Down but Not Out. Unfortunately.

Katherine Harris marches on. Now with her own party's blessing. Better late than never, right boys?

Bush's Brain is Back

Over the weekend, GOP strategist Karl "The Architect" Rove laid out the 2006 mid-term election battle plan. Which, as you'd expect, weighs heavy on the GOP's post-9/11 worldview, and is fluffed up with a lot of pot/kettle/black. It'd be easy to laugh off the Republicans' collective single-mindedness if the Democrats had a strategy that didn't start and end with rampant corruption within the GOP. Which is bad, don't get me wrong, but John Q. Public will have long forgotten the details by November.

Up for Grabs

Is this correct? Are there really 33 U.S. Senate seats up for grabs this November? Holy shit, this pool is gonna be interesting!

UPDATE: See, I'm retarded. Fifty states times two Senators each equals 100, with a third up for grabs every two years. Hello, Civics 101! So, yes, there really are 33 seats being decided.

I, Too, Have a Dream. And You (Liberals) Should, Also.

The only thing exciting about politics right now is the 2006 midterm elections. So I think that's gonna be the focus of whatever-the-fuck I'm doing here. I mean, the White House is finally getting some resistance to turning this country into a Theocratic Military Dictatorship, and the Democrats continue to stumble around Washington in search of a clue (the meaningful Administration resistance is coming from John McCain and other moderate Republicans). How everything turns out in November will be a whole chunk o' fun, right?

My idea is to do a pool of the current U.S. Senate races, with the House seat-count as a tiebreaker. I'm looking to have a lot of links regarding these races and the various scandals that will help influence them.

Anyone out there predicting a Democrat sweep? Keep dreaming, dipshit. They'll fumble their advantage faster than Jerome Bettis on the 2 yard line in Indianapolis. Still, should be worth watching.