It’s been a rough week for conservatives, so by way of some cheering up, here’s the best of Ronald Reagan, so you can remember what a real president sounds like.
Warning: Sound gets a little sappy and out-of-hand.
The Best of Ronald Reagan
November 8th, 2012Bright Spots
November 7th, 2012Well, that could have gone better.
As an effort at alleviating depression among the vast right wing conspiracy, here are a few glimmers of hope amidst the dismal news:
In the real-life 2012 version of Atlas Shrugged, Texas has taken the place of Colorado, i.e. the redoubt of a dynamic economy, freedom and limited government in a country grown ever-more statist. Thankfully, it’s not the only one, and red states are still outperforming blue states by a good measure. A narrow Obama victory can’t change that. We’ve got to keep on fighting the good fight.
We lost the battle. The war goes on.
LiveBlogging/LiveTweeting the Election
November 6th, 2012Congratulations to Ted Cruz and Tony Dale on well-deserved victories!
And on that bit of good news, off to sleep…
Obama 303, Romney 203, Florida and Alaska undecided. And Obama is edging Romney in the popular vote as well, but not by much.
Fox calls election for Obama. Still not sure I trust the Wisconsin call. It looks like Romney may very well win the popular vote. Even so, I still don’t believe in abolishing the electoral college.
Fox calls Ohio for Obama. That may be all she wrote.
All annoying local news now.
PBS calls Iowa for Obama.
Obama still up .5% in Florida with 94% of the vote in.
Florida, Florida, Florida.
Any way this turns out, this is 1% difference election.
No, Romney playing the bio film at the GOP convention wouldn’t have made any difference.
AP RACE CALL: Romney wins North Carolina.
Maybe we should have nominated #Hypnotoad.
David Brooks (click) Elizabeth Warren (click) Crowd interview (click) Grrrrr
Whether Obama wins or not, GOP house should refuse to pass a debt limit increase, and force government to live within it’s means.
Hit my tweet limit!
[Swing state name here] Too close to call. Repeat as necessary.
Looks like it’s going to be a long night before this thing is decided.
7:23 Romney up in VA, FL too close to call, but Panhandle polls close late, and that’s Romney territory.
Everything in the battleground states is too close to call.
6:50 PM
ROMNEY: Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, South Carolina
OBAMA:Vermont
#ElectionNightSurprises: Fox News calls race for Obama, ABC for Romney, CBS for Gary Johnson, CNN for Jill Stein, and MSNBC for the reanimated corpse of Howard Taft
Please note that I will be live-blogging and live-tweeting the election tonight as the returns roll in starting around 7 PM CST. Judging from my live-tweeting of the debates, there’s a good chance I’ll “exceed the tweet limit”, so you’ll want to check both places for pithy insight and wily snark.
LinkSwarm for November 6, 2012 (Election Day!)
November 6th, 2012Today’s the day! Get out there and vote!
Texas Senate Race Update for November 5, 2012
November 5th, 2012And here’s your final Texas Senate Race update for 2012! I’ve been covering this race since Kay Bailey Hutchison decided not to run again on January 13, 2011.
I expect Ted Cruz to beat Paul Sadler handily (and here’s my endorsement of Cruz). Later today I hope to have a prediction up on just how well I expect him to do.
Romney is Talking About Hope and the Future
November 4th, 2012Nick Lampson: “We need greater civility. That’s why I’m going to shove your camera away.”
November 3rd, 2012Obviously Democratic 14th Congressional District candidate (and former congressman) Nick Lampson really doesn’t like being asked how often he voted with Nancy Pelosi in the middle of his lecture on bipartisanship.
I talked about the CD14 race between Lampson and Randy Weber earlier this week.
(Hat tip: David Bellow)
Ohio: Mitt Romney is Drawing Crowds Like U2, Obama is Drawing Crowds Like Whitesnake
November 2nd, 2012Romney draws 30,000 at single rally in Ohio.
(Pic via Brennan Hall (@bren_nan) on Twitter)
Meanwhile, Obama is drawing crowds in Ohio between 2,800 and 4,000. That’s a good crowd…for a Whitesnake concert. It’s pretty piss poor for the President of the United States of America. I guess it’s hard to draw a crowd when you already have the stink of failure on you.
(I would like to apologize in advance to any Whitesnake fans offended by crowd size comparisons to Obama. If you believe limited government, the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy welcomes you whether you’re a hair metal fan, a brony, a hipster, a juggalo, or even a furry (I thought it best not to link anything for that one), as long as you’re voting against Obama!)
Republicans Serious About Winning Third Court of Appeals Ground Game
November 1st, 2012I just got my fourth direct mailer supporting Jeff Rose, Scott Field, David Puryear, and Bob Pemberton for the Third Court of Appeals.
The Third Court of Appeals covers a large swath of central Texas, stretching from Fayette up to Sterling county:
I don’t ever recall so much obvious money and effort being put into a down ballot judicial race before.
The most important race is Field’s attempt to unset the very liberal Diane Henson. Speaking of Field, this is what was on the back of the card he handed me at last week’s Ted Cruz/Tony Dale event:
I think that’s pretty much all you can ask for in a judicial philosophy.