Guess who’s worried about reelection? Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire was one of only two Senate Republicans to vote for a Democratic bill that would prevent people on the no-fly list from buying guns.
Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan, who trails Ayotte by a single percentage point according to a recent Boston Herald poll, accused Ayotte of “trying to have it both ways” after she voted against a proposal that sought to increase background checks for prospective gun buyers.
craig, you said at 7:19 last night
“…forget Dem Senate Leader for Liz. Chuck Schumer and his Wall Street buddies have already nailed that down, a big reason they want her in VP slot, out of harm’s way.”
and at 7:53
“The Warren pick makes so much sense that if Hillary doesn’t do it then we will know for sure she works for Wall Street.”
??? you’ve certainly not got troubles with hobgoblins and consistency there, boss
Clinton: “I Understand People Having Questions” About My Trustworthiness, “I’m Careful With My Words”
Ian Schwartz RCP Video
Hillary is so real here…Yes, careful, i like that.. ?
rawstory:
Stephen Colbert cited a Politico report, saying that hardly anyone in his own party wants to speak at Trump’s convention. “Finally answering the age-old question: What if you destroyed a party and nobody came?” Colbert joked.
One person not coming is Washington Post columnist George Will, who said he’s leaving the Republican party and that Paul Ryan’s support of Trump was the “last straw.”
“George Will is officially now George Won’t,” Colbert punned.
With Trump as the nominee, Will explained that he no longer believes that the GOP is his party. Will officially changed his Maryland voter registration to “unaffiliated,” Colbert reported. “Which means, other parties, he’s single!” Colbert exclaimed with Will’s photo in a heart like an episode of the “Dating Game.”
Interesting that both topics from yesterday & today feature women candidates with credible chances of winning. Add that along with Secretary Clinton’s “History Made” & the debate over whether Elizabeth Warren should be added to the ticket is remarkable. Ha, once upon a time “You’ve come a long way, baby” meant having our own cigarette.
You’ve come a long, long way.
patd,
I get what Mr Crawford meant with his statements about Senator Warren last night: the Wall Street puppets in the Senate want her out of the way & the optics of Secretary Clinton choosing a “reformer” rather than an insider looks good for her. The sum of the parts adds up: a win-win for the Democratic Party. The Party Hacks still hold court in the Senate while giving Progressives a reason to vote for the ticket. Perfect? Nope. Preferable over a President Trump? Yep.
patd, ha — clearly my mind is unmade, I’m up to 4 days a week backing Hillary, 3 griping about her
SJWNY: “both topics from yesterday & today feature women candidates with credible chances of winning”
cool thing is I hadn’t set out to do that, just wanted to start looking at GOP seats with best chance of flipping, and 2 in the top tier just happen to be women challengers
Very sorry to hear about Pat Summit’s death. It’s a bit sobering when a person who I am familiar with, who was my age, dies of age related issues. Makes mortality all too real.
Craig & sjwny… what both of you are ignoring is what does Warren herself want. If one of the main reasons Clinton has for maybe picking her as VP is to get her out of the Senate in order to get her out of “Wall Street’s hair”, you don’t think Warren doesn’t realize this… you think she’ll accept the VP position just because (she’s stupid, ambitious, or whatever). Warren is a big girl and I trust she will do whatever she thinks is best for her career and to advance what she wants. If she thinks she’ll be more effective in the Senate than I’m sure she’s already told Clinton. Doesn’t preclude Warren from standing side by side with Clinton in order to bring the Democratic Party together.
Who’s going to be who’s VP in either party at this point is purely speculation. Emphatically stating that not picking someone means something nefarious for either candidate is purely BS, IMO.
The GOP tried. They really, really tried even to the point of making up stuff, using millions of taxpayer dollars, and multiple slanted TV appearances. Sorry haters, she did nothing wrong.
House Benghazi Panel Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton
I LOVE Warren!
RR, I’m with you. And I really don’t think Hillary’s as Machiavellian as that suggests. Hell, if she chose Warren is her vp and Warren accepted, isn’t it just as possible that she could name her to head up a task force to reform Wall Street if that’s part of her agenda? And isn’t it possible that that might be the only condition under which Warren would accept the VP offer?
British politicians do have a way with words and when the Scots let’s you know you are shite …. you are
Natalie McGarry Publicly Rebuffs Donald Trump Fundraising Plea
RR
Senator Warren has already said she is being vetted. That means answering a whole lot of questions and submitting a bunch of documented proof. There must be some level of interest in the job to at least begin that procedure. Poor Drumpf can’t get anyone to interview who isn’t a has been or about to be out of a job.
I hope Sen Ayotte loses. Does she really think one vote for a losing bill is enough? She votes and has voted as if she was Donald Trump only just a bit more polite.
won’t be sorry to see her go
RR, your thoughts on Hassan? I know next to nothing about her.
Think Schumer would luv to get rid of Warren, he’s going to keep her in the margins on the issues she cares about anyway. Do hope Warren gets some ironclad assurances if she is picked and accepts.
So maybe this ridiculous canard can finally be put to rest if it wasn’t already: ‘House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton’
I heard Trump quoting the crazy lady whose son died. Anyone who quotes this woman should be ashamed of themselves for using an obviously disturbed woman
Ayotte votes against NH values
Depending on how the Senate seats finally go on party in charge having Elizabeth Warren sitting as President of the Senate could become pretty important.
Loving Trey Gowdy trying to talk in circles around the actual Beghazi report. That whole committee could give Cotton Mather lessons on how to prove a woman guilty until drowned witch hunt.
Speaking of the Ladies…. today is Primary Day for New York’s 19th Congressional District. Hoping that Zephyr Teachout comes out the winner.
Ana Navarro just used a line about Trump that makes me green with jealousy for not having thought of it even if it has been used a lot by others that she is joyfully stealing:
“Donald Trump on issues has more positions than the Kama Sutra”
Craig…
Hassan is a politician. And like any politician facing an incumbent opponent she needs money. I did write a post about a pipeline and the largest compressor station on the east coast coming to my little town. It went down in defeat due to a lack of buyers for the fracked gas that would be coming through that pipeline. However, Hassan, as governor of this state, did nothing for my rural region because the company wanting to build that pipeline and station gave her a nice fat check. She sold out our corner of the state for campaign funds and due to the fact that there isn’t enough votes here for her to worry about.
But that’s they way of politics right now. Citizens United makes the political world turn. I’m not stupid enough to bite off my nose to spite my face by leaving the box for Senate blank or writing in Mickey Mouse, Bernie Sanders, or whomever. Hassan is a Democrat and stands for many Democratic principles I agree with…. she’s got my vote.
SJ, if you have time do us a post for tomorrow on that race. And to all, I am on a kick to start looking at pivotal congressional races if any you’d like to spotlight in your own posts. Thanks to Trump I am beginning to think Democrats could pull off a sweep in November.
Bernie now officially off the rails
unerlated to Bernie
http://www.mountainpartywv.com/
Hey, Pogo are you going to join the Mountain Party? …they sound like they are making sense
Who in Colorado will do the Carroll – Coffman race, Colorado 6th District? Also, will Coffman go over to the Colosseum and stand with Trump and Palin?
from Harlan Daily Enterprise: Fiorina campaigns for Rand Paul in Ky. Senate race
Fiorina has since traveled the country campaigning for Republican candidates, while Paul set his sights on winning re-election to his U.S. Senate seat with an eye toward helping fellow U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell keep his job as majority leader. But the presidential campaign took its toll on Paul, and the most recent fundraising reports show him nearly neck and neck with Democratic challenger Jim Gray, the mayor of Lexington and a wealthy businessman who loaned his campaign $1 million.
Gray has held news conferences in front of Paul’s Senate offices criticizing him for not voting for Democratic-backed gun control measures in light of the Orlando shooting, while Paul backed other measures supported by Republicans. And Gray has criticized Paul for voting against an appropriations bill that included billions of dollars for coal research, which Paul dismissed as a feeble attempt that would do nothing to combat Obama’s energy policies.
But aside from responding to his criticisms, Paul has mostly ignored Gray, choosing instead to focus on his official duties as a senator. His appearance with Fiorina on Friday marks one of the few purely political events he has had since the Republican primary in May.
“Having her here shows such great unity,” Bailey said.
Neither Paul nor Fiorina mentioned Trump, whom they sharply criticized during their respective presidential campaigns. But Paul came close earlier in the day, responding to a reporter’s question about Trump questioning the ability of a federal judge to treat him fairly given the judge’s Mexican heritage. Paul has said the Republican party needs to be more diverse.
“I think it’s important that we not vilify people based on their ethnicity,” he said, while stopping short of criticizing Trump directly.
I ponied up with modest donations to Duckworth and Hassan. Their campaign site links in both posts. Let’s get the Trail Mix Super PAC rolling.
and from businesslexington: Kentucky’s U.S. Senate seat race offers voters stark contrast in economic policy, philosophy
Gray has shown a willingness to aggressively press topical issues, including whether people on the no-fly list should be prevented from purchasing guns in the wake of the nightclub assault that left 49 dead in Orlando, Florida. And despite his popularity in Lexington, Gray, who is gay, is running statewide less than a year after the gubernatorial election was roiled by a county clerk’s refusal to issue marriage licenses to gay couples.
“I believe the voters of Kentucky rise above stereotypes,” Gray said.
With five months to go, the senate race in Kentucky is vying for voters’ attention in a strange campaign season dominated by Paul’s former primary rival, Donald Trump. Despite sharply questioning Trump’s conservative bona fides and fitness for the presidency during the debates, Paul now supports Trump, insisting he would be better for the Commonwealth than a Clinton administration.
“I think there’s really no choice of who will be better for Kentucky,” Paul said.
But Paul said Kentucky voters will choose a senator based on other factors.
on “the view” Elizabeth warren discusses campaigning with hillary
Trump Calls Elizabeth Warren ‘Racist’ and ‘a Total Fraud’
same old Donald, the schoolyard bully, calling others names. particularly names he himself is called
For all Calvin & Hobbs fans, we now have Donald and Hobbs. Absolutely nothing has changed except that Calvin’s head has been replaced by Trump and it works.
KC, ~~ already joined ~~~
In my previous life – 23 years ago, before Mrs. P entered the picture, I got to know some of the folks who were in the “Stop Corridor H” movement. I’m sure they are in the Mountain Party now. Corridor H is an east/west 4 lane that was an attempt to make travel across WV in the middle of the state (US Routes 33 and 250 carry that traffic now) safer and easier. Routes 250 and 33 are narrow, two lane highways through the mountains full of kiss-your-ass turns with very few places to pass. The primary traffic on them is semis and log and articulated coal trucks aside from passenger cars. You’d rather drive to hell from Elkins than to I 81 from there. So anyway, I got invited to a “party” at a local bar by one of the folks I knew – it turned out to be an anti-Corridor H rally, complete with a local band fronted by a fricking lunatic wearing a khaki jump suit and pig nose. I think I may have finished a beer before I left. I knew a lot of the folks there through the local bicycle shop, but the “leaders” of the group were all about political revolution. Sound familiar? All that said, they were unsuccessful in stopping Corridor H (Congress did that by not funding it enough to complete it yet) but they did get some concessions about its route – avoiding Blackwater Canyon and the Canaan Valley area from what I recall.
British entrepreneur Richard Branson on Tuesday said his Virgin Group had pulled out of a deal involving 3,000 jobs after Britain voted to leave the EU.
In a television interview, the billionaire businessman added that Britain was heading for recession after the pound slumped to its lowest level against the dollar in more than three decades in the immediate aftermath of last Thursday’s referendum result.
And he urged the public to sign a petition calling for a second vote.
“We were about to do a very big deal and we cancelled that deal that would have involved 3,000 jobs and that’s happening all over the country,” Branson told a show on the independent ITV network.
“When Brexiteers told the public that people were exaggerating that there would be a financial meltdown I think that it’s been proven that they were not exaggerating.
“We’re heading towards disaster and therefore in business if you realise you made a bad decision you change it. And we’re not saying to overrule it, just let the same people who voted have another chance and that’s democratic,” he added.
Meanwhile nearly four million people have signed a petition calling for a second referendum.
Trump speaking
blah blah blah sniff blah blah blah sniff
I think he has a sniffing problem
🙂
Trump – I am going to get rid of all the health and safety regulations that make it hard to create jobs
LOL. Advice to house Dems from the ent. He’d know about chaos and its effects on a party. He’d have no idea about principled dissent.
And Now This:
20 school kids gunned down in Connecticut, 32 students gunned down in Virginia, 50 people gunned down in Orlando, 14 killed in San Bernadino. 33,000 killed as a result of gun violence annually in the US (90 per day) – Congressional investigations – none. Funding – minus 2.6 Million. Votes to address gun violence – 2 (both defeated by Republican votes)
4 people killed in Benghazi, Libya by terrorist attack. Number of Congressional investigations – 8. Cost to State Department – $14 Million. Funding for investigations – $ 7 million (for the 8th investigation alone). Funding for increased security – none.
You do the math.
I listened to Bernie’s interview with Andrea Mitchell (not a friend of Hillary) while I was driving back from a hearing this morning. When asked about endorsing Hillary he answered that he would do everything he could to defeat Trump. When pressed on his non-responsive answer he gave more non-responsive gibberish about a political revolution, yada yada strong platform, yada yada and Hillary has to convince the people that she is going to stand with them while they work long hours at low wages. I really do hate to see this – he’s become nothing but a old guy looping talking points.
“Let’s get the Trail Mix Super PAC rolling.” – Craig Crawford
*Trail Mix Super PAC: Making Congress sane & representative again, through hard earned, honest donations.
I need help from our computer gurus. I’ll be going down to Sacramento for two weeks in July and I’m trying to connect to all the sites I use daily with my Kindle.
I can read Trailmix but when I try to sign in, it hates my password. When I change the password for the Kindle, it no longer works on my computer. If I change to the new password for my computer, it no longer works on my kindle.
How do I get them both to work with the same password for Jamie44?
Jamie, that’s strange. I access the site on 5 devices and use the same TM WordPress password to log in on each, and they all have different passwords for the individual device. I’ve got a Kindle but haven’t used it for a while, so I have no idea whether there is anything odd about it. My guess is that the easiest thing to do is get the kindle working with whatever password you need to for internet access, presumably the same as your computer, and then change your password at TM through WordPress if it doesn’t like the comfortable old one you have. I had difficulty getting WordPress to cooperate when the system here changed over and had to get Craig to change my password for the site.
All that said, I’m a 4th degree black belt computer idiot.
Donald Trump needs to be asked just what he plans to manufacture I wonder if it’s solar panels and windmills
KGC… my guess would be windmills. Then he could get aboard his broken down old horse with his lance and tilt at them.
that speech was terrible the new and improved Trump campaignsucks
Jamie, it might be easier just to adopt a second persona… jami-kin or something that let’s us know it’s you when you’re kindl-ing. that is if it’s possible for the trail and wordpress to handle 2 different avatars from the same person.
Renee, excuse me, but the Trumpster has never tilted at a windmill in his life.
Bernie and I have that one covered. the difference between me and the Bern is he has never defeated the windmill. I have a couple of times.
I think it has something to do with the alcohol };-)
Jack
https://youtu.be/lY3Z0drr_HM
https://youtu.be/rzo0opvo_kE
Trump also said we shouldn’t believe our lying eyes –that he is winning and “they” are trying to convince the American voter that he isn’t
Previously he said he always out performs his polls
What a loser
An interesting point on how Donald Trump uses words and his sales technique
I’m afraid the goal for the Trail Mix Super PAC: Making Congress sane & representative again, through hard earned, honest donations, may be too much of a reach. Maybe we should start with something smaller – like curing cancer, determining the meaning of life or putting a manned outpost on the moon, mars and a moon of Jupiter in the next year.
While watching the local news, right now a D.C. channel, there is at least one storm with nasty on its way to us. Uck.
Something of note is that the orange one, not the one that retired, is not leading the news, no matter how he insults Native Americans by calling Warren “Pocahontas”. I take it as an insult to my distant ancestors. I take it as an insult as a woman.
The news is about Turkey, about terrorists, about almost everything except the weird loon. He made a statement about his hands making steel today. I tend to think he misquoted himself.
Terrorists are everywhere. 28 killed and 60 wounded in suicide blast at the Istanbul Airport. Now how will the pugns make this Obama and Clinton’s fault?
Gotta be some nervous pugns out there about the polls released today. Trump’s up by 4 in AZ, Hillary’s up by 4 in PA, OH, NH, 8 in WI and 2 in Iowa (but who cares? It’s Iowa fuhchrissakes) and every senate race is well within the MoE except Iowa – and I never thought Assley was in danger. After all, it’s Iowa fuhchrissakes. But take those results with a grain of salt – they’re from PPP.
Jack… if it helps, I did think of you when I wrote that post…
Pogo… hey… everyone knows the meaning of life is 42…
So Marvin says.
trump could run with the Yellow Kid, if Weil weren’t too dead to be effective.
Don’t Panic and keep a towel handy
Being on leave gives one time to pursue little threads that are usually left alone. This evening I came across the tv segment I missed earlier on NBC Today. It was about a small reunion of the West Wing actors. One of the questions was about reviving the series. Yes, was that answer. It s one series which could continue, president after president, staff after staff. I thought it would have easily continued with Santos as the president.
Here is to one show I would watch, besides West Wing on Netflix.
Why do I find it ironic that the second worst state in the country for seat belt use is New Hampshire? Live free and die?
OK
times change so do I.
With Donald embracing a Brexit strategy for the US and Bernie doing what Bernie does, Clinton needs to keep the left wing anti trade folk/ isolationist folks on board. Warren is the perfect candidate for that. Besides she can give Warren free rein on wall street reform as the price of her support because when wall street complains all she needs to say is “Trump”
Fun fact of the day. On their twitter feed the National Chamber of Commerce did a point by point take down of Trump’s speech today in real time as the speech was delivered. Lot of unhappy business type Republicans out there.
Jack
Jack, if the Chamber of Commerce ain’t on your side when you’re the pugn candidate, who the hell is?
I just caught Keith Ellison on MSNBC and what does it take to get him to be my representative? He’s bright and he just ripped Trump a new one. I like the guy. He makes trump look like a moron. Course that’s no stretch, but what ya going to do? Low hanging fruit and all.
Pogo my only fear is that the Republicans will come to their senses and bar trump delegates from the convention and pick a real candidate. I’m not sure who qualifies as real………………….
Jack
En route back to DC tonight, need a post for tomorrow. Still feeling bitchy about Hillary, don’t want to get beat up again.
Catholic League Chief Loses It Over Pope’s Call To Apologize To Gays (VIDEO)
Caitlin MacNeal
WATCH: CNN anchor rips Trump’s lawyer for celebrating GOP’s Benghazi report by accusing Hillary Clinton of murder
“Don’t call someone a murderer of an ambassador for God sake,” CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield said, calling it “libel” VIDEO
SOPHIA TESFAYE
With Warren on Clinton’s stump, it’s double trouble for Trump
Katheleen Parker
Shocking, Katheleen Parker, wow.. Not a fan of Trump..
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Elizabeth Warren is the surrogate he was supposed to be. His supporters have become Clinton’s. How Sanders overplayed his hand.
By Jamelle Bouie
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