Took some time
Mood: Need a nap
Listening to: B.B. King - Never Make Your Move Too Soon
Work has been too crazy to write,but decided to get back to the writing here.
Something to consider with the Alito mess going on the same day as the State of the Union is the possibility this could be one of the coldest receptions this president is used to getting.
Even if the Dems don't pull the nuke option on Alito, the Republicans are noticeably weakened right now. Their leaders, who have long postured on ethics, are disgraced. Their partisans appear snipey and only interested in their own narrow focus.
Case in point, this AP article on AIDS research funding which says a lot of the money is ending up with religious groups to the exclusion of organizations which work with high risk groups like IV drug users and sex industry workers. These high-risk folks aren't going to go near a religious group with a ten-foot swagger stick if it means they are preached at and villified!
Have said for a long time the only thing that could save the GOP is a McCain-esque candidate arriving on the scene that could energize the moderates and the Blue Dog Democrats and take back the keys from the K Street Kommandos.
