Arizona: Hill

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) represented not only the state of Massachusetts, but he was the champion for millions of Americans who are without a voice and an advocate in Washington, D.C.: the poor, the disabled, the sick, the forgotten. He was America's Senator. The Lion of the Senate has departed us, and we are poorer as a nation with his passing. A new generation of Americans must take up his torch as Kennedy exhorted the Democratic National Convention last August in Denver.

I was mesmerized by the memorial and funeral services for Teddy Kennedy. It brought back a flood of painful memories and images from the funerals of his slain brothers, John and Robert.

The Climate Change Bill, HR 2454, supported by Rep. Giffords on Friday with a “Yes” vote appears to be generating serious discomfort for some Democrats. And not because House Minority Leader, Rep. John Boehner colorfully likened this bill to manure.

An apparent defender of Giffords made extensive comments on yesterday’s post on this blog tried to downplay the bill as not really costing Arizonans that much at all.

However, in The Hill Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor, a Democrat, was quoted as saying that “yes” votes forced by House leadership on this bill could hurt Dems in conservative districts. His quote in The Hill: “A lot of people walked the plank on a bill that will never become law.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Hill has a great piece about GOP concern that "Cheney, Gingrich and Rove have all sucked up time on cable news networks and sparked new controversies."

Love it:

Strategists privately stress the GOP needs to move past old faces, and one veteran Republican said the attacks could be effective.

“The conservatism of the 21st century should be divorced from personality politics and simply be about ideas,” said Craig Shirley, a biographer of former President Ronald Reagan. “But since the GOP appears to be bankrupt of ideas, this line of attack will be effective from the standpoint of putting them on the defensive again.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

On Thursday, Arizona's twin embarrassments "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl and "Senator Sore Loser," John McCain, scored a rare hat trick on MSNBC. Kyl made David Shuster's "Hypocrisy Watch" segment on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (he's a regular pick), and McCain was Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in The World" on Countdown (also a regular pick). The Rachel Maddow Show completed the hat trick with a piece about McCain who appears to be trying to wrest away the title of "Senator Obstruction" from Jon Kyl. (Chris Matthews, per usual, babbled on about his own convulted political theories on Hardball and had nothing of value to say.