If Republicans take the House – which they won’t succeed in doing – they’ll be fighting among themselves over which to do first: Undo everything Democrats have done or impeach Obama. And they will impeach him, the damn fools, as their last hurrah before the whole country slaps them down in 2012.

ThinkProgress » Rep. Steve King Blames President Obama For The Government Shutdown The GOP Wants To Orchestrate

In the absence of any tangible or new policy solutions, Republicans are promising one concrete action should they win a majority in Congress: government shutdown. Picking up on former House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s two-tiered strategy, many Republicans are supporting Gingrich’s call to defund “every radical bill passed by the [Democratic] machine,” particularly the health care reform law.

Government shutdown would seriously jeopardize aid to vulnerable populations like veterans, Social Security and Medicare recipients, and 33 million Americans in need of health insurance. To defend such a disastrous strategy, Republicans are now shifting the blame on to President Obama.

ThinkProgress » Rep. Steve King Blames President Obama For The Government Shutdown The GOP Wants To Orchestrate

Eugene Robinson – 2010: The year of politicking insanely

This isn’t politics, it’s insanity.

I know that O’Donnell is likely to lose to Democrat Chris Coons. But until Election Day — at least — we’re supposed to take her seriously as the Republican candidate for the United States Senate. Sorry, but I just can’t do it anymore.

Nor can I pretend that Carl Paladino, the raging bull from Buffalo, is qualified by experience or temperament to be governor of New York. Or that Sharron Angle, whose small-government philosophy is so extreme as to be incoherent, could possibly make a worthwhile contribution as a senator. Or that Rich Iott, whose idea of weekend fun is putting on a Nazi SS uniform and gamboling through the woods, is remotely acceptable as a candidate for the House.

When has there been an election with so many looney tunes running under the banner of one of our major parties? It’s not that they are ultraconservative, or even that some of them believe their psychic powers let them know what the Founding Fathers would have thought about, say, stem-cell research.

Eugene Robinson – 2010: The year of politicking insanely

ThinkProgress » ThinkFast: October 14, 2010

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) said this year’s midterm elections may tip the balance to the Republican Party for the next decade. Barbour suggests this midterm election will be one of the most important in recent memory due to both the effect of the 2010 U.S. Census and the number of gubernatorial seats that are up this cycle.

ThinkProgress » ThinkFast: October 14, 2010

Your vote is important. That said, I recall Karl Rove declaring a generation of Republican majority following 2004.

Study says cell phones affecting polling « New Mexico Independent

By Matthew Reichbach 10/14/10 7:39 AM

The amount of cell phone-only households is affecting the polls in electoral contests, a study released by the Pew Research Center suggests.

“In three of four election polls conducted since the spring of this year, estimates from the landline samples alone produced slightly more support for Republican candidates and less support for Democratic candidates, resulting in differences of four to six points in the margin,” Pew reported. “One poll showed no difference between the landline and combined samples.”

Pew says that the effect is even more pronounced when it looked at likely voters.

In that case, the poll without cell phones showed that 50 percent supported a generic Republican candidate while 43 percent supported a generic Democratic candidate. The same poll including cell phones is 47 percent to 44 percent in support of the Democrat.

This suggest that polling firms who do not include cell phone-only households could be understating support for a Democratic candidate.

Auto-dial pollsters like Rasmussen Reports, SurveyUSA and Public Policy Polling use this technology to keep down costs. This is why these pollsters poll more often than those who use live phone calls.

Study says cell phones affecting polling « New Mexico Independent