Georgia is a state we have heard very little about as far as the Senate contest.  Apparently the Georgia GOP is very strong, but Saxby Chambliss only won his campaign in 2002 by a narrow margin and only after running one of the dirtiest campaigns in memory.  There are apparently now three stated challengers:  Vernon Jones, DeKalb Co CEO, Dale Cardwell, a reporter, and Rand Knight...

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A few weeks ago, Scott alerted us to the anti-environment lies and drivel that Richard Pombo is spreading through the House Committee on Resources website.  The site is disgusting propaganda under the guise of official US policy.

Scott made one comment though which I cannot let pass without more discussion:

Last time I checked, "[e]conomic growth harms the environment" was not one of the chief claims being put forward by the environmental movement. Rather, it seems to me that the exact opposite claim has been repeatedly made by mainstream environmentalists, that development of new, more environmentally responsible technologies can help to grow the economy.

In fact, economic growth does harm the environment and this is beginning to be addressed by ecologists and environmentalists, including The Wildlife Society, for example.

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Perhaps unlike many here at the MyDD forum, I don't get all my news from the web.  I  get some from (gasp) TV.  Because I'm too cheap and disinterested to pay for cable or satellite, my only TV news source is Jim Lehrer.  I could do worse.

Tonight on Newshour, the clip that was played quoted Harry Reid as saying something like:  Andy Card will be a loss because you  could work with him.  Josh Bolton is a failure.  Look at what Bolton has accomplished.  He has raised the national debt and failed in our economic policy.  He is a bad choice for chief of staff.

I like this reaction.  Here's why:  (Briefly)

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John McCain?  Mitt Romney?  Condi Rice?  Tommy Thompson? (can't help but giggle on that one)  Come on!  Let's be more creative than that.  If we are going to speculate on Bush's choice for VP after Cheney resigns (doubtful...) than we should have more fun.

See below for unapologetic entertaining speculation (hopefully), drawing from more or less accepted requirements for new VP from the main page entry
http://www.mydd.com/story/2005/10/18/164225/14#comment_top

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Since there was so much interest in Katrina on this site, here are some new revelations.

It takes awhile to amass all the ground data collected after a hurricane.  Now that most of the data is collected, it seems that Katrina was NOT a Category 4 hurricane.  It was Cat 3 at Biloxi and Category 1 at New Orleans.  The winds from this hurricane were not what we thought, rumors of NOAA measuring Cat 5 surface winds (reported by the media) were not true.  This identifies more concerns at best, failures at worst....

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The question for the Democratic Party and Democrats in general after the election last fall was not just,  "What do we stand for?" or "How can we run a better campaign?" but "Are we going to be leaders or reactionaries?"

The blogosphere appears to be rightfully proud that a netroots campaign helped to bring Howard Dean to the DNC chair position.  He may in fact prove to be a leader that can move the party.  But after having lurked around this site for awhile, I'm not sure those here in net-land will be partners in leadership.  Rather, there is still evidence that those contributing to the blogs are more firmly entrenched as "reactionaries" and, worse, happy and comfortable in that role.  Of course, I realize some of this is tongue-in-cheek, and I love the "Ask Santorum" thread.

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