April 28, 2010 - Pensito

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April 28, 2010April 28, 2010 Trish

The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today that the 2010 Annual Industry SAFE Awards Luncheon scheduled for May 3, 2010 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas has been postponed.

— Posted on the MMS web site, to explain that the dinner to recognize oil drilling safety was put off because, “the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling accident has caused the MMS to dedicate considerable resources to the successful resolution of this event, which will conflict with holding this ceremony next week.” We can think of a few other good reasons to cancel it.

Crist Goes NPA: Fun While It Lasted

April 28, 2010May 11, 2010 Trish

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Update: FOX News is reporting sources say Charlie will run as NPA. If FOX has the scoop, does that mean Charlie’s really still a Republican?

Previously posted: I might be the only Floridian who will be sad after Gov. Charlie Crist makes public his decision on whether to remain a Republican in his run for the U.S. Senate. As a Democrat, watching his fellow Republicans try to manage Charlie’s eventual disclosure is truly gratifying.

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Instant Classic: Levin and the You-Know-What Deal

April 28, 2010 Trish

Will the word, “deal” ever again not be preceded by the adjective “shitty” in our minds?

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April 28, 2010 Buck Banks

I’m struggling to say something nice about that woman.

— James Carville, quoted by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, on Sarah Palin. However, Carville did say he’s “willing to bet that Palin’s enthusiasm for the political spotlight carries her to the GOP presidential ticket.”

Day: April 28, 2010

Verbatim

The Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS) announced today that the 2010 Annual Industry SAFE Awards Luncheon scheduled for May 3, 2010 at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas has been postponed.

Crist Goes NPA: Fun While It Lasted

Instant Classic: Levin and the You-Know-What Deal

Verbatim

I’m struggling to say something nice about that woman.

— James Carville, quoted by the Santa Cruz Sentinel, on Sarah Palin. However, Carville did say he’s “willing to bet that Palin’s enthusiasm for the political spotlight carries her to the GOP presidential ticket.”

Poetic Justice

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“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%).”