Descent image from Philae lander, then 3km from the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
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On this day, a robotic lander from the planet Earth
touched down on the surface of a passing comet.
So that's something.
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2009—FRC would support a primary challenge against Snowe:
On Tuesday, we learned Maine Republicans would dump Olympia Snowe in a primary challenge vs. a conservative. One day later, TPM reported that the social conservative group Family Research Council would also support a primary challenge against Snowe.
"Well of course there is an audience that would love to see Olympia Snowe out of office, within the ranks of social conservatives, that's for certain," said Mackey.
A new survey from Public Policy Polling (D) found that a generic conservative challenger would lead the moderate Snowe in a Republican primary by a whopping 59%-31% margin.
"I think a couple years ago, we wouldn't have thought it was possible," said Mackey. "However, those numbers are interesting, and I think those numbers might just track the fact that a lot of Americans are waking up to the liberal policies, what they mean and how they're playing out. And it may be affecting her, with her votes for the stimulus, and breaking from her party. And we would like to see a conservative have a chance to remove her from office up there."
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New GOP slogan: Midterm elections have consequences. And only midterm elections.
— @drgrist
On
today's Kagro in the Morning show: Rounding up morning news with
Greg Dworkin, we discussed the US-China deal, the lame duck KXL vote proposal, the lack of compromise genes among Republicans, and more post-election thoughts about What Went Wrong. Vote trading at SCOTUS? Huckabee joining the permanent candidate dole?
Joan McCarter was up next, discussing election results, the lame duck agenda, Republican budget plans, net neutrality and AT&T's related extortion plan. Today in WTF: an Iowa mom arrested for voting; oil company lawyers say frowny faces are "assault."
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