SC-1 special election - May 7th

[old timey villain]

Sanford: 49
Colbert Bush: 48

I really do think that Sanford will win, and maybe by more than my prediction. If Republicans have no problem voting for Newt Gingrich, then why would voting for Sanford be any different? He's also ran a pretty good campaign considering what he has to work with.

The silver lining for Democrats is that Mark Sanford in congress will be a constant reminder to people of the GOP's hypocrisy on family values. How can they convince people that gay people are destroying the institution of marriage when anybody can see that Mark Sanford has done a much better job ruining it?

[old timey villain]

This is South Carolina. A lying, cheating dog is still better than a Democrat. And now the GOP has this culture of salvation and redemption, where any disgraced Republican can claim he has asked God for forgiveness and then everyone else forgives him too.

This just proves that most Republicans are all talk about family values and it will be much harder to take them seriously with Sanford in congress. So it's their loss in the end.

[old timey villain]

A diverse group that unites around Nancy Pelosi?

'Kinda like the caucus before 2010.

Though she's been effective as Speaker, I do think the caucus needs a new leader, at least for electability purposes.

It's useless. It would anger Democrats' base while having no effect on voters, since they will demonize candidates linking them to Obama.

If anything, we should take a model of that. Tie all Republicans candidates, expecially in liberal states to controversial Republicans.

Yeah, I agree. Clinton did that when he ran against Dole. He tied him to Newt Gingrich, who was waaay past his prime by 1996. All of Clinton's attack ads mentioned Dole/Gingrich. Although it wasn't a hard connection to make as Dole and Gingrich were both the leaders of their respective chambers.