August 21, 2011

Watch a young California liberal go off on GOP Rep. Dan Lungren during a town hall meeting in his district last week. Lungren, a former state attorney general, is widely unpopular in the state, and was one of the few Republican House members who had a tough reelection in 2010, only managing to pull out a win after Karl Rove came in with a big ad buy at the end.

Hey, yelling at congressmen eventually put the tea party in charge of the government, so you can’t say it doesn’t work.

Two Ricks, Both Slick, Both Thick as Bricks

August 21, 2011August 21, 2011 Trish

I’m pretty sure he has a man-crush on Rick Perry.

Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel columnist, about Florida Gov. Rick Scott (Tea/GOP). Scott submitted to an editorial board interview with the paper as part of his “Reinventing Rick” tour, brought on by recognition that his poll approval numbers are, according to Maxwell, “just below head lice.”

Day: August 21, 2011

Maxine Waters: ‘The tea party can go to hell!’

How to Talk to Republicans

Two Ricks, Both Slick, Both Thick as Bricks

I’m pretty sure he has a man-crush on Rick Perry.

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%).”