More delectable cranio-culinary concoctions for your discernment, perusal, and consumption:
>> When she was on the air, Randi Rhodes seemed to have this knack of being on vacation when big news hit. She would have Nicole Sandler pinch-hit for her at those times, which was still entertaining listening. But if there's any time we needed the Randi's signature response style, it's in reaction to Eric Cantor's primary defeat yesterday. She would have had an absolute FIELD DAY dissecting the words, actions, and mannerisms of this self-important twerp, this young-gun whose brilliantly put-together Virginia-7 political machine may have just shot him in the foot. Now a true-red teabilly is competing for the seat. The odds are that the teabilly will probably win - this district is Scarlet O'Hara Red - but I think the Dems might have a shot. A long one, but a shot...
>> I wonder what the exit polls had to say regarding who actually voted in the Virginia-7 primary, especially since Virginia's primary is open. How many Dems might have taken Cooter's advice to vote for the teabilly in order to unseat Cantor? If it's a significant number, the mind reels...
>>This post in Salon, by way of DU, presents an interesting take on the pickle Republicans find themselves in without the enemy image of Obama in the White House in 2017. (That's one of the things about modern conservatism - they need and love their enemy images.) Note that the article notes the Tea Party's "decline" - this, in light of Cantor's defeat a the hands of a teabilly. (Remember that the only thing "grass roots" about the Tea Party is the concrete surface on which the Field Turf sits.) If Billary wins in 2016 (no guarantee - the election is two years out, a lot can happen) the misogyny and the "Billy and the Blue Dress" memes will likely rear themselves. But I cannot see how it can be as bad as the pure, blood-oath obstructionism faced by Obama. Don't tell me that race isn't a factor in why he, and the rest of the country are getting the treatment we're getting.
Much more later.
