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4:03 PM Apr 29th: Overall, I think the UK debates were magnificent. They weren’t Lincoln-Douglas, but L & D didn’t have to go before millions on TV.
4:04 PM Apr 29th: Having recently reviewed the tapes of Kennedy-Nixon ’60, I’d put the UK three well above the stilted level of those original TV battles.
5:08 PM Apr 29th: All the pols in both parties tell us the system is broken, but they’ve personally had nothing to do with breaking it. Act of God, I guess.
3:19 PM Apr 30th: Every 1970 college student remembers this day 40 yrs ago–Nixon invaded Cambodia. Mass protests led to closing of 100s of universities.
3:22 PM Apr 30th: Killings at Kent State and Jackson State the following week intensified protests. The nation looked to be coming apart at the seams.
11:51 PM Apr 30th: John Ashcroft, meet Ken Cuccinelli. Another AG bans bare breast. 1776 Great Seal of VA made clean at last.
11:54 PM Apr 30th: For his sake and ours, we need to keep Cuccinelli away from Rome.
11:56 PM Apr 30th: People often ask me why I enjoy politics so much. It’s because every day, without fail, I’m entertained.
12:30 PM May 2nd: PM Brown hopes against hope for a come-from-behind shocker 5/6. In USA we call it ‘pulling a Truman’ (’48). In UK ‘pulling a Major’ (’92).
12:34 PM May 2nd: Poor Jay Leno. WHCA dinners are always stuffed with POTUS backers, so Prez routine has a built-in advantage over guest comic.
11:38 AM May 3rd: “As The World Turns” star Helen Wagner, who died today at 91, uttered the last sane sentence on an insane day, 11/22/63.
11:40 AM May 3rd: Walter Cronkite interrupted her as she said,”I’ve given it a great deal of thought, Grandpa.” Then all hell broke loose: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0AYNxm3FY
8:27 PM May 4th: Dan Coats (R-IN) wins unimpressive SEN primary victory, but just being ’10 GOP nominee may be enough. Brad Ellsworth(D) good candidate, tho.
8:29 PM May 4th: So far, fairly boring, predictable primary night. No history made yet anywhere.
9:15 PM May 4th: Rep. Dan Burton may have survived, but paltry % (30s) among fellow GOPers suggests he’s a charter member of the ‘don’t-know-when-to-go’ club
10:32 PM May 4th: Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher (D-OH) wins SEN primary in Ohio. Starting out, ex-Rep. Rob Portman (R) has a slight 11/2 edge for this R seat.
10:34 PM May 4th: We’re spared record-setting fifth-consecutive Baron Hill(D)-Mike Sodrel(R) House contest in IN-9. Todd Young won R nod. Sodrel ran 3rd.