May 28, 2009 - Pensito

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Scarborough: Republicans Circling to Hit the Iceberg Again

May 28, 2009May 28, 2009 Trish

“‘Perhaps, Captain, we should avoid the iceberg.'” So said the second captain of the Titanic. ‘No. I think we can cut right through it. This ship’s unsinkable.’ Except we’re at the stage with the Republican party where the ship’s already going down. And they’re circling back around to hit the iceberg again.” — MSNBC “Morning Joe” show host Joe Scarborough on the Republican strategy for sinking the Sotomayor Supreme Court nomination.

Day: May 28, 2009

Scarborough: Republicans Circling to Hit the Iceberg Again

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”