Run Toni Run!

I will have another reason to pay close attention to Campaign 2012 news besides the presidential races and seeing whether the GOP or the Democrats get control of the House and Senate.  

One of my fave tell it like it T-I-S is people in the blogosphere has announced she's going to run for Congress in the 2012 election cycle.

She's shut down the Dyssonance blog for now and has moved her blogging presence to her campaign website.

Good luck Toni and hope you make history inside and outside the Grand Canyon State.   Would love the pleasure of addressing you as Congressmember D'orsay.

Who's Gonna Win NY-26?

When Congressman Christopher Lee (R-NY) got ensnared in his Craigslist scandal that forced him to resign this seat, little did we know at the time it would set up the first political test since the Paul Ryan Kill Medicare budget was rolled out by the Republifools.

NY 26 is a congressional district that has been in GOP hands since the Civil War  It has stayed in GOP hands despite various Democratic presidents taking New York State's electoral votes.  It was the late Jack Kemp's district.   It has a huge GOP registration advantage and lots of seniors.   .

But thanks to the Ryan budget, a Tea partier siphoning off votes, and a smart, competent Democratic candidate in Kathy Hochul who has hung that albatross of a budget around Jane Corwin's neck,  Hochul may have a shot at taking this district away from the Republicans.

They have been scrambling to find a way to spin their Kill Medicare budget now that they have been reminded once again why Medicare and Social Security are called the third rails of American politics.

The last poll that came out has Hochul up six points.   Will that lead hold up?   Will we be addressing her as 'Congresswoman Hochul' in a few hours?      

The polls open at 5 AM CDT my time.   We'll know in a few hours if she pulls it off.  

Liberal Is Something To Be Proud Of-Not Ashamed Of

If you call me a 'bleeding heart liberal', I'll smile at you and say thanks, especially if it's coming from a conservafool that misguidedly thinks I'm ashamed to be called a liberal.

This is from the TV drama The West Wing, but Jimmy Smits character is on the money as to why we liberals should take the word back and rub it in the conservafools faces.