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Wankers Propping Up Wankers
Lawyers, Guns and Money — Wow, when I designated Rendell the wanker of the week I hadn't even read this. Yeah, it sure would be great if the Democrats could fine somebody with more severe issues with women than the Son of Saint Casey. (Or, as Atrios also notes, Specter, no matter how nominal his pro-choice position has become.) I can sometimes understand why people think that Somerby is beating a dead horse about the 2000 campaign. But the fact that someone who was at the epicenter of the War on Gore (and hence the war in Iraq, Alito and Roberts, the Bush Depression, ...

12/15: A Big Deal Or Not?
Blogometer — ... for an American president, any moment in Iraq has to be considered a very high risk situation. So it did make me wonder." BUSH II: BDS, Iraqi-Style Conservative bloggers used the incident as an opportunity to take some shots at liberal American pundits: PA-SEN: The Netroots For Specter Movement Gains Steam Liberal bloggers did not take kindly to PA Gov. Ed Rendell 's endorsement of MSNBC host Chris Matthews ' potential Senate candidacy. Several prominent liberal bloggers are even threatening to support GOP Sen. Arlen Specter if Matthews is the Dem ...

No Sen. Matthews
Political Animal — ... against former representative and far-right activist Pat Toomey. As for Matthews, MSNBC will probably pay him handsomely well into the future. As a result, progressive bloggers everywhere will continue to mock his odd on-air comments, and breathe a sigh of relief that he isn't a Democratic candidate. Atrios recently said , "I've long been waiting for an opportunity to vote for a Republican to establish my bipartisan cred, and while I never thought Arlen Specter would be the guy, if Tweety's his opponent it'll probably happen." Now, it won't come to that.— ...