http://www.richbradley.org/blog Glances Swapped and Thoughts Collected Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:15:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en John Sununu Junior Senator from New Hampshire Party: Republican Assumed Office: 2003 Age: 43 Pros: Youngest current US Senator; spouse's name is, hilariously, Kitty Sununu; pro'lly gonna get beat this year by rhymin' queen Mean Jeanne Shaheen. Cons: He's some MIT grad egghead New Hampshire faux-Libertarian birth control Nazi who instinctively opposes all taxes and wants ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/know-your-us-senators-part-10-of-10-sununu-through-wyden/67 Apparently John McCain is expected to announce his running mate this week, to try to steal some press away from Obama's Middle East trek. Who's it going to be? MY GUESS: Mitt Romney. I think it's safe to say they still don't like each other, but they've been going well out ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/running-mate-announcements-imminent/66 Ken Salazar Junior Senator from Colorado Party: Democratic Assumed Office: 2005 Age: 53 Pros: It has been very nice to see Colorado turning blue over the past few years; first Hispanic Senator since 1977 (along with Mel Martinez). Cons: Big Lieberman backer for some bizarre reason, and there’s just about nobody on this planet I like ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/know-your-us-senators-part-9-of-10-salazar-through-stevens/65 Just took a quick glance at Yahoo's current major headlines and briefly thought I saw something that made me do a double-take. It didn't say what I thought it said, but here are the two headlines, one right above the other, that my brain mashed together for a few seconds: - ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/surreal/64 Today the McCain v. Obama race is officially underway. Conventional wisdom throughout the media is saying this is Obama's race to lose. Let's see, from a polling perspective, how true or false that wisdom is today. And yes, this is basically just an update on my post from a few weeks ago ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/the-obama-mccain-electoral-map-and-obamas-running-mate-choices/63 Essential reading at DailyKos regarding Joementum's spectacularly dangerous and arrogant stupidity. Connecticut Democrats kicked him out of the party once, and it's time now for Senate leadership to take similar action. We just can't tolerate this kind of thing in an election year. http://www.richbradley.org/blog/why-joe-lieberman-needs-to-be-purged-from-the-democratic-party/62 For all Democrats concerned about Barack Obama's chances in November, I have some good news: the electoral map is in our favor this year. I know that goes against what every pundit and DLC member (and your own brain if you lived through 2000 and 2004) tells you, but it's ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/obama-and-the-swing-states/60 Today is a key day to test the waters and see how McCain's campaign will come out swinging against Barack Obama, now (finally) the media-ordained Democratic nominee for President. Predictably, McCain's been out working the "my foreign policy experience versus yours" line. I think this is a huge winner for ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/mccain-vs-obama-on-foreign-policy-experience/59 "We see too many 'noble deaths'; we see the degradation - the epic little charges of cavalry. And thus for this our spirit becomes low, tough like a boar, unbreakable - we die to the sound of the trumpet, as surely as the bees pollinate, the ants build; as surely ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/an-excerpt-from-dirge-an-unfinished-draft/58 Budwesier has an Internet dot TV! Can you believe it? Now you can watch funny Internet clips that may or may not be vaguely associated with cheap beer! Tip o' the hat to marketing genius Bryan Fordney for getting the message out there! Bud.tv is the place to be! For no ... http://www.richbradley.org/blog/budweiser-entertainer-of-the-people/57