How Mad are You at Steny Hoyer?

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Tuesday September 18, 2007 · 5:22 AM PDT

2007/09/18 · 05:22

SMWalt has a diary on the recommended list: Steny Hoyer is Mad at You. The question is -- how mad are you at Steny?

Hoyer never really did answer how he planned to expand Democratic numbers while funding the war, but did comment that "I know the base is mad at us – and I’m mad at the base." When he tossed that off, I inquired "Because.....?" He basically said the base has unrealistic expectations in terms of ending the war, and the Dems can’t de-fund it because doing so would anger the moderates they need to win more seats in ’08.

So what to do about Hoyer?

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How Mad Are We at Steny Hoyer?

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How Mad Are We at Steny Hoyer?

This challenger's got some rough edges, but we need to start somewhere

17 votes

Is there a Green running in the general like last time?

23 votes

Faith-based ABC Gum

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Sunday February 11, 2007 · 2:06 PM PST

2007/02/11 · 14:06

From the urban dictionary:

abc gum

Already been chewed gum. Typically found under desks in school

When I was about six years old, I asked a friend who was enthusiastically chomping the pink stuff: hey ... got a piece of gum? She reached into her mouth, flashed an evil grin and brandished the spit-soaked wad in my face:

"Sure. Hope you don’t mind that it’s Already Been Chewed."

Setup ... spike. From that point forward, I did what any sensible American kid does. Upon requesting a piece of gum on or at any occasion, I’d qualify with "and not ABC, pleez!" It’s just a basic hygiene issue that we all learned at an early age in the playground.

Under the Bush administration, faith-based initiatives are all the rage. Grants flow, pitting playground wisdom against the Bush agenda on abortion and other social issues. As a result, your child may be chewing ... ABC gum.

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Would you like CPC speakers at your high school?

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Would you like CPC speakers at your high school?

Maybe, if I were first in line to chew the gum

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Iowans to Dem Hopefuls: Bring Us the Broomsticks

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Monday January 29, 2007 · 1:53 AM PST

2007/01/29 · 01:53

"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."

The Washington Post forms a focus group of fourteen uncommitted party activists in an attempt to read the tea leaves in Iowa, after the weekend marking Clinton's first visit to the state. What are these activists looking for to transition from uncommitted to committed?

The qualifications for their support remind me of the scene from The Wizard of Oz in which the wizard demands that the motley crew assembled before him prove itself worthy by returning with the broomstick belonging to the Wicked Witch -- a task perceived as nearly impossible.

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Repeated visits to Iowa will

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Repeated visits to Iowa will

reveal the gravitas of each candidate

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bring on the bathing suit competition

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MD-Sen: Playing Knock-Knock

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 4:11 AM PST

2006/11/06 · 04:11

County Leaders: Knock, knock!
MD Dems: Who is there?
County Leaders: PG Dems
<sounds of crickets chirping>

County Leaders: Knock, knock!
MD Dems: Who is there?
County Leaders: Orange
MD Dems: Orange who?
County Leaders: Orange you glad we didn't say PG Dems? Read More

MD-Sen: A Busy Day in Prince George's

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 1:21 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 13:21

After Monday's endorsement of Michael Steele by former county executive Wayne Curry and five Prince George's County councilmembers, both parties are getting busy in Prince George's.

While the focus has been on African-American voters, let's take a pause. I've mentioned it before, and they do exist: White Steele Democrats.

Introducing one who has outed herself in public: Tammy Hnarakis of College Park in Prince George's County. Read More

MD-Sen: SUSA strikes again

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Wednesday October 18, 2006 · 4:24 PM PDT

2006/10/18 · 16:24

Survey USA has released another poll for the Maryland senate race.

Recall that a month ago, SUSA released survey results with Steele (48) and Cardin (47). This poll has been disregarded since, as other pollsters have shown consistent Cardin leads of 6 (Mason-Dixon), 15 (Gallup), and most recently, 9 (Rasmussen). Read More

MD-GOV: Ehrlich Selects Cox as Running Mate (w/poll)

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Thursday June 29, 2006 · 4:56 AM PDT

2006/06/29 · 04:56

Early speculation by the Washington Post's blog Maryland Moment proved correct. A formal announcement is expected this morning in Arubutus confirming Ehrlich's choice for a running mate: Kristen Cox of Towson, Maryland's Secretary of Disabilities, who has been legally blind since age 13. Read More

Bush Magnet Attracts No Steele

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Thursday June 01, 2006 · 3:52 AM PDT

2006/06/01 · 03:52

The conventional wisdom dicatates that Michael Steele, GOP candidate for Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes' open Senate seat, has a difficult road to hoe in a state with a 2-1 Democratic voter advantage. Candidate Steele is a GOP headliner, along with Ken Blackwell (OH-GOV) and Lynn Swann (PA-GOV) as part of a campaign to make 2006 the "Year of the Black Republican" in promoting African-Americans for statewide office.

What makes Steele's campaign exceptional is the GOP targeting of Maryland's historically-Democratic voting bloc of African-Americans, which, at 28% of the state's population, is well above the national average. Perhaps it's no surprise that Steele's campaign website is deliberately subdued with respect to his party affiliation, and perhaps it's even less surprising that Steele declined attending a GOP fundraiser in Maryland to stand with George W. Bush. From today's Washington Post:

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. stood on a riser shoulder to shoulder with the president, but the party's leading candidate for an open U.S. Senate seat in Maryland, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, was absent.

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