Good morning.
Obama is still on the Vineyard. This morning, Biden is holding an event with small business from the DC area. According to the Daily Guidance:
The Vice President will emphasize the Administration’s tax cuts for 95 percent of working families, the importance of preserving tax cuts for the middle class, and the need for Congress to pass legislation to give small businesses additional tax relief and access to capital.I have a feeling most Americans aren't aware of that 95% of them have received a tax cut.
So, John McCain defeated GOP right-wing butthead JD Hayworth by a 56% - 32% margin. The DNC's Hari Sevugan sent a statement via email last night that captures the essence of McCain:
“Today, the Republican party of Arizona nominated for Senate JD Hayworth in the shell of a politician that was once John McCain. The complete takeover of the Republican party by the Tea Party has included taking over the soul of a Senator who was once the face of comprehensive immigration reform and who now would just build the ‘danged fence;’ a man who once reveled in being a maverick and who now is a rubber stamp for the extreme rightwing; a man whose name was synonymous with campaign finance reform and who now barely registers a notice when the law that bears his name was gutted by the Supreme Court to favor corporate America. So, we congratulate JD Hayworth on his nomination tonight,” said DNC National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan.Excellent. The Washington Post headline states, McCain crushes primary foe. But, McCain morphed into his primary foe. Also in AZ, Ben "Brock Landers" Quayle won his congressional primary.
Right now, with 84% of the vote in, incumbent Lisa Murkowski is behind in Alaska's GOP Senate primary by approximately 2,500 votes. Sarah Palin's endorsed candidate, Joe Miller, has the lead. Things don't look good for Murkowski, but the results won't be known for at least a week according to the Anchorage Daily News:
The Alaska Division of Elections said over 16,000 absentee ballots were requested and as of Monday night 7,600 had been returned. The first count of absentees will be next Tuesday and there will be two subsequent counts as the absentee votes trickle in on Sept. 3 and on Sept. 8.We link to ADN.com a lot. The Murkowski's must really hate Palin.
So, lots of news for late August. What else?
