The democrat lie of a state income tax: Saying it's a "millionaires tax" was like the Germans claiming Auschwitz was a "work camp."

The comparison is clear. "Arbeit Macht Frei" is a lie here in the Washington Soviet as well
Anyone who so much as drives past the state Capitol in Olympia knows the left has issues.

Their main problem?

They lie. A lot.

Any sentient being is aware of the reality of leftist politics in 2026. Lies, exaggerations, violence, hatred, fringe-left communist policies and insane tax increases to pay for asinine programs and projects that are lie stacked on lie (The I-5 loot rail project, billions waiting to be wasted on a light rail scam that the people of Clark County have REPEATEDLY made clear we do not want, do not need and cannot afford, as just one example) are the order of the day.

The leftist wet-dream for the Washington Soviet has always been a state income tax (which has really worked SOOO well in the train wreck of a state called "Oregon") to facilitate income redistribution to buy votes from their base to remain in power through Soviet-style politics. Ramming their latest extortion down our throats with no concern for the repeatedly (TEN TIME) rejection of public opposition in the past and overwhelming opposition today..

It is the later-day implementation of Soviet-type "democratic centralism," the communist model writ large.

It was easy to conclude that the underlying plan was what's called "the camel's nose under the tent-flap" approach to politics where the so-called "millionaire tax" scam was merely to ease what they knew would be overwhelming opposition. Until now, however, there was no proof and beyond the usual democrat claims of conspiracy theory, scant attention paid to such claims.

After all, they hold a majority in the Soviet that makes them dictatorial in nature.

In short, they presumed the people of this state are morons (and it's difficult to argue that, considering the lying scum the leftist sheep insist on electing in this state) and have acted accordingly concerning this and other legislation they've lied about with a perfectly straight face.

Senate democrat Majority Leader, Jaime Pedersen (best known for his declaration that kids can/should become sexually active WITHOUT PARENTAL INTERFERENCE:

Pedersen’s full response: “When you’re talking about a young person’s health care, it’s a lot more complicated, right? Young women, if they’re old enough to get pregnant, they’re old enough to make their own decisions about what happens with their bodies, and parents do not have the right to change that or make a different decision or be notified in advance.”

(The kinda increasingly islamacist-type thinking where adult men routinely marry and impregnate prepubescent children in the guise of their religion) the moment they become capable of bearing children, let the cat out of the bag with this short email, sourced from Clark County Today:

It lays out the truth of the matter, a truth any knowledgeable observer knew intuitively but could not prove... until this moment.

The email is lie stacked upon lie.

There would be no reduction in taxes anywhere.

And even if there were, such a reduction would have the life span of a gnat in duration. (Which is one week. I looked it up)

The income tax isn't about fairness. It isn't about the will of the people. And, as this email from the Senate leader proves, it isn't about millionaires.

If this passes, ALL of us will feel the pain of yet another testicle revenue squeezing moment, all done without asking (Not surprising, given the ten times voters in this state have rejected this extortion in the past) for the singular purpose of extorting MORE money for MORE programs for another massive  expansion of an already out of control government.

In short, the fringe-left scum running the government of this state have proven, ONCE AGAIN, that they don't care what the people want, think or believe.

And they'll be reelected this November.

Because as Obamacare architect, MIT professor Jonathan Gruber once said: voters are stupid.

“Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage,” Gruber said. “And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.”

Just like the state's latest effort at imposing slavery.
And far too many Washington State voters provide proof of it every November in election years.

As the fringe-leftists running Washington State look for more ways to bleed us for revenue...

After a several billion dollar increase in spending last legislative session, THIS session upcoming should focus on cuts instead of bleeding us all dry and engaging in a forced business diaspora.

Business is prepared to evacuate this state, which will result in OTHER states (mainly red) gaining more benefit from the proposed tax rape the left is contemplating which will cause even more business to leave here fir more reasonable pastures.

The focus, of course, particularly in this era of democrat supported an encouraged social services fraud: should be budget cuts.

Just a few of the bleeding arteries the left demands.

Being on a fixed income, my VA disability and social security increased 2.8%. I guarantee you that increases in taxation based on the proposed increases upcoming here in the Washington Soviet as they practice their "Democratic Centralism" WILL take all of that and more, which will be in addition to other sources of inflation that we all have to contend with as it is. (The insanity of the refinery tax filling the left's slush fund, for example.)

The fringe-left neocommunists running this state will clearly be doing a great deal more TO us... than they will FOR us... as they not only seek more ways to squeeze us for additional revenue, but even more moronic programs to waste that revenue on once they complete their theft.

Why did the left seemed so surprised by Biden's horrific performance last night? What did they THINK would happen?

 Last night’s crushing defeat seems to have forced the leftists to acknowledge what the GOP has claimed for years.

For several of those years, Republicans have warned the American people that, in effect, Biden was a brain-damaged dementia patient.

And for years, the left ignored their OWN EYES and denied it.

Every screw up. Every tuned out episode. Every time this guy babbled.

Democrats denied it.

I claimed from the start that if Biden was too brain damaged to face charges for his theft of documents then by definition, he was far too damaged to be president. And what did the left have to say?

They STILL insisted on their double standard of justice.

Most recently, their claim the video of him wandering around at the G7 was a “cheap fake,” and that those videos had been altered somehow.

They weren’t.

The damage this man has caused will take decades to repair.

Is there any doubt that Biden wasn’t/isn’t calling the shots?

So, who gets the blame for this?

1. The White House.

The staff surrounding Biden gaslit us like you wouldn’t believe. They lied repeatedly about his faux pas and obvious signs of dementia. They propped him up because they knew Roundheels would be a disaster if she replaced him.

But they SHOULD have known that when they allowed her to get the VP slot in the first place.

2. The Media.

Leftist hatred is the main plank of the MSM for the past decade.

They were frequently lying to cover Biden and constantly attacked those who questioned his fitness.

THIS MAN’S FINGER IS ON THE NUCLEAR TRIGGER AND HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT PLANET HE’S ON.

Last night’s debacle was an indictment of every network, every fringe-left swindle sheet from the local Democratian to the New York Times.

They knew. AND THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TRUTH.

Even now, some leftist talking heads are doing all they can to effort excuses, reasons, blame… BECAUSE THEY STILL REFUSE TO TELL THE TRUTH.

3. Senate/Congressional democrats.

EVERY democrat in the Senate or in the House knew.

And instead of putting their country first?

They chose to consistently lie to the American people.

They failed in their duty. They failed US.  ALL OF US.

So now, they’re almost claustrophobic in their panic. But they brought this on themselves.

Even though it likely wouldn’t have helped given their pathetic alternatives.

But as miserable as their options are, they had the opportunity to at least be honorable about it. They would have, as a party, made much more mileage out of an effort to do the right thing than, instead, be ruled by their delusions; their lies, their multiple failures in their duty to the United States.

So what of our enemies? The Chinese called it “entertaining.” I call it a golden opportunity to attack us because if they’re not going to do it now under Biden’s control?

They’ll never do it.

No, last night was the culmination of leftist lies, leftist thirst for power, leftist indecency. They brought it on to themselves for refusing to accept reality.

And they deserve what they’re going to get as a result.

No Chris, we won't: The Bellevue Mafia's cluelessness as evidenced by Chris Vance.

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As most sentient beings following Washington State politics are aware, Sarah Palin endorsed Clint Didier yesterday for the US Senate seat currently held by Aunt Patty.

Given the nuances of our top two primary, I detailed the impacts on the race as I see them, including the perennially egomaniacal and undeclared candidacy of Dino Rossi.

That said, please note the utterly clueless, moronic position put out by former WSRP Chair Chris "I took our caucuses from a tie to fitting into a phone booth" Vance:

"If Dino Rossi chooses to run, the Republican world will line up with Dino Rossi," said Vance. "And that will include the conservative base."

"There have always been Republican candidates who split the Republican base one way or the other. Dino was the one guy everybody loved."

Such an utterly false observation goes to the heart of precisely why this state is so deeply and darkly blue that it's almost black.

The biggest impediment to a GOP resurgence in this state rests with the almost genetic inability for the members of the Bellevue Mafia to understand and respond to reality.

Not everyone "loves" Dino. In fact, when Patty Murray is re-elected, both Rossi and the Bellevue Mafia will in large part be responsible for that act, as if they were working for Murray's campaign.

Clearly, the rarefied air within which Vance and the BM operate is too lacking in oxygen to allow them to understand that things aren't the way they believe. Not by a long sight.

We don't "love" Rossi. Many loath him because his arrogance and self-worship have cost us a US Senate seat. I loath him because at base, he is the very definition of a RINO.

The endorsement of Didier by Palin yesterday, clearly not a well thought out act based on the latest information concerning the dichotomy of his simultaneous reliance on, and condemnation of, numerous government subsidies and programs, will hurt Rossi and hurt him badly.

It is the kind of thing that can result in nation-wide money coming in, something that Rossi has little chance of getting.

It will bring attention to Didier, providing him with Rand Paul-like attention that Rossi can only dream of.

Now, Rossi will have to spend time dealing with Didier and the other candidates in ways he would not have had to do had he used his head for something besides a fire hydrant.

The Bellevue Mafia cocoon within which Vance, Rossi and the rest reside is in for a shock. If Rossi actually announces, his failure to get in back in February has made his task geometrically harder. Burying your head in the sand like Chris "Puget Sound Crescent and how's that working out for us" Vance avails us nothing.

The inability of the so-called "Republican political elite" of this state to change, adapt and overcome continues to be sunk in concrete. And as a result, we have the situation we have: complete leftist control of every facet of state government.
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The Rossi Conundrum: to run for the senate... or hang on for the governorship.

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Sources in the senate have told me late last night that two senate staffers who were going to take a leave of absence for the Rossi campaign cancelled them today.

Rossi is caught between the rock and a hard place. "Everyone" has indicated that Rossi would really, really, rather be Governor. With the rules for a situation like this, if Obama would actually be moronic enough to pick our disaster of a governor for solicitor general, the question would be one of timing.

As explained by the Swing State Project, here's the scenario:

• WA-Gov: The rumor du jour is that Chris Gregoire is now on the short list to become Solicitor General, assuming Elena Kagan gets promoted to the SCOTUS. Allow me to say: bad idea, if only because it means at least several months of Governor Brad Owen. Under Washington law, though, Owen wouldn't serve for long, as a special election would be held. The timeline varies, depending on when Gregoire might quit as Governor. If it happens before May 31, a primary would be held, followed by a two-person general in November. If it happens after May 31 but before October 3, it would result in a jungle-style election in November. And if it happens after October 3, we'd be blessed with two full years of Owen. One other major wrinkle: if this looks like it has legs, it may shut the door on a Dino Rossi run for the Senate, as it's a poorly-kept secret that he'd really prefer another gubernatorial run rather than wasting his third strike on getting pasted by Patty Murray, and this would be the way for him to do it.

So, why would these two people cancel their leave of absence?

Dunno. Fascinating to ponder tho, eh?
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Why is Dino Rossi working to re-elect Patty Murray?

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A while or so back, I asked the almost rhetorical question: Will Rossi's intransigence cost the GOP a US Senate pick up?

At the time, it was more a matter of confusion about what was motivating him in this bizarre position he keeps holding on to: that he doesn't need to campaign until May or June.

Today, a few thoughts occurred to me in the wake of the news that former Rossi stalwarts and former chiefs of staff to Slade Gorton Tony Williams and Jay Vander Stoep won't work for Rossi if he were to announce... Williams going so far as to hold a fund raiser for Murray, an event that most would have felt to be as possible as being hit by an astroid.

So, the "Why?" questions kept going off in my head.

As I wrote 3 weeks or so ago:

If he waits until May and then tells us "No," the crippling delay will have made it effectively impossible to be even remotely competitive in the important money race against Murray, who will have an open field when it comes to fund raising while everyone else stews in their juices because Rossi was too arrogant to commit in anything approaching a timely manner one way or the other.

And that was the answer, right there.

That has been his plan all along.

Dino Rossi will NOT be announcing for the US Senate in Washington State. Dino Rossi is deliberately doing this to protect Patty Murray's re-election.

You see, Rossi's alleged popularity would not REQUIRE him to campaign at this point. But announcing and filing with the FEC IS a requirement to accept donations.

So, why not do that?

Why not just announce; file, set up a small office with a couple of people in it, and do nothing else except to pick up the checks?

Right now, a lot of people won't donate to candidates in the senate race because they're concerned about what Dino Will Do.

Dino knows this. Dino also knows, as I or anyone else knows, that there is absolutely NO advantage of any kind to waiting several months while Murray puts, say, $15 million away before he were to announce. None.

But if he fails to announce until filing; or fails to file, period, Murray will have built up a monumental amount of cash that no one else running could possibly hope to even come close to achieving.

Rossi's foot is on the fund raising throat of this US Senate campaign. If he waits too long to lift that foot, he will even strangle himself. But by keeping his foot on that throat, he certainly knows he's strangling everybody else.

By itself, this could have been the product of a massive, out of control ego, a character trait that Rossi has shown in the past.

When added to the facts that waiting makes no strategic political sense and is, in fact, far more crippling to all involved, including Rossi, than announcing last February; when added to the fact that Tony WIlliams held a fund raiser for Patty Murray and that Jay Vander Stoep has indicated he won't work for a Rossi campaign (Very easy to do when Jay most likely knows there won't BE a Rossi campaign) it tends to add up to an ugly, deliberate effort to sabotage any chance we have to get rid of the USS Patty Murray and replace her with someone who won't be an uber-corrupt leftist Obama sycophant.

In spending, literally, days trying to figure this out, there were only so many possible scenarios. When you strip the tenuous partisan element away from it, only one scenario emerges.

Rossi will not run; he knows he will not run; and he's doing this on purpose to keep anyone else from making a run, either; not only taking them out of the race, but making sure that these other candidates running for the Senate cannot resurrect themselves from a close loss as competition for his next run for governor.

No other scenario of any kind makes strategic political sense.

If you're among the tens of thousands scratching your head as to why an otherwise bright candidate would engage in childish, ego-centric and dangerous political behavior, I would ask you to consider the possibility that the main reason is he's doing it on purpose, fully knowing that his actions cripple any other possible outcome but a likely Murray victory.

In 2004, I strongly supported Rossi. In 2008, I opposed him because of a wide variety of reasons that had to do with, among other things, his bizarre position of using tens of millions of tax payer dollars to support keeping the Sonics in Seattle.

But now, I see Rossi as another Herrera type. And that can't be good.
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What's wrong with Dino? The impact of former Gorton staffers working for democrats and Patty Murray.

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It suddenly became clear yesterday why the former Gorton staffers coalesced around a fake Republican like SEIU-supporting Jaime Herrera.

It became clear when the word hit the Times that former Gorton chief of staff Tony Williams held a fundraiser for Patty Murray.

We all know by now that Lobbyist Slade Gorton endorsed Herrera. On the surface, that's a huge get. But below the surface?

Gorton didn't know Herrera from Adam. If she had bit him in the ankle, he wouldn't have known her. Her legendary political insignificance, as illustrated by her monumental lack of accomplishment in our legislature would have buried her beneath any radar that Gorton was looking at back in DC.

So, along comes ANOTHER former Gorton chief of staff, one Jay Vander Stoep, who is now working to do the best he can to keep Herrera from coming across like a blithering idiot (and failing, I might add)

As the article points out, in the event Rossi can ever get past his ego and make public the decision he's long since made as to whether he will run or not, he's going to do so without the services of two Gorton stalwarts, Williams and Vander Stoep.

Apparently, either loyalty or adherence to alleged Republican principles don't seem to be qualifications for a Gorton chief of staff, as amply illustrated by Williams.

But it is the CALIBER of these people that's at issue.

Now, I freely admit that Williams is, of course, no longer a Gorton chief of staff or a Gorton anything.

But how could Gorton have hired someone with such obvious mercenary tendencies?

The article in question then alludes to Vander Stoep's decision to bail on Rossi as well:

Another member of Rossi's inner circle, who was a key player in the 2004 and 2008 gubernatorial races, Jay Vanderstoep, also does not plan to be part of the Rossi campaign, if there is one. Nothing personal. Quite the opposite. Vanderstoep just wants to work on other things.

So here, the deal isn't that Vander Stoep has stopped being an alleged Republican. It's instead that he just doesn't want to work for Dino.

And folks.... this had to hurt.

The buzz out there has been stifling. Will he or won't he? These two defections from the Dino camp; one the equivalent of political treason/mercenaryism of the highest order; the other a "blow off" of monumental proportions must cast doubt on Dino's quality as a candidate and his viability in the election.

As I have pointed out before: there has never been any advantage in Rossi waiting to make a decision. In fact, his INdecision makes him look vacillating and unsure of himself while hurting other candidate's chances to take out The USS Patty Murray.

Taking hits like these and his fellow Realtors endorsing our local dim bulb tends to show that Rossi is a mere mortal like the rest of those running. Combined with his two prior losses in state wide races... and, well, you can see the gist of the issue.

These two senior "Gortonians" voting with their collective feet and the bitch slap of the Realtor endorsement (hey, I admit it. The Realtor endorsement is like the Israeli ambassador endorsing Adolf Hitler, given the massive damage this woman has done and is doing to out economy, which, in turn, does tend to hurt Realtors) is causing a disturbing trend.

These defections are a crushing PR blow to The One. How does Rossi explain it?

Rossi lost my support with his moronic, politically stupid support of ignoring the vote of the people of Seattle when they came out swinging against using taxpayer dollars to pay off a scumbag to keep the Sonics here: $75 million in tax dollars to keep millionaires playing a game in Seattle, a moronic idea that Rossi wanted to use state dollars to make happen, and an idea that I condemned as having cost him the election, well, before it cost him the election.

The splash from this betrayal will reach a long way. And it should hit all of those whose campaigns are being run by those similarly qualified as Williams. And you know who you are.
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Is this why Rossi WON'T run?

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I consider the source as I post this. I also consider how terrified the left is of losing the USS Patty Murray, as reliable a solcialist vote/earmarker as ever lived for the past 18 years, spending our money much faster than it's even possible to print.

But if this leftist and now-going-viral article is correct, then Dino would have a very difficult time getting elected to anything.

Why Rossi won’t run

by Goldy, 03/16/2010, 11:52 AM

State Republicans talk tough about taking out U.S. Sen. Patty Murray in what’s shaping up to be a tough year for incumbents, but time’s running out to field a credible challenger, and those WSRP faithful -+holding their breath in anticipation of two-time gubernatorial loser Dino Rossi jumping into the breach are likely to have their faces turn blue long before Washington turns red.

While Rossi would no doubt like to be elected Senator, insiders say he’s not so keen on the idea of running. Nor is serving in the other Washington all that appealing.

The governorship is only as hard a job as you want to make it to be, and Olympia is but a short drive from Rossi’s Sammamish home. But the U.S. Senate is a full-time gig that requires tons of travel and the uprooting of one’s family, and that’s not exactly what Rossi signed up for when the WSRP’s second-choice (Dave Reichert was the inside favorite until he opened his mouth) accepted his party’s gubernatorial nomination back in 2004.

But perhaps the biggest reason why you won’t see Dino Rossi’s name on the “Prefers GOP Party” ballot anytime soon, is that the post-economic-collapse political climate and the financial scandals that precipitated it have virtually assured that Rossi’s own business dealings would be exposed to the kind of public scrutiny he managed to mostly avoid in 2004 and 2008. And it’s not so clear that Rossi’s reputation would hold up so well under such circumstances.

Of course there’s Rossi’s close business relationship with his longtime mentor Mel Heide, who pleaded guilty to bilking millions out of clients two years before Rossi finally severed their ties, not coincidentally in the middle of Rossi’s first political campaign. Heide’s shady real estate dealings have been reported at length, but Rossi’s own business practices while in Heide’s employ have never been fully
investigated.

Again, we need to consider both the source and their institutional, fringe-leftist bias. But would this kind of thing stand up to the microscopic scrutiny that would result from a Rossi candidacy?

Murray would make this the focus of any Rossi campaign, since she could not win on the issues... her waste of billions in pay for play... her support of that empty suited moron running the country... her lemming-like efforts on the Health Care/Student Loan rip off.

But she COULD win on a corruption platform aimed right between Rossi's business dealings.

Something to ponder.
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Will Rossi's intransigence cost the GOP a US Senate pick up?

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We're in a US Senate race here in Washington State. Polling to the contrary, Patty Murray is playing the political equivalent of low-hanging fruit by backing Obama's unconstitutional abuse of the opaque (as opposed to the laughingly "transparent") process to use Soviet-style politics to ram through a health care bill that Americans don't want.

So, along comes the ego of Dino Rossi.

If he had already announced, Rossi would most likely be the political equivalent of the "Great White Hope." And there is a possibility... a SLIGHT possibility, that he could beat Murray.

I say "slight" because he's a, like it or not, two-time loser in a race which, given Gregoire's incompetence, matched only by his gubernatorial campaign staff's (Mostly the same one as Ridgefield Barbie's, come to think of it) he should have easily won, but didn't, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by a substantial margin.

Meanwhile, Rossi (who certainly does know, one way or the other, if he is, in fact, going to run or not) has passed on his actual chance to get the job done.

As a result of his lack of commitment for running for this seat, Rossi is sending a political message of arrogance. If he really, really gave a damn, he wouldn't be following in the abortive and politically foolish missteps of Rudy Giuliani, whose "all or nothing" primary gamble exploded in his face like an upset Ford Pinto.

Instead, he would have immediately hit the ground months ago with a take-no-prisoners approach that would take nothing for granted. If he genuinely wanted to win, he already would have started to run, instead of sitting on some sort of egotistical throne waiting for the cacophony of his subjects begging and pleading with him to get off the dime and get moving.

But the mere threat of his candidacy sucks all the air out of the room for any other candidate. And as ego-gratifying as it must be for him to be fully aware of this, the actual impact of that stupidity is to put any possibility of getting rid of the Obamainan Puppet Murray out of reach.

If he does, as he claims he will do, wait until May to "make a decision," he is undeniably hurting our chances to accomplish the number one mission of getting rid of Murray... who can and probably will put as much as $20 million in the bank before this is all over.

If he waits until May and then announces, he will fracture the party like a crystal vase dropped from the roof of a house.

If he waits until May and then tells us "No," the crippling delay will have made it effectively impossible to be even remotely competitive in the important money race against Murray, who will have an open field when it comes to fund raising while everyone else stews in their juices because Rossi was too arrogant to commit in anything approaching a timely manner one way or the other.

If he announces, then he runs the risk of alienating a substantial amount of the base who've committed to other candidates... not to mention the campaign staff and volunteer types who have committed to other candidate's campaigns.

For example, will Vander Stoep's crew abandon Herrera (not that they've been all that great, considering) to take over the Rossi effort? What then?

I find it hard to believe these issues have not been considered by Rossi, and for some reason, he's calculated that none of these things are problematic enough to concern him.

But also tossed in the mix is this: if he gambles... and loses... he will be politically dead. The curse of the 3 time loser is essentially impossible to ignore. It's one thing for Rossi to take another run at another statewide office. It's quite another for him to take a run at the senate, given his lack of success at the governor level.

So, what's it gonna be, Dino? You gonna screw the rest of the GOP to feed your ego? Or are you going to do what this situation demands, to even give us a shot, no matter how remote, at putting this seat into the "red" column?

The whole world's watching.
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So, the buzz was correct: Benton IS running for the Senate.

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As I mentioned earlier, there was a buzz about Benton running for the Senate that was, essentially, correct.

Man, when the article hit in the paper, the fringe left nutter commenters went wild with some of the most moronic, inane, hyperbolic hypocrisy I've ever seen.

It seems pretty clear that Benton became the front runner last night. it's going to be an interesting race, for sure.

The limitless number of candidates is problematic, however. Maybe a little leadership from the WAGOP and the NRSC would b in order?
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So.... rumor has it that State Senator Don Benton (R-17) has been approached to run against Murray for the US Senate.

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I'm hearing from more than one source that Benton has been approached to run against Murray this November.

It's an intriguing thought. Murray is ripe for the picking: completely in the fringe left, tax and spend/Obama socialism mold; tying her to Obama, who is turning out to have political leprosy, would be a child-like task in its simplicity.

Benton brings experience and some major league fund raising skills to the table. None of the other candidates are close to catching fire, or putting the kind of bank roll together that taking out Murray will require.

What say you email him and let him know your thoughts? Try don@donbenton.com. I know I will.
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Scott Brown's victory party live, here!

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Give it a few seconds to load...

Webcam chat at Ustream
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Jon Stewart weighs in on the "Fumblin', stumblin, bumblin" effort in the Massachusetts senate race.

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Takes about 10 minutes. Language is a little risque.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Mass Backwards
www.thedailyshow.com
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Update 4: Intrade has Brown up.... by 46.5

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Perhaps one of the most historical political collapses of all time:

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Portrait of Obama-Doom: Coakley should get clobbered in Mass.

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Barack Obama and his leftist minions must be possessed of THE "tinnest" ears in all of politics.

The rhetorical "hitting them upside the head with a club" couldn't be any clearer. Obama goes to perhaps the deepest, darkest blue state in the country to help a worthless candidate and what's the result?

She sinks even deeper.

There have been leaders in the past who allowed, not the "Audacity of Hope," but the arrogance of their vision to rule their actions. They almost uniformly met with death and destruction. One gets the feeling that if God Himself came down and told Obama he was on the wrong course, it would make no difference.

I'm not complaining, here, you understand. I'm merely marveling at the size of an ego that allows self-delusion to be the order of the day. My lack of complaint is based on the impending political destruction of those who've brought us to this.

I sincerely hope that the left continues to keep their eye so far off the ball that we'll LONG for the days of George W. Bush, who, while not the sharpest knife in the drawer, was at least smart enough to usually figure that out in time and at least TRY and change things.

But for the past year, our president (and as much as I despise the man's policies, he IS our president) has been earnestly committing political suicide much like a slug crawling down a razor blade.

Meanwhile, as a nation, we're left dangling. We're held in such outrageous contempt by the world because of our increasingly weaker political leadership... "leadership" that will be crippled tomorrow if all the polls are to be believed.

This experiment; of electing vision over experience, delusion over reality, arrogance over flexibility... has been an abysmal failure. All we have to show for it is death and economic destruction.

The question becomes: now what?

Massachusetts Senate - Special Election

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PJM/CrossTarget (R)	1/17 - 1/17	574 LV	52	42	Brown +10
PPP (D)	1/16 - 1/17	1231 LV	51	46	Brown +5
ARG	1/15 - 1/17	600 LV	52	45	Brown +7
Daily Kos/R2000	1/15 - 1/17	500 LV	48	48	Tie
InsideMedford/MRG	1/15 - 1/15	565 LV	51	41	Brown +10
PJM/CrossTarget (R)	1/14 - 1/14	946 LV	54	39	Brown +15
ARG	1/12 - 1/14	600 LV	48	45	Brown +3
Blue Mass Group/R2000 (D)	1/12 - 1/13	500 LV	41	49	Coakley +8
Suffolk/7News	1/11 - 1/13	500 LV	50	46	Brown +4
Rasmussen Reports	1/11 - 1/11	1000 LV	47	49	Coakley +2
PPP (D)	1/7 - 1/9	744 LV	48	47	Brown +1
Rasmussen Reports	1/4 - 1/4	500 LV	41	50	Coakley +9
Boston Globe	1/2 - 1/6	554 LV	36	53	Coakley +17
Suffolk	11/4 - 11/8	600 RV	27	58	Coakley +31
Western NE College	10/18 - 10/22	342 LV	32	58	Coakley +26
Suffolk	9/12 - 9/15	500 RV	24	54	Coakley +30

Update 3: InTrade - It's all over for Coakley - Brown by 30

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Update 2: InTrade shows Brown now up by 10 as Coakley goes into free fall

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Unbelievable.

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Update: InTrade, the laser accurate prediction market, has Brown up 7.4 (An increase from up 3.5 this morning) over Coakley as she fades fast.

InTrade, the phenomenally accurate prediction market, shows Scott Brown surging to a lead over Martha Coakley... his lead has more than doubled since 9:50 a.m. Pacific, up from 3.5.

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MA Special Election - Winner of Massachusetts Special Election (to replace Ted Kennedy)
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	Last Price: 46.8 14.2 You can buy this at 46.0 You can sell this at 45.4 http://data.intrade.com/graphing/jsp/closingPricesForm.jsp?tradeURL=https://www.intrade.com&contractId=693299 Democratic Party candidate to win 46.8

MA Special Election - Winner of Massachusetts Special Election (to replace Ted Kennedy)
Republican Party candidate to win
	Last Price: 54.0 13.0 You can buy this at 54.4 You can sell this at 54.0 http://data.intrade.com/graphing/jsp/closingPricesForm.jsp?tradeURL=https://www.intrade.com&contractId=693300 Republican Party candidate to win 54.0

Democrat consultants all over Massachusetts will be pouring gasoline on themselves and lighting it if Brown pulls this off.