What the heck is Charlie Crist doing?This is insane. Two huge problems.One, Independents don’t win elections to the US Senate in three-way contests. Bernie Sanders and Joe Lieberman are in office because one party or the other implicitly backed them. By my count, the last candidate to win election to the Senate as an Independent (other than Sanders and Lieberman) was Harry Byrd of Virginia. He won in 1976 because the Republicans did not run a candidate. This is not coincidental; true third party candidacies almost never work:-When it comes to Congress, there’s no such…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/30/charlie_crists_foolish_move_105385.html
State and national Democrats are standing behind their man in Illinois, despite what some believed could be disastrous for Alexi Giannoulias’ Senate campaign — the state treasurer’s family-owned bank was seized by federal regulators last week. The FDIC calculates the bank’s failure comes at a hefty price tag of $394 million.Speaking in Quincy, Ill., Wednesday, President Obama offered Giannoulias, who was in attendance, a special shout-out, calling him the “treasurer and soon-to-be senator.” The remark was unexpected after a White House spokesman had earlier…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/30/dem_support_for_giannoulias_so_far_unwavering_105384.html
WASHINGTON — Just before first light April 30, 35 years ago this week, a U.S. Marine CH-46 helicopter from HMM-165, call sign “Lady Ace 09,” landed on the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam, to pick up Ambassador Graham Martin. Moments later, a message — classified “secret” by the National Security Agency — was flashed to the Oval Office informing the president, “Lady Ace 09 has the ambassador and his immediate staff on board.”Over the next several hours, dozens more messages were transmitted to the commander in chief, detailing virtually…
from: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2010/04/30/a_vietnam_war_lesson_105379.html
