Then she probably did not write it. 

Welcome to Chris Daly's San Francisco.

I'm really not feeling good about this race. The Dems beat the crap out of each other and voters might be getting tired of Democratic governors. Republicans will point to this as some kind of trend. There were about three or four special elections in NOVA and the Richmond area where we failed to get energized and lost a couple of county seats and almost lost a state house seat and the chairmanship in Fairfax County. We need an infusion of energy there or we could be in trouble.

The problem is that VA Dems may be running out of steam. In three special elections that should have been slam-dunks, we lost won and barely held two. There is also the historic trend of the governorship going to the party out of power on the national level. As for NJ, Corzine is just not well liked right now.

I will be surprised, though not shocked, if Democrats win in November. I'm not thrilled with either of the three and Deeds been a disappointment for me. I'm bracing for losses here and in NJ in November.

He hates US. He, like the Republican Party and their core supporters hate the "Left Coast". I even know of some rare conservatives in SF who hate the Coast (why they are here I have no idea). Volcanoes are easy to snicker at when your party is reduced to mostly a part of the country where they do not exist. And if the SF Bay Area was flattened by a "big one", they will be dancing on our graves.

That kind of recuiting would be done by the NRSC or the RNCC. Steele will be nothing more than a talking head.

Is it time to start shaking in our boots again then way so many people did when Sarah Palin because the Vice Presidential nominee? Look, the choice was between Steele and a segregationist, which in reality was no choice at all Steele will not control who the Republicans nominate in 2012 (if he is even around that long) and 2006 and 2008 proves that his "plan" to fight in every state/district means nothing if they cling to a failed ideology. Obama's incredible GOTV probably gave us North Carolina, Indiana and the Nebraska 2nd. But in other states, it only incresed the margins where he was going to win anyway because of his compelling message and the disasterous policies of the Republican Party.

Michael Steele is the same failed message on a new face.

I'm sure he'll do the same for Srah Palin or Mitt Romney.

So their choice is between a loser and a racist (loser).

Some very simple. Some very "out there". Some maybe hard to believe, but I sincerely welcome any response, criticism and/or input.

1. Hillary's hard work as Sec. of State on behalf of Obama will draw the two of them personally closer, but Bill will remain coldly distant.

2. Fatah will likely take over the Gaza government. Israel will work out a truce, but right wing Zionists and neocons will HATE Obama for it.

3. Pat Robertson will become an unlikely advocate for the Obama administration on the right flank.

4. Senate Republicans will not fight the stimulus package as fiercely as they are barking now.

5. Senate Democrats will vote to seat Al Franken after the MN Supreme Court rules against Norm Coleman.

6. After enacting a series of reforms fulfilling a long-deferred wish list, Obama will be the most popular Democratic president among military personnel in a long time.

7. Like some have said, the S-CHIP expansion will be signed into law.

8. There will be a strong uptick in activity among neo-Nazi and other "National Identity" groups.

9. Obama will make at least two SCOTUS appointments (Stevens and Ginsberg) will Hillary's name in the mix.

10. Democrats will hold onto both VA-GOV and nj-GOV. Democrats will also take over the VA House of Delegates.

11. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom resigns to pay full attention to the race for governor.

12. Arnold Schwarzenegger MIGHT leave the Republican Party and become an independent.

13. One key U.S. senator will pass away and replaced by another Democrat.

14. Arlen Specter, George Voinovich and Jud Gregg will announce they are not running for re-election.  

15. Charlie Rangel will not finish the year as Ways and Means Chairman.

16. National Health Reform may not pass this year, but opposition will be nowhere near as strong as it was in 1993.

17. The Stock Market will bottom out in September or October. House prices will bottom out over the summer.

18. One major U.S. City will declare bankruptcy.

Ok, that's it.

I hope the poem is not as depressing as Maya Angelou's at Bill Clinton's first inaugeration.

The problem for Jackson is that he was so outwardly eager to be appointed that he practically looked desperate to get it. I lost track of how many email I received from him arguing why he should be appointed.

Reports of a bad year for Dems in 2010 are premature at best. Unless there is a national trend, and we would not see that until much closer to Election Day, I think it will be muddled. I see us losing about 20 seats in the House, gaining a few in the Senate and more or less swapping governorships. We've had five dramatic elections in a row, I am sure folks are getting tired.

They say that Rick Santorum made all the difference against Toomey in 2004. He won't be around, at least as senator, this time around. Specter has also been continously fighting leukemia (God bless him) on and off for a while now. I'm not 100% sure he will actually run when it's time to file.