This is welcome news from the internet tubes.

Picking up both seats would be huge.

Let's hope it continues, but more than that let's hold the dems do something with it -not politics as usual.

The times, they are a changin'....

Please, Alaska, vote Dem. That will be two more congressmen not willing to decimate ANWAR.

Research 2000, eh?

Sounds so futuristic!

I can't believe the GOP didn't try to ease these guys out somehow and replace them with new Repubs. No one likes a criminal for a rep, even if it is a conservative state.

And this is where the Obama Effect will help out greatly!:

http://www.thepersonalispolitical.com/2008/05/obama-effect-alaska-edition.html

all competitive elections in states that Obama won overwhelmingly?

Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alaska. just coincidence?

This is my happiness face! :/)

INQUIRY: Is there any truth to the rumor that both Young and Stevens are begging the RNC to run ads linking them to Obama and Reverend Wright?

More trouble in the land of "change we deserve":

From "Head of State"

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The Change That You Deserve

From the Chicago Tribune:

"The slogan unveiled this week by House Republicans - "Change you deserve" - is already a trademark used by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals to market its antidepressant Effexor XR."

Black Screen.

Fade into:

Scene of a thin grey haired man standing in a green field. Behind him we can see the sun is rising.

"I got the change I deserved with GOP."

Cut to a small child, in a sun dress, who looks up at him and smiles.

"I was tired, listless. I had lost interest in my usual activities--creating false attacks, acting as if I had been unfairly attacked about issues created out of whole cloth, drawing specious historical parallels, fawning over ideologically bankrupt manufactured father figures. Sure, I sent emails claiming that Obama was a Muslim, but somehow...it had lost the spark, the enjoyment of everyday life."

Cut to a child who rides by on a bicycle, and throws a newspaper on the front porch.

"That's when I found GOP."

Cut to man rowing in a scull across a still river. He turns to the camera, smiles.

"In clinical studies, GOP has been found to increase aggressiveness in the absence of actual provocation in 8 out of 10 users. In most users, the desire to gleefully attack returns in 1 week. Full enthusiasm for invented ideas in two. "

Cut to image of porch swing.

"With GOP, my attention to minor distractions fully returned, until I was again building them into major accusations of flawed character. Once again, my intense focus on pins, buttons, sentences fragments and remote relationships as absolute indications of personal virtue and ability was at its peak. For an entire weekend, I could one again choose the right moment to accuse a candidate of treason without cause--when I was ready, when the time felt right".

Cut to a series of blurred images: long, stringy haired teens in torn jeans and ironic 80's t-shirts lounging by the Washington Monument; picture of John Kerry in a Swift Boat during Vietnam;
Eiffel Tower. Arugula on plate. During these images, rapid voiceover in female voice:

"GOP may cause monosyllabism, inability to consider two differing concepts at the same time, memory loss or inaccurate recall of recently and repeatedly presented intelligence information, focus on size of automobiles or koro, sequential nicknaming, knowing mischaracterization, hooting. If you have a desire to read the collected works of Ann Coulter that lasts longer than four hours, this may be a sign of a dangerous condition and you should contact your physician immediately."

Cut back to man standing in field. American flag waving in the distance behind him, below a risen sun. A woman walks up beside him, puts her arm around him, and smiles.

Man:

"So get the change that you deserve. Talk to your Doctor about GOP. Soon, you'll be walking by the homeless on the street again and saying "Let them get a job!"

Or better yet--let them get GOP."

Woman smiles.

Fade.

Cite:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/05/change-that-you-deserve.html

My personal theory is that any state McCain is under 50% is up for grabs. My accompanying theory is that you can add about 5pts on for Obama in those states for turnout and post nomination bounce (which McCain already has). You can also add a couple of extra bonus points in states that Obama won, particularly those west of the Mississippi.

I think there are going to be a lot more states in play than people think. Obama will lose the deep south and states like OK, WV, KY but otherwise I think he has a fighting chance in red/swing states everywhere else.

if Obama campaigns in Alaska i believe he can win the state.

the question is does he want to waste time doing that? it would make more sense to spend those extra resources in a state like Ohio. 3 electoral votes are not worth the time.

Stevens going "down the tubes!"?

Rather, down VIA the tubes!
Muckrakers, rejoice!

Your work has been rewarded... Alaskans are waking up, and TPM had a big hand in that awakening.

...anyone who denies this blog and its host and staff were fearlessly instrumental in uncovering those sneaky weasels (minks?), hasn't been paying attention.

But be careful if one of them shows up at your door, Josh, you may get bit!

Might want to re-up your tetanus shots.

Maybe consider a rabies series, too... from the looks of Young's latest pics, he's certifiably MAD!