Day: April 6, 2011
The Glenn Beck Show Is No More
First that dog gets rescued in Japan and now this? What a world!
Glenn Beck’s talk show is being dropped by the Fox News Channel after sinking in the ratings and suffering financially due to an advertiser boycott…
Beck was a quick burn on Fox News Channel. Almost immediately after joining the network in January 2009, he doubled the ratings at his afternoon time slot. Fans found his conservative populism entertaining, while Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert described Beck’s “crank up the crazy and rip off the knob” moments…
Ailes: ‘Half of the headlines say he’s been canceled. The other half say he quit. We’re pretty happy with both of them.’Beck said that he went to Roger Ailes, Fox News chairman and CEO, in January to discuss ways they could continue to work together without the daily show.
“Half of the headlines say he’s been canceled,” Ailes said. “The other half say he quit. We’re pretty happy with both of them.”
Beck said he noted on his show Tuesday that “how many times can I tell the (George) Soros story,” referring to the liberal donor that Beck has made a target of attacks.
South Carolina’s Number One!
We’ve gone to 50th in education and number one in gonorrhea, and that’s the accomplishments of an all Republican government.
— Dick Harpootlian, former chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, explaining to The Fix why he’s running again for his old position.
Rand Paul Tries to Tell a Joke
Don’t tread on me was a motto and rallying cry for our founding fathers. The new motto of Congress appears to be tread on me.
— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in a speech, on the Senate’s tabling of a measure condemning President Obama’s use of the military without congressional authorization.
Bachmann Touts Her Wide Extensiveness
I have a very broad, extensive background. I’m a student of many years. I’ve studied a number of, a wide berth of topics. I sit currently on the Intelligence Committee. We deal with the classified secrets and with the unrest that’s occurring around the world. I also sit on Financial Services Committee. But again, I’ve lived life. Tomorrow, I’ll be celebrating my 55th birthday, and I’ve had a wide, extensive life. And again, my background is a very practical, solution-oriented vision.
— Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), in a Fox News interview, explaining why she’s qualified to be President of the United States.
Punished for Working
In the event of a government shutdown,
Lawmakers are putting their foot down.
“No checking of emails
Or chatting up females —
You’re furloughed, no Blackberrys, you clowns!”
We’re All Disabled Under the Revised ADA
30,000
Disability-discrimination charges are expected to be filed with the U.S. government in 2011, a 42% increase since 2009, when a law signed by President George W. Bush broadened the definition of disability. Under the revision of the Americans with Disabilities Act, nearly everyone with any form of mental or physical impairment is considered disabled.
Charlie Cook: Swing Voters’ Shift Back to Center Worries Republicans
I would be surprised if either party picked up or lost more than 10 seats, something like that. Democrats need a 25 seat net gain to get their majority back in the House. And I think that’s awfully hard. They may pick up five or 10; they may lose five or 10. I don’t see a lot of change in the House of Representatives right now.
Based on current trends and past performance — the record of the parties’ gains and losses in the House in past presidential elections — chances that Democrats will take back the House next year remain statistically unlikely.
But statistics have their limits as predictors. Events — natural disasters, wars, economic downturns and the like — can change the political landscape seemingly overnight, as can human folly and hubris.
Now, in a column published in the National Journal this week, Cook says recent developments, particularly in the tea party-controlled U.S. House, are starting to worry top Republicans:
