Mitch McConnell shivs the right back. …Like, frankly, a boss.
Via my RedState colleague Joe Cunningham comes this heartwarming tale of the right boot applied to the right backside at just the right moment: Republicans have promised Bill Cassidy a seat on the...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, …Man, I Wouldn’t Want To Be A Democratic Senator Right Now...
Not that I typically ever want to, but this is going to get intense. Theory: she's pregnant, but he won't marry. pic.twitter.com/B3yGdvyyII — Film Ladd (@FilmLadd) November 12, 2014 Mary! MARY!
View ArticleThe DSCC listened to Nate Silver*, and now they must face the consequences in...
Ed Morrissey over at Hot Air is wondering why there was no money allocated for Mary Landrieu’s runoff: This runoff was a flat-out certainty for months, which is why the GOP and its allies planned for...
View ArticleKeystone bill passes House: eyes now turn to Senate.
That’s one way to put it, at least: The House on Friday passed legislation to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, setting the stage for a showdown in the Senate next week. The...
View ArticleKeystone: Failed. LA-SEN runoff: …DOOM.
A colleague suggests that Mary Landrieu is beyond DOOM, in fact. Yup. Senator Mary Landrieu’s last, desperate leap for safety came up short: the Keystone Pipeline bill that Rep. Bill Cassidy championed...
View ArticleThese first early voting numbers for LA-SEN are maybe *too* good for us.
Courtesy of the indispensable AOSHQDD comes the first early voting numbers for Louisiana’s Senate runoff numbers, and if the trends hold they’re gruesome for Mary Landrieu. The summary: about 136,000...
View ArticleQuote of the Day, It’s Just Business, Mary Landrieu. It’s Not Personal edition.
Well, maybe it’s a little personal. But it’s mostly just business. Hot Air: If anything, the end of the general election may have hurt [Senator Mary] Landrieu. The public is still being flooded with...
View ArticleI’ll take ‘sad desperation in Louisiana-SEN’ for $200, Alex.
Her internals must be awful. A new radio ad approved by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) claims that if Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) defeats her in Saturday’s runoff, Republicans will impeach President Obama....
View ArticleOne more day before the LA-SEN runoff. So…
…nah, I can’t think of a damned thing to say about it. So I’ll instead mention what we had for dinner last night: Cornish game hen quesadillas. Turns out that if you strip the bird that you cooked...
View ArticleThe Louisiana Runoff Election thread.
Why am I putting it up? Two reasons: one, my readers probably want to have a good chuckle when Sen. Mary Landrieu loses. Two, if a future echo of the soon-to-be-former-Senator somehow manages to open a...
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Why the Democrats stupidly wrote off Louisiana too quickly.
As you no doubt know, the Democrats got their clocks cleaned last night in two House seat runoff elections and one Senate one. The question is, could they have done better? – Actually, no, the...
View ArticleMark Pryor and Mary Landrieu concede that they’re not likely to run again.
In time honored fashion: that is, Mark Pryor and Mary Landrieu have both joined DC lobbying firms. Pryor is still kind of half-pretending that he might try to run, again: Landrieu has done everything...
View ArticleMary Landrieu (D) and Barack Obama (D) must denounce Lindel Toups’ (D)...
This going to be an epic NAME! THAT! PARTY!!!!!: It’s important for this to be understood, because Louisiana is going to take a PR hit thanks to the reptilian/[expletive deleted]-for-brains remark...
View ArticleMary Landrieu expected for Energy chair, #Keystone approval, defeat in...
Some people might think that this news might disappoint me, given that I am of course a partisan hack. Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana will probably become the chairman of the Senate Energy and...
View ArticleThe Washington Post: Mary Landrieu ‘lives’ with her parents.
Well, as is typical for that paper, the Washington Post saved the really bad-for-Democrats quote for close to the end of the article: “A U.S. senator shouldn’t be living with their parents,” [Louisiana...
View ArticleTweet of the Day, Mary Landrieu Edges Closer To DOOM edition.
First, watch this video. Now, see this. Fav part of Landrieu registering to vote from her parent's house is the crude attempt to cross out DC mailing address pic.twitter.com/UDufKxMDix — Liam Donovan...
View ArticleSenator Mary Landrieu (D, Louisiana) flew high on the hog – with YOUR tax money.
I’d love to know what an independent investigation found. Because if Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu’s internal investigation found this… Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu on Friday released the findings...
View ArticleMary Landrieu is losing, but it’s not DOOM.
Sean Trende goes over why I think Mary Landrieu is going to lose, but haven’t called DOOM yet: It happens like clockwork. Every six years, observers start the cycle predicting the demise of...
View ArticleDSCC will flush away funds for Landrieu runoff after all.
Thought so. After getting criticism by Democrats for cancelling advertising reservations for the Dec. 6 Louisiana Senate runoff, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says it is now raising...
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