. politics, aggregated
At about 9:35 PM, the Fredericksburg Expo wireless network slowed to less than a crawl. In my impatience, I ended up hitting the wrong key and wiping out my entire post. As such, the last half of the debate was a frustrated blur.
If you ask me (whaddya mean you didn’t?), Palin won the first half […]
[The right-wing liberal] Live blogging the Vice Presidential debate (sort of)
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 3rd 2008 under: John McCain, Local Government, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, U.S. politics, Virginia politics, aggregated
8:05 PM - Greetings from the Fredericksburg Expo Center in F-burg, VA, where the local Republican committees (Stafford, Spotsy, and F-burg City) have put together an event for local McCain-Palin supporters to watch the debate (which is in St. Louis). First off, many thanks to Eric Martin, who has allowed me to mooch off his […]
[The right-wing liberal] Ah, this brings back memories
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 2nd 2008 under: Barack Obama, Democrats, On the Blogosphere, U.S. politics, Virginia politics, aggregated, education
Riley at VV has the latest shenanigans from the Virginia Education Association:
This really should be no surprise that the Virginia Educators Association (sic) sent out an email asking teachers to wear blue to school as part of “Obama Blue Day” and try to get their students registered to vote. After all, 3 years ago their […]
[The right-wing liberal] So far, there are only two winners from the bailout debate
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 2nd 2008 under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Economics, Government spending, John McCain, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
Gallup did a survey of how voters felt about certain players in the bailout debate.
Neither Congressional party did well; John McCain is treading water; and the Audacity of Hype scored big (51% approval, 32% disapproval).
In fact, besides Barry O, only one other “winner” has emerged so far . . .
The members of Congress who voted […]
Iain Murray seems to think so (NRO - The Corner):
If there is indeed a liquidity crisis, and I’m not sure there is a systemic crisis, it would be best solved by reforms that make sure that early terminations do not lock in mark-to-market losses (which is what killed Bear Stearns). The supposed “reform” of mark-to-market […]
[The right-wing liberal] Of all the slop spewed by Wayne Gilchrest . . .
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 2nd 2008 under: On the Blogosphere, Religion, U.S. politics, aggregated
. . . for some reason, this comment bothered me the most (Mark Fisher, Washington Post):
We’re in this bad place as a country because of the evangelicals, the neocons, the nasty, bitter and mean . . .
Now, just as an exercise, I’m going to change one word in the above quote:
We’re in this bad place […]
[The right-wing liberal] Bailout bill zooms past Senate
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 2nd 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, On the Blogosphere, U.S. politics, aggregated
Leslie Carbone has the gory details.
Will the House stand firm again? I’d like to think so, but I doubt it.
The Audacity of Hype contradicts himself in less than 24 hours (Dean Barrett, Weekly Standard Blog):
Barack Obama yesterday:
“I don’t think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful. I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle”
Barack Obama today in Wisconsin:
“I’ve been reaching out to leaders in both parties […]
CNN has the details of the revised Bush-Obama-Paulson-Pelosi bailout bill, and outside of an increase in FDIC account coverage (which can and should be passed on its own) and the Alternative Minimum Tax patch (ditto), this bill is hardly different from the one that the House of Representatives wisely sent to the scrap heap on Monday. […]
[The right-wing liberal] The latest from the Warnerese-to-English translator
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 1st 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, Mark Warner, U.S. politics, Virginia politics, aggregated
The Democrat who would be my junior Senator spoke out on the Bush-Obama-Paulson-Pelosi bailout that went down in flames on Monday (Richmond Times-Dispatch). Of course, he spoke in his native tongue (Warnerese) so no one understood him. Time to bring out the translator!
As always, the English version is in bold and italics:
The option was no […]
[The right-wing liberal] House Republicans present another alternative
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 1st 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, On the Blogosphere, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated, taxes
CNBC has the details (h/t Mary Katherine Ham at the Weekly Standard Blog). It’s a very good list of reforms (albeit not perfect). They are as follows:
Require the Treasury Department to guarantee, at up to 100 percent, bank losses resulting from failed mortgage-backed securities originated prior to the plan’s enactment. Such insurance, supporters say, would […]
[The right-wing liberal] Doing nothing is officially off the table
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 1st 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, U.S. politics, aggregated
OK, I wrote that largely to get your attention, dear reader. That said, it is true, just not for the reason most people think. Thanks to the SEC, something was actually done last night: mark-to-market was junked.
Now, those who oppose the bailout can no longer be tarred as do-nothing troglodytes - because now something very […]
[The right-wing liberal] At last, the SEC breaks free of mark-to-market
Posted by rightwingliberal in October 1st 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, John McCain, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
One of the four parts of my plan for the financial markets - and arguably the most important one - has become the new policy of the Securities and Exchange Commission (Washington Post via NRO - The Corner):
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board have just made an announcement that, dry as […]
[The right-wing liberal] There are fundamentals, and then there are fundamentals
Posted by rightwingliberal in September 30th 2008 under: Barack Obama, Democrats, Economics, John McCain, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
This is what the Audacity of Hype had to say about the economy yesterday (Weekly Standard Blog):
After this immediate problem, we’ve got the long-term fundamentals that will really make sure this economy grows.
Gee, that sounds a lot like something John McCain said earlier this month (Washington Post):
“Our economy, I think, is still — the fundamentals […]
[The right-wing liberal] David Freddoso gets it
Posted by rightwingliberal in September 30th 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, On the Blogosphere, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
This is what I’d like every House Republican who voted no to read and take to heart (NRO):
. . . Republicans cannot expect to win sympathy from the electorate merely by playing an obscure insiders’ blame game over who hurt whose feelings. Instead of pointing the finger at the other guy, they should boldly make […]
[The right-wing liberal] I have to give this comment more pub!
Posted by rightwingliberal in September 30th 2008 under: Economics, On the Blogosphere, U.S. politics, aggregated
Last night, I had this to say about Donald Trump:
There was a time when I never thought I would ever say this, but we need Donald Trump as Secretary of the Treasury. He’d be a dramatic improvement over Henry Paulson.
Riley at Virginia Virtucon responded as follows:
A Chia Pet would be a dramatic improvement over Paulson.
No argument […]
[The right-wing liberal] Words of Wisdom from Mark Levin
Posted by rightwingliberal in September 30th 2008 under: Economics, Government spending, On the Blogosphere, Republican Party, U.S. politics, aggregated
Clearly, Mark hasn’t caught the fever either (NRO - The Corner):
. . . count me among those few here who want to thank the House Republicans for taking a bold stand against what had been a stampede on a scale I have never before witnessed on matters of huge consequence. Conservatism is more than a quaint […]
I am deeply shocked by the rampant ignorance running throughout elite opinion on the failed bailout. IN particular, the “explanation: for so many nay votes would be laughable if it wasn’t so outrageous.
After the bill sank beneath the waves, John Boehner, Roy Blunt, and Eric Cantor stepped forth to blame Nancy Pelosi for turning off […]
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