I know it's deliberate, but that doltish phrasing - "invent a constitutional right to same-sex marriage" - irritates me to no end.
Hickenlooper was asked during a gubernatorial debate about other state governors who may be considering legalizing marijuana.
"I would view it as reckless before we see what the consequences are" in Colorado, Hickenlooper said, International Business Times reported. His Republican challenger, Bob Beauprez, agreed with the "reckless" characterization, according to Politico.
Hickenlooper later expanded on Colorado's legalization, saying: "I think for us to do that without having all the data, there is not enough data, and to a certain extent you could say it was reckless.
"I'm not saying it was reckless, because I'll get quoted everywhere," Hickenlooper added. "But if it was up to me, I wouldn't have done it, right. I opposed it from the very beginning. All right, what the hell -- I'll say it was reckless."
Here's an interesting read: Biskupic Scoop on Sotomayor in Fisher v. Texas, and Connection to Schuette
Here's an interesting read: Biskupic Scoop on Sotomayor in Fisher v. Texas, and Connection to Schuette
In other news, National Review's Ed Whelan agrees with Black Mamba on the significance of yesterday's cert. denials in the same-sex marriage cases:
Great posts, Meta. (I just feel like it's rude to misspell it!)
One thing I find fascinating about the Sotomayor discussion is the idea that she forced "the conservatives" to back off. Obviously Thomas didn't move, and I think we can assume Scalia didn't either, even though he ultimately concurred. So we're really talking about losing Kennedy, Alito and Roberts.
I have to read this as another example of Roberts's political nausea. He's constantly concerned about the public image of the Roberts Court -- it turned the ACA case. I wonder whether it's good or bad?
With Democrats like this...
The presidential election of 2016 is already wrapped up, says Warren Buffett. And the winner is: Hillary Clinton.
Hillary is going to run, the Berkshire Hathaway CEO said Tuesday at a Fortune magazine conference. He added: Hillary is going to win.
Buffett was so confident the former secretary of state would win the White House that he said he would bet money on it. The famed investor was less confident, however, about who Clinton would face if she decides to run.
Hey, I called it tooHere's an interesting read: Biskupic Scoop on Sotomayor in Fisher v. Texas, and Connection to Schuette
In other news, National Review's Ed Whelan agrees with Black Mamba on the significance of yesterday's cert. denials in the same-sex marriage cases:
And going back to my point from yesterday they struck down a black majority district.A court in Virginia struck down their Congressional map and ordered a new one drawn up by 2015.
This might be a good opportunity for Democrats to gain a couple of seats.
9th Circuit decision on gay marriage coming in hot!
Eh, a 2 point lead ain't nothing. I wouldn't call Ernst a favorite in Iowa based on PPP's last poll, nor would I call Grimes a favorite in KY based on that SUSA poll.PPP readjusted their estimates of the size of the black electorate to be more in line with Cohn's reporting we talked about yesterday. Purdue is still up by 2 points.
In other Georgia related news, Purdue defends the outsourcing of jobs that he did as a business man by saying he's proud of it because that's what free market freedom is all about.
Have faith in America guys. We can bomb the crap out of ragtag militias. We can keep Republicans from taking over Congress.
Wow, low blow at the end there.Can I just say that the Vox website is a giant clusterfuck of the same articles being shown over and over and they are either snarky bullshit or click bait. It's almost as bad as GAF and girl advice threads.
Eh, a 2 point lead ain't nothing. I wouldn't call Ernst a favorite in Iowa based on PPP's last poll, nor would I call Grimes a favorite in KY based on that SUSA poll.
Perdue has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth and Nunn is going to dominate the airwaves this month. But since it'll probably go to a run-off it won't matter much if neither of them can get over 50.
Dem SuperPAC is spending 1 million on an ad in... South Dakota. Just imagine if this paid off.
That ad is a future of dems ads. Brilliant.Eh, a 2 point lead ain't nothing. I wouldn't call Ernst a favorite in Iowa based on PPP's last poll, nor would I call Grimes a favorite in KY based on that SUSA poll.
Perdue has a habit of putting his foot in his mouth and Nunn is going to dominate the airwaves this month. But since it'll probably go to a run-off it won't matter much if neither of them can get over 50.
Dem SuperPAC is spending 1 million on an ad in... South Dakota. Just imagine if this paid off.
Disgusting, this kind of big money controlling our democracy should be illegal.Dem SuperPAC is spending 1 million on an ad in... South Dakota. Just imagine if this paid off.
Begich has been doubling down on expanding SS. Hope it worksWow at outright promoting Weiland's policy of expanding social security. Not something you expect from a red state ad, but I like it. I've always said dems don't appreciate some of their more popular positions enough. Others have done it in speeches which only the die hards are going to see anyway, but unusual to see on a TV ad in my experience.
Well I mean, it'd be even better if they all won.It'd be a pretty sweet deal if Nunn and Weiland end up closer to victory than Landrieu and Pryor. Remember both of them won primaries over the establishment pick because the establishment thought Nunn and Weiland were too liberal for red states to have a chance, and thanks to that they haven't gotten a ton of establishment support because they thought it'd be wasted effort.
Snyder and Peters are staying about where they were but Schauer and Land are plummeting recently. Land's down to 35-36 against 44-49 for Peters.
New SUSA Kansas poll has Orman up 47-42. Same 47-42 for Davis over Brownback.
Kansas is solidly Orman at this point.
PPP hasn't released a MI poll that I can find since the start of September.I'd rather be Schauer than Land.
PPP had Snyder up like 1 today I think? Schauer needs to win undecided voters or turn out more Democrats.
I heard Obama is going to make a stop in Michigan for him and Peters.
The GOP screwed up by thinking Land's name recognition was actual support, they had plenty of stronger candidates who wanted to take a shot at it but they thought she was a lock for the money when she never had any base support.It'll be hard to win independents given Schauer's direct ties with Granholm. I think he's fucked, whereas Peters is on cruise control. I think the problem is that Land and Schauer are very flawed candidates, just in different ways. Land for being a dumbass who can't connect to regular people, Schauer for being tied to one of the least popular governors in modern US history.
If the Dems manage to hold the Senate the Republican tears will be absolutely delicious, even better than 2012 in my opinion.
I was listening to NPR today and even they think the GOP is going to gain seats in the Senate, but only about to 50. So Biden will then be the tie breaker vote.
Have faith in America guys. We can bomb the crap out of ragtag militias. We can keep Republicans from taking over Congress.
Was just noting that he had his shot a month or so ago and whiffed hard by playing conservative*. He's not really going to get much out of his one "debate" with Snyder. So his graph looks a lot like Land's in terms of falling away increasingly from a tie though little movement for the frontrunner.I could have sworn I saw PPP release a poll for some advocacy group but I may have been thinking of Florida. Either way I wouldn't say Schauer is in as bad a position as Land.
Hm. Well we'll see. I admit i haven't paid too much attention to this race lately. Been more focused on the Senate.Was just noting that he had his shot a month or so ago and whiffed hard by playing conservative*. He's not really going to get much out of his one "debate" with Snyder. So his graph looks a lot like Land's in terms of falling away increasingly from a tie though little movement for the frontrunner.
*as in going easy on the ads, appearances, etc. expecting that he just had to show up, kinda like John Kerry in 2004. And basically trying to use one issue, that he supported in the past, against Snyder.
Percentage of U.S. Republicans who say they could not live on the minimum wage : 69
Who support raising it : 37
They should get a refund:And I was right about there being a PPP poll http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/2014-michigan-governor-snyder-vs-Schauer It was paid for by League of Conservation Voters.
Q5 In the last presidential election, did you vote for
Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
Barack Obama 46% ................................................
Mitt Romney 50%
Yeah makes me wonder. That's like a ten point difference in the actual results.They should get a refund:
Honestly it shouldn't even be much of a surprise. Remember how much of a fuss the media made about Michigan in 2012? The D won by like 20 points. Although that dumb outsourcing ad the R ran probably had a lot to do with that.I'm glad Peters is going to waltz into the senate. He's the type of liberal I wish the senate had more of in 2009.
I'm glad Peters is going to waltz into the senate. He's the type of liberal I wish the senate had more of in 2009.
Nah, the ad was just the nail in the coffin. Hoekstra has all of his support base in the West of the state which is why he could never command much of the 2010 GOP primary. Stabenow was always going to beat any GOPer by a good amount. She had had the same "tightened race" moment in 2006 that lasted a week or two.Honestly it shouldn't even be much of a surprise. Remember how much of a fuss the media made about Michigan in 2012? The D won by like 20 points. Although that dumb outsourcing ad the R ran probably had a lot to do with that.
If you added boring to that, it'd be a fairly good description. He can be like a plank of wood in person.Peters kinda seems like a generic centrist Democrat to me. I suspect he'll just toe the administration's line.