This is not an IOKIYAR moment.  This was Joe Wilson's macaca moment.  Unless he apologizes in a way that is MORE notable than his interruption (shades of Mark Sanford), all he will be known for is this night.

http://rules.house.gov/archives/house_de corum.htm

A pro-Burgmeier supporter knocked on my door a couple weeks ago.  She opened with "I'm here talking about the election" and I responded with "Gay marriage!" but she declined to engage.  We talked about economics for a few minutes and then she went on her way.  

In my opinion, economics is a much bigger and more interesting issue for conservatives than gay marriage.  People are more comfortable talking about  it and you don't have to second-guess yourself about having a macaca moment.

The downside to this win is that Burgmeier is and will now remain a crappy county supervisor.  I would have almost preferred he win so that we'd get him out of the county.  But I also favor equal protection and reality-based economics, so I'm definitely happy.

I live in Fairfield.  

The rural areas are pretty heavily biased for Burgmeier.  

I've received several pieces in the mail from the IA Dems excoriating Burgmeier for raising our taxes and raising his own pay (which are also reflected on Hanson's website).  I've received a letter from Burgmeier expounding on generic conservative policies including reducing government waste, and also voting on the gay marriage issue, however from an offense standpoint Hanson may have the upper hand.

I'd give the edge in overt enthusiasm to Burgmeier.

Loved his answer on where misinformation comes from...  "You just flip through the channels...  And then you stop... on... *mumble*one of them..."

Also appreciated his explanation of the etymology of the Death Panels comment, which included that R's supported it until the recent controversy.

"One of those options will be the public option" - The President

Continue to breathe normally.

It's bad news.  It avoids dealing with the room-elephant: were the narrow legal interpretations used to torture lawful, and if not, how will we prevent this from ever happening again?

1967 received the Fairfield Jaycee Outstanding Young Educator Award

HELLO FROM FAIRFIELD!

Although we're surrounded by rural voters and those that you would think of as "traditional" Iowans (many of whom are elderly), this is a really (surprisingly) progressive community with a lot of educated folks.  

Denying the equal protection guaranteed (and recently affirmed) under the IA constitution isn't something that will go over too well here, so I think there's a deep well of possible volunteers.

And by the way, silicorn valley was a term coined by Wired magazine in a ~96 cover article and is more true today than ever.  I work as a web developer for a medium sized (~35 employees) company here, prior to that I worked as a web developer for a slightly larger internet company.  I'd wager at least 33% of the jobs in this town are white-collar, and probably another 33% are manufacturing.

Nah...  He's got an agenda, and wants to use all the tools at his disposal to achieve it.  Based on his Internet Ramblings (which is all I know of the man), he seems like a stand-up individual.  Okay, maybe he's KIND OF a prick.  But I'm kind of a prick.  You prick.

Also, what he's doing for Darcy Burner should tickle the clue-center of your brain.

Happy Fourth!

Well those that haven't already gotten on board should do so.  And the earlier the better.  This is after all about the future of the free world, and success thrives on constructive criticism and a wide array of ideas.

I understand that people can feel pretty deflated; their vehicle for change had a flat and ran it's tires down to the rims.  But the Obama Bus has new run-flats, and there's always room for one more!

Er I mean, if you can find that excitement for Obama, it would probably lift your spirits.  Sorry about the bad metaphor.

If he put her on the ticket, I think there's a decent chance he could silence Bill (during the general anyway, and provided the Vanity Fair article is all lies) and use Hillary to his advantage.  As a tool to win the general, she may be a net plus.  If the general election were tomorrow she almost certainly would be.

But whether it's worth it, it's too soon to say.  I think it would compromise him somewhat so I hope it doesn't become necessary.

Fortunately, the smartest thing he can and probably will do is be to interview all the candidates on his list and sit on the decision for at least two months.  After everything calms down, he'll be able to make a better decision on how to move forward.

Not disagreeing with you, but your post caused me to consider whether the RNC is really trying to sabotage Hillary with this ad, not to damage Obama (previous poster nailed it -- he proved her wrong by winning) but to damage Hillary's chances of being selected for VP.

That's just ego though.  Ultimately, when there are no more delegates to be won, she will either have to face the math and acknowledge it, or else see her support dwindle.  
One of the big issues so-called Clinton haters have is that the Clintons actively spin their own reality.  It might be effective or even smart politics, but I like my reality on my terms.  By all accounts, she is acutely aware of the reality of the Democratic nomination, and I still believe that when she sees no more political upside to weaving her own reality, she will be able to deal with it on it's own terms.  I suppose I could be wrong; we've never seen her lose an election before, and it could well be that she doesn't know how.

If not tonight, then certainly by this week we will know for sure.

Quick! Time to switch to pandering to independents! There's not a moment to lose!

I already got the warm, fuzzy feeling (so that's what hope feels like) when he won the WI primary.  Ever since it's just been a matter of time for me.