Is Socialism a part of the “common good”?
Going into the fall elections, the Democrats have adopted another campaign theme of sorts that they hope will convince undecided voters to vote for them: actively promoting the ‘common good.’ Via the AP:
Rush Limbaugh’s program yesterday on conservative bloggers and on the idea of sitting out this election to “teach” conservatives a lesson
Yesterday while on my lunch break, I happened to catch a little of Rush’s rant against conservatives (whether they be bloggers or not) who are considering sitting out the election in order to teach conservatives a lesson. I think he made some very valuable points against sitting it out, especially by noting the possible long-term consequences of sitting out this election, but you can judge for yourself by clicking here and reading what he had to say.
The conspiracy to keep Florida’s 16 district voters uninformed
Democrats are not happy that the State Department recently sent an email advisory via US embassies to US citizens living abroad that a vote in Florida’s 16th Congressional district for Mark Foley is not actually a vote for Foley, but the guy the GOP has named to replace him: Joe Negron. Via the Miami Herald:
The ‘outing’ of Republican Senator Larry Craig
***8/27/07: Read the update to this story and my thoughts on it here.***
Another pre-election polling/number crunching site to watch
Slate’s Election Scorecard – they’ve got links to House, Senate, and Governors races, and if you scroll down on each page, you’ll see polling trends on each race.