Now, back to your regularly scheduled mocking:
Tea Party activists gathered in Tennessee this weekend grappled with a central question looming over the burgeoning political movement: Where does it go from here?
The early consensus suggests the those most associated with Tea-Party activism might change their focus from staging political rallies like the one held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. last September, to attempting to win elections.
Obama tries to rally Democratic troops
First, before we jump into the text of the article from CNN, let me see if I can't help the Democratic Party a bit with the answer to how they can rally their troops.
START doing what Americans elected you to do. START showing some fight when it comes to something other than fighting for corporate donations. START being the populist party and actually passing legislation that benefits the average American citizen. START kicking lobbyists out of your office.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled mocking:
President Obama on Saturday defended his party's efforts to shore up America's battered economy and exhorted his fellow Democrats to stay steady and focused in the face of grass-roots restlessness.
"Everything we've done over the past year has been not only to right our economy, to break the back of this recession, but also to restore some of the security middle-class families had felt slipping away for over a decade now," Obama said, speaking at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting at the Capitol Hilton in Washington.
"Some of the steps we took were done without the help of the other party, which made a political decision all too often to jump in the back seat, let us do the driving, and then critique whether we were taking the right turns," he said.
Obama worked to buck up his party members, urging them to get behind his agenda and continue efforts to develop remedies. The president listed accomplishments during his first year, citing almost $300 billion in tax relief, tax cuts for small businesses and individuals, a credit card bill of rights and foreign policy strides. He also said a health care overhaul is still on the table.
Oh, great! Another Landrieu takes office in Louisiana, because Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu wasn't enough of a bad thing for the State. Oh well, it's only New Orleans this time.
Landrieu Takes Mayoral Seat in New Orleans
Riding a wave of discontent with political corruption, high crime rates and the slow pace of the city's recovery, Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu was elected mayor of this city by a landslide on Saturday, the first white man to hold the position since his father, Moon Landrieu, left office in 1978.
Mr. Landrieu won with 66 percent of the vote. His closest challenger, Troy Henry, a businessman and first-time candidate, had 14 percent.
"We're all going together, and we're not leaving anybody behind," said Mr. Landrieu in a victory speech, where he was surrounded by his father, his sister - Mary L. Landrieu, the Democratic senator from Louisiana - and a crowd of family members, associates and a even a jazz musician or two.
Mr. Landrieu emphasized his campaign theme of common ground in his remarks, saying that the people of New Orleans had decided to "strike a blow for unity, strike a blow for a city that decided to be unified rather than divided, a city that understands where there is equal opportunity there is equal responsibility."
In reality, I've read good things about Mayor-elect Landrieu and many think he will be a major improvement over Ray Nagin as Mayor. That is NOT hard to believe.
There is some sort of Professional Game being played this evening by two teams with lots of helmets and pads and spiky shoes. No, not David Vitter and the Happy Hookers! This is FOOTBALL! The Super Bowl! What is more important than the SUPER BOWL?
I'll tell you what. What you are eating during the Super Bowl is more important than the game. On that note, we will explore some ideas that can be used in order to make sure YOU aren't left out when it comes to good eats tonight.
Super Bowl Chow From the Pro's
Many great recipes at this link. Instead of me picking out those recipes that I like, just click and go see what tickles your fancy. Or non-fancy. Your choice. |
