Wow

I had totally forgotten that the House Republican were still protesting. But, apparently they are still there. The best part of the article:

There have been some unusual and politically awkward moments over the last two weeks.

Take, for example, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), who in front of a group of tourists, praised Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) for blowing the whistle on the House bank scandal in the 1990s.

“He was one of the courageous seven [members] who said, ‘You may ruin my career, but this is not right,’” Gohmert explained to the audience, who gave Doolittle a standing ovation.

In 2007, Doolittle's Virginia home was raided by the FBI, which is investigating his ties to ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Following that raid, Doolittle announced he would not run for reelection.

Howard Dean speaks the truth

The Democratic party is the party of minority groups. The GOP is the party of rich people and people with "racial resentment."

Wow

This is the dumbest thing I've ever read. And that's saying something because it comes from the RNC. Apparently it's super elitist to ... go see Dark Knight in theaters.

John McCain can have Lieberman

I'm sure picking him to run with you will go over so well with your base. After all, this was a man so doctrinal Democrat that he was chosen to be run as Vice President in 2000.

In fact, this is mentioned in the article:

“Conservatives would be pissed as hell – I think you would have a revolt, but sometimes John does what John wants to do,” the McCain adviser said.

Yes, yes, they would - it hasn't been so long ago that he was Sen. Juan McCain.

I don't know what to say

Via Wonkette.

Apparently this guy has been listening to too many Black Republicans. For the last time: the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was NOT a Republican. This is worthwhile of all the mockery Wonkette readers give it.

*sigh* Paul Krugman

After such a promising start:

So the G.O.P. has found its issue for the 2008 election. For the next three months the party plans to keep chanting: “Drill here! Drill now! Drill here! Drill now! Four legs good, two legs bad!” O.K., I added that last part.

Why did he have to slip in a veiled Obama insult? I mean, the primary wars are like so over.

And the debate on energy policy has helped me find the words for something I’ve been thinking about for a while. Republicans, once hailed as the “party of ideas,” have become the party of stupid.

He does make this great point:

Bear in mind that members of the political and media elites were more pro-war than the public at large in the fall of 2002, even though the flimsiness of the case for invading Iraq should have been even more obvious to those paying close attention to the issue than it was to the average voter.

Cheney at the Convention?

According to Mark Halperin, our illustrious Vice President will actually attend his own Republican Convention. And here I thought their "famous hatred" of John McCain would mean that he couldn't make it.

Remind me again

From the Rocky Mountain Post:

Meanwhile, the Nevada's GOP's official convention did not reconvene. Instead, the state party's 12-member executive board simply appointed 34 delegates and 31 alternates - all presumed McCain supporters - to the Sept. 1-4 national convention in Minneapolis-St. Paul.

But again, the Democrats are the Party that "steals Delegates" as opposed to the "good GOP".