According To Rasmussen, challenger Thom Tillis trails incumbent Kay Hagan 45% to 39% in the North Carolina Senate race. Time to take a page from Romney's playbook and run out the clock. That worked so well for Mitt Milquetoast. He was ahead in the polls and he sidestepped an opportunity to expose the president as the coward that he is and to show that he lied repeatedly about what happened in Benghazi. We know how well that strategy worked.
Tillis is the establishment choice. No wacckadoodle Tea Party type here. That's supposed to be the winning formula. Fall, behind and run out the clock. If that doesn't work take a page from John McCain and reach across the aisle. Only 53 days to kill. You can do it, Thom. The Senate is overrated anyway.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
It's Not Too Late For A Senate Contract With America
1994 was a big year for the GOP due in large part to the Gingrich/Armey-generated "Contract With America." The GOP took a set of eight reforms and ten laws, all focus group tested I am sure, and offered them to the voters six weeks before the general election. Net result: 54 House seats and 9 Senate seats.
If the GOP cannot produce a half dozen popular issues to rally behind, they deserve to lose. Hints: ACA, illegal immigration, border security, spending, counter-terrorism, VA reform, drill baby drill, dig baby dig, IRS reform...If Preibus is too timid to trust his gut, he can easily find a few off the shelf causes to rally around. The ACA has consistently been opposed by a three to two margin and that was before the website roll out.
The Republican Party is in need of branding. Democrat Lite or Lesser of Two Evils just doesn't cut it. Did anyone get the 'no pastels' memo? You need to give the people a reason to vote.
Contract anyone?
If the GOP cannot produce a half dozen popular issues to rally behind, they deserve to lose. Hints: ACA, illegal immigration, border security, spending, counter-terrorism, VA reform, drill baby drill, dig baby dig, IRS reform...If Preibus is too timid to trust his gut, he can easily find a few off the shelf causes to rally around. The ACA has consistently been opposed by a three to two margin and that was before the website roll out.
The Republican Party is in need of branding. Democrat Lite or Lesser of Two Evils just doesn't cut it. Did anyone get the 'no pastels' memo? You need to give the people a reason to vote.
Contract anyone?
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
The President's Odd Appearance Tonight
On the way home tonight I listened to Clyde Lewis and he remarked how unusual the president looked tonight. He mentioned a possible botched make-up job or quite possibly the face of a man who has just witnessed something frightening.
I have watched the speech four or five times and I too notice something unusual about the president's appearance but I can't put my finger on it. One thing missing is the ear to ear grin he displayed on vacation.
I have watched the speech four or five times and I too notice something unusual about the president's appearance but I can't put my finger on it. One thing missing is the ear to ear grin he displayed on vacation.
John Tierney
John Tierney lost his primary challenge to Seth Moulton in Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District. I am neither sad nor glad about this. These days all Democrats are pretty much the same. They all march in step with Obama/Reid/Pelosi. Lieberman was their last maverick. Politically, Moulton and Tierney are identical twins.
Having said that, I do like John Tierney if for no other reason, that I have seen him three times in his district. I think I might have seen my congressman, Roger Zion when I was a teenager. He had a distinctive bald head and went through a bad fashion stage where he started wearing loud-colored bell bottoms in public. Not that he stood out in the 70's. I might have gotten a glimpse of a pseudo-Zion but if it was indeed the congressman, it would have been the only other rep I have ever seen.
I saw Tierney once in Peabody, MA in the late 90's. Then I saw him in 2012 walking down a street of Peabody around noon on a weekday all by himself. For those in the hinterlands, Tierney's wife was on house arrest so he was often seen alone.
The third spotting was in a grocery store in Salem, MA. I saw him from a distance and I am not 100% certain it was JT but it looked a lot like the rep and he was sometimes seen doing pedestrian tasks with his wife stuck at home.
In my life I have had about a dozen congressmen. I have only seen one or two in person and two of the spottings were when I lived outside the congressman's district (I lived in his district when I saw him the first time.) I got the feeling I will see even less of JT now. He will probably settle into K Street and leave the North Shore forever. In some sense, his presence will be missed.
Having said that, I do like John Tierney if for no other reason, that I have seen him three times in his district. I think I might have seen my congressman, Roger Zion when I was a teenager. He had a distinctive bald head and went through a bad fashion stage where he started wearing loud-colored bell bottoms in public. Not that he stood out in the 70's. I might have gotten a glimpse of a pseudo-Zion but if it was indeed the congressman, it would have been the only other rep I have ever seen.
I saw Tierney once in Peabody, MA in the late 90's. Then I saw him in 2012 walking down a street of Peabody around noon on a weekday all by himself. For those in the hinterlands, Tierney's wife was on house arrest so he was often seen alone.
The third spotting was in a grocery store in Salem, MA. I saw him from a distance and I am not 100% certain it was JT but it looked a lot like the rep and he was sometimes seen doing pedestrian tasks with his wife stuck at home.
In my life I have had about a dozen congressmen. I have only seen one or two in person and two of the spottings were when I lived outside the congressman's district (I lived in his district when I saw him the first time.) I got the feeling I will see even less of JT now. He will probably settle into K Street and leave the North Shore forever. In some sense, his presence will be missed.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
1 Out Of 3 In Primaries
I voted for Bob Smith and he lost to King RINO, Scott Brown, for the Senate nomination.
I voted for Dan Innis and he seems to be losing to Frank Guinta for the Congressional nomination. Guinta is OK. I will definitely vote for him against Obama puppet, Carol Shea-Porter,
I voted for Walt Havenstein for governor and he won his primary. I don't know a lot about Havenstein and I know even less about his opponents but he said pretty much what I wanted to hear a gubernatorial candidate say.
Down ticket, The State Senator and the Four State Reps were unopposed. There were a few other unopposeds. There were two Sheriff candidates but I did not know either of them so I sat that out.
The news reported a light turnout but there seemed to be a lot of people when I was there. Almost exclusively a senior crowd. Low turnout and an oldies crowd had me hoping for a Smith win but it was not to be.
I voted for Dan Innis and he seems to be losing to Frank Guinta for the Congressional nomination. Guinta is OK. I will definitely vote for him against Obama puppet, Carol Shea-Porter,
I voted for Walt Havenstein for governor and he won his primary. I don't know a lot about Havenstein and I know even less about his opponents but he said pretty much what I wanted to hear a gubernatorial candidate say.
Down ticket, The State Senator and the Four State Reps were unopposed. There were a few other unopposeds. There were two Sheriff candidates but I did not know either of them so I sat that out.
The news reported a light turnout but there seemed to be a lot of people when I was there. Almost exclusively a senior crowd. Low turnout and an oldies crowd had me hoping for a Smith win but it was not to be.
Errata: "Forensic Files" Beating Anderson Cooper in 25-54 YO's But Not Overall
Sorry for the slight, Mr. Cooper.
| Net | 11PM 25-54 | |||
| FOXN | THE OREILLY FACTOR 190 | |||
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 134 | |||
| MSNB | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES 71 | |||
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED 89 | |||
| HLN | FORENSIC FILES 148 |
Monday, September 8, 2014
"Forensic Files" Reruns Top Chris Hayes and Anderson Cooper
I am a big fan of the TV show, "Forensic Files." I love the half hour format and Peter Thomas's narration. However, the show has been out of production for three years and it was never thought of as anything other than a low-budget cable show. I don't know what it costs HLN to run an episode but I bet it costs less than whatever CNN shells out for "Anderson Cooper 360."
There are more fun numbers at the link below but I will spoil the ending for you. Fox continues to dominate every time slot. Incidentally, "The O'Reilly Factor" listed below is a rebroadcast of the 8 PM show.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/05/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-september-4-2014/299828/
There are more fun numbers at the link below but I will spoil the ending for you. Fox continues to dominate every time slot. Incidentally, "The O'Reilly Factor" listed below is a rebroadcast of the 8 PM show.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/09/05/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-september-4-2014/299828/
| Net | 11PM | P2+ (000s) | 25-54 (000s) | 35-64 (000s) |
| FOXN | THE OREILLY FACTOR | 1,073 | 190 | 471 |
| CNN | Anderson Cooper 360 | 391 | 134 | 182 |
| MSNB | ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES | 287 | 71 | 130 |
| CNBC | AMERICAN GREED | 238 | 89 | 152 |
| HLN | FORENSIC FILES | 315 | 148 | 165 |
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