The “Rally Base” Button Is Broken

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Mini-Posts, Politics, Schmolitics

Democrat Wins House Seat in Mississippi - New York Times

They sent Cheney. They sent Barbour. They sent Huckabee. They had Bush and McCain record robocalls. And still the Republicans lost the Mississippi special election, the third “bellweather” election they’ve lost this year. It appears the vaunted Republican “rally base!!1!” button must be broken.

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Asides

From the Trib Archives: Keating 1991:
06/Oct/08

Senate ethics panel cites Cranston in Keating Five case — chicagotribune.com Interesting to read this now… and McCain was the only Republican involved, at a time when the Democrats ruled the Senate (and the House, I believe).

The Palin/Combover Poll: WIN:
23/Sep/08

Still More Questions About Sarah Palin and that Combed-Over Guy with the Creepy Smile Who Hangs on to Her Skirt for Dear Life - 236.com - The Room I won the poll, what’s my prize?? Huh?

McCain: Political Dirty Trickster:
21/Sep/08

In These Times - March 6, 2000 - Free Ride Here is what happened: McCain boasted to my wife and me over lunch in Washington that he had planted complex questions with the Senate Interior Committee chairman to sabotage the testimony of Arizona Gov. Rose Mofford, a Democrat, about the Central Arizona Project, the multibillion-dollar Colorado River water delivery system for Arizona urban areas. When I protested to McCain that the project had enjoyed bipartisan support for nearly 50 years, from conservative Barry Goldwater to liberal Morris Udall, McCain retorted: “I’m duty bound to embarrass a Democrat whenever I can.”

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