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Gary Indiana could flip this election….

So, they’re saying…..

The Article: Gary Mayor Predicts Possible Indiana Shocker (Via The Trail @ washingtonpost.com)

As the fate of a nailbiter Indiana primary — and possibly the course of the Democratic race — hung on his city, Gary Mayor Rudy Clay said just now that it might take a while yet to finish counting the vote in Lake County, which includes Gary, and said tonight his city had turned out so overwhelmingly for Barack Obama that it might just be enough to close the gap with Hillary Rodham Clinton.

"Let me tell you, when all the votes are counted, when Gary comes in, I think you’re looking at something for the world to see," Clay, an Obama supporter, said in a telephone interview from Obama’s Gary headquarters. "I don’t know what the numbers are yet, but Gary has absolutely produced in large numbers for Obama here."

Now that would be an interesting development. Although, something tells me, that there’s not going to be enough votes to totally flip it. Just a haunch I have.

Others: The Page, protein wisdom, Live Indiana Primary …, TalkLeft, Wizbang, AMERICAblog, The Primary Source, CCPSBlog, Corrente, The Moderate Voice, Commentary, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Ben Smith’s Blogs

Early Morning Political thoughts….

Morning everyone!

Sorry about bailing on everyone last night man. I was just pooped. I finally overcame the staying up all night and sleeping all day nonsense. I now keep some very early hours, and I mean VERY early. I mean as in, being in bed at 9:00 P.M. and being up at 4:00 A.M., I would say “old people” hours, but I’m 35, so, I’ll just refrain from the old people jokes. You young punks quit that damn snickering, ya hear? and get off my lawn!

Anyhow, silliness aside, I have been snooping around this morning on the Politics sites, and I’ve seen how Barry and Hillary made out.

As most people know, Barry pulled off a big victory in North Carolina. Which I wasn’t surprised to hear about. Although, his victory there was racially lopsided, they say.

As for Hillary, she squeaked one out, in Indiana. A narrow political victory, that is, which the tea leaf readers say.

She’s also, according to Josh Marshall over at TPM, she’s canceled all appearances on the morning talk shows. So, it could be that she and her advisers are in hunker down mode and figuring out a graceful way out of the race. or she decided not to break out with the bubbly and celebrate, seeing it was quite the narrow margin.

The numbers as of now are…:

Indiana

Clinton 51% – Obama 49%

North Carolina

Obama 56% – Clinton 42%

That margin in Indiana is a 2% margin, that’s nothing to jump up and holler about.

Ugh… 5:37 a.m. and I still haven’t got this entry out… between glancing at the TV and getting more coffee, this isn’t going very fast…

Anyhow, according to what I’ve just observed on MSNBC this morning, Hillary says that she will continue to fight for the Presidential nominee. Wonder if she means, that she knows she will not get it?

Anyhow, that’s the political update and my opinion on it. Stay Tuned…

Off to bed…

Good night all… I will be up sometime around 4:00 A.M or so… and I will post my thoughts on the final results on the Primaries. For now, watch my feed of MSNBC’s coverage of the Primaries, till it dies… It’s supposed to be up till 2:00 a.m. or later.

Good night for now…

-Chuck

Tell the Presidental Candidates that Condi must go…


Sign the Petition.

No matter what political party you are part of. We as Americans should refuse to accept this Government’s wholesale approval of torture. I have signed it and so should you.

Newt Gingrich to G.O.P. Change direction or get your butt handed to you in November

(via and H/T to Hotair.com)

Seen at Newt Gingrich’s Site:

The Republican loss in the special election for
Louisiana’s Sixth Congressional District last Saturday should be a
sharp wake up call for Republicans: Either Congressional Republicans
are going to chart a bold course of real change or they are going to
suffer decisive losses this November.

The facts are clear and compelling.

Saturday’s
loss was in a district that President Bush carried by 19 percentage
points in 2004 and that the Republicans have held since 1975.

This
defeat follows on the loss of Speaker Hastert’s seat in Illinois. That
seat had been held by a Republican for 76 years with the single
exception of the 1974 Watergate election when the Democrats held it for
one term. That same seat had been carried by President Bush 55-44% in
2004. –Read the Rest

Will they listen? Doubtful. The G.O.P. seems to have a mind of it’s own. The Nation is swinging Liberal, thanks to the Idiot Neo-Con’s who fooled the village idiot in the White House to pursue a Neo-Con agenda and to take the Nation into a unnecessary war, and now the World and most of America, hates conservatives and Republicans.

They will pay for that costly mistake for 4 or 8 years.

Bush's Neo-Con Empire begins to crumble…

The WSJ Reports:

Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided the Office of Special
Counsel here, seizing computers and documents belonging to the agency
chief Scott Bloch and staff.

More than a dozen FBI agents served grand jury subpoenas shortly
after 10 a.m., shutting down the agency’s computer network and
searching its offices, as well as Mr. Bloch’s home. Employees said the
searches appeared focused on alleged obstruction of justice by Mr.
Bloch during the course of an 2006 inquiry into his conduct in office.

The independent agency, created by Congress in the wake of the
Watergate scandal, is charged with protecting federal employees and
deciding whether their complaints merit full-scale investigation — a
first line of defense against fraud and mismanagement in government. It
also enforces a ban on U.S. employees engaging in partisan political
activity.

It was all just a matter of time. There’s a ton of Opinion on this one. I believe that this is just the beginning. Wait till a liberal takes the White House and the indictments start coming down. It will be an interesting thing to watch….and Blog about..

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Keith Obermann's Worst person in the World….

Even though I am a Conservative Minded Libertarian/Constitutionalist, I still cannot stand this current Presidential Administration or the Republican Party as a whole, and yes, that includes Faux Noise. So, having said that, here’s the "Worst Person in the World" from last night…:

Bronze: The Idiot host at Fox and Friends and His Kid, (Steve What’s his name….)

Silver: William Kristol for being the Neo-Conservative idiot that he is… (simply put….)

Gold: Rush Limbaugh for making a ethnic slur about the Mayor or LA.