There is no other explanation.



How is this guy a politician? He's not even charismatic, he's just an unbelieveable fathead. Listen to him defend his confederate flag and noose collection.

Apparently the day after his little debate with Webb on meet the press Webb spontaneously got about 100k in donations.

And have people been tracking the polls on Kos? Conrad Burns, Mike DeWine, Lincoln Chaffee, etc., it looks like Dems have a good chance in November. There is only one major worry from a Give Up perspective, and it looks more and more inevitable, and that is that we'll only win back the House and not the Senate. The result could be catastrophic. Instead of the Republican train wreck completing without any Democratic responsibility (either for causing or preventing it), they'll be able to blame democrats either for being obstructionist, or not being obstructionist enough. After all, pretty much all they'll be able to do if they're in charge of the House is fight for accountability and dig their heels in in the face of stupid legislation. There is a chance government will grind to a halt, and then Dems will be blamed for the continuing catastrophe of Republicanism.

At Give Up Blog, we celebrate a Dem return to power, but at the same time, there is no better cure for Republicans than for them to experience unmitigated Republicanism. We worry that, while Dems getting elected in record numbers will be great, less than complete control of at least one branch of government has the potential for disaster. We won't have enough power to direct the legislative agenda, and we won't have enough power to really stop the stupidity of the executive (or their appointments). We're pretty much electing ourselves to become whipping boys and targets for scapegoating.

On the other hand, if we won the House and the Senate, then Americans might be able to see the true difference between a conservative and liberal agenda, and see that while they have nothing to offer but stagflation, endless war, and corporate welfare, we might have something significantly better.

It's a concern, but hey, I've seen projections now of a 50/50 split in the Senate. A few "mavericks" might make that a serious chance at a unity government.

Oh, and that reminds me, to those who have seen this picture:



And the caption usually reads something like, "Warner, McCain and Graham are bucking the White House over interrogations." Ahem. They wouldn't be able to do that if it weren't for the fact that they're effectively joining the Democratic side. If you just voted Democrat in the first place, you wouldn't need "mavericks" to stand up for human decency.