Tuesday
April 12, 2005
HILLARY'S HOPES: A new Marist
poll confirms that which we already know:
- Hillary
is well-liked in New York and is a virtual shoo-in for reelection
in 2006.
- Rudy
Giuliani is the only person that could possibly defeat Hillary
for Senate. He is also the person New Yorkers would most like
to see run for President.
- Eliot
Spitzer has the highest approval rating of any statewide elected
official in New York which means, barring an unforeseen scandal
or a campaign more inept than Andrew Cuomo's, Spitzer will become
the state's next governor.
- George
Pataki's career in elective politics is probably over. He can't
win reelection as Governor, he can't beat Hillary for Senate,
and only 19% of New Yorkers (including only 25% of registered
Republicans) think he should run for President.
DR.
BUBBA: For all those who criticized Majority Leader Bill
Frist (R-TN) for diagnosing Terri Schiavo by videotape, along
comes the
former president of the United States declaring that Republican
political consultant Arthur Finkelstein suffers from a case of
"self-loathing"
for being both gay and opposed to Hillary Clinton becoming president.
What's the
basis for such a statement, you ask? A degree in psychology? Nope.
Testimony of experts? Please. Clinton cited David Brock's "great
book" Blinded by the Right. At this point I should
probably make a crack about one pathological liar citing another
pathological liar to support a baseless claim, but I'm just not
up to it.
CHUTZPAH
AWARD: Only the Reverend
Jesse Jackson could summon enough nerve to accuse Rep. Tom
DeLay and lobbyist Jack Abramoff of basically running an influence-peddling
racket resulting in their own enrichment using junkets, consulting
fees, and trading favors for corporate donations.
Jackson writes,
"As so often is the case, it's the legal, not the illegal,
that is so shocking." Amen, Reverend. - T. Bevan
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