Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Bennet wins Senate race – The Denver Post
- Colorado – GOP wins state House, Dems hold Senate – The Denver Post – So a split government in Colorado, too. Hope we can model something that works, rather than something that doesn’t.
- The midterms were a referendum on Obama from the D base, and that’s why the Ds lost | Corrente – Which would seem to argue for doing more — rhetorically, at least, as well as what’s still possible — to appeal to that base (AND the independents, who need inspiration do step your direction, not pandering to show you don’t want to offend them).
- Senatorial qualifications – RLC November / 03 / 2010 – Heh.
- 139 Reasons to Abolish the Death Penalty – I don’t disagree that the state can have a compelling reason to execute certain, particularly heinous criminals. But until it demonstrates that the process isn’t also killing the innocent, esp. those convicted due to prosecutorial shenanigans and procedure-bound appellate courts, I cannot morally support capital punishment.
- Rasmussen will be just fine | Media Matters for America – Because as long as someone’s willing to buy your polling data, who cares whether it’s inaccurate or biased?
- Getting to know some of the representatives- elect: Steve Benen
- Everything You Need To Know About The FRC: Kyle
- Chuck Hurley: “We Did God’s Will” By Removing Iowa Supreme Court Justices – You keep using that word “tyranny” … I don’t think it means what you think it means …
- Evan Bayh Argues That Democrats Can Only Win If They Do The Opposite Of What Most Americans Want – Just as glad he’s retiring, even if that was another GOP pick-up in the Senate.
- Iowa Judges Ousted : It’s All Politics : NPR – That’s unfortunate, and a poor case of politics — not law — dictating to the judiciary.
- Blue Dog Coalition Crushed By GOP Wave Election
- Blame The Whiny Center – NYTimes.com – Those who forget the past will keep urging us to repeat its mistakes.
- Glenn Greenwald on Who Lost in Last Night’s Election: Paul Sunstone
- It’s Not the End of the World – Unless we decide to run, panicking, into the streets, leaving Republizilla to stomp through the city unopposed.
- Third Time Will Not Be The Charm For Personhood Colorado – “Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a personhood amendment out of my hat!” “But that trick never works!” “This time for sure ..!”
- Some visual context: Steve Benen
- Rand Paul Explains His Support For Plutocracy: ‘There Are No Poor…We All Work For Rich People’ – Welcome to the new US Senator from Kentucky.
- The Morning After – “The big winner last night was the GOP establishment.”
- How previous presidents fared in their first midterm elections – The Denver Post
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