Cranky Old Man

John McCain's twitter feed (yes, it's really him) is hilarious.

Why Does Claire McCaskill Suck So Much? (3)

Show Me Progress (a local blog) and Matthew Yglesias are getting in on the act.

Man, lying in your twitter feed is some pretty sick shit, right?

Why Does Claire McCaskill Suck So Much?

When I was working for the Obama Campaign, I was shocked to find that many of Missouri's Democrats (and these are hardcore activist types) actually like their Junior Senator.

People were not happy when I pointed out that she, in fact, sucks as a Senator. Her latest round of populist "let's cap executive pay" media blitz annoyed the shit out of me, since she has one of the most pro-corporate records of the Democrats in the Senate. I had hoped that the age of Obama would mean a change for McCaskill as well, considering how much she seems to like Obama personally.

Apparently not. I see plenty of Senators on that list from states that are a lot redder than Missouri, who have managed to get with the fucking program.

Daschle

It seemed to me that their was a very good case for appointing Tom Daschle to HHS, despite his somewhat scummy history. That argument was a simple one: Daschle, better than anybody else, knows how to move things through the Senate. And since the Senate is the biggest stumbling block to achieving Universal Health Care right now, Daschle was perfect for the job.

But if the guy couldn't even move his own confirmation through the Senate, then all of the positive arguments for him absolutely collapse.

Good to see him go.

I did not know that

From The Prospect's interview with Janet Napolitano:

DG: A lot of people don't remember, or never knew, that you represented Anita Hill when she appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Seventeen years later, what do you take away from the Clarence Thomas episode, which still remains a touchstone when people discuss issues of women in the workplace and women in politics?

JN: Well, I'd always been interested in public service before then, but it really did bring home how issues of women really didn't have an avenue to be heard at that time. And it was my first experience dealing with the media and appreciating how complicated that can be in terms of just the pressure of it, the constant…leaving a hearing room and having a lot of cameras and lights in your face; I had never experienced that before. I think that from Professor Hill's standpoint, that experience cost her a lot personally. But I think she should have a satisfaction in knowing but for that experience, the fact that women need to be treated fairly and are entitled to go to work without being harassed, when they're in the workplace trying to earn a living, would never have gained the prominence it did, and all the protections we now have.

Her term as Governor is up in 2010, the same year as a Senate seat currently held by a really fucking old Republican currently running for President comes up for election again. If she's not ensconced at Old Executive Office Building, that is.