On a Positive Note

I think that it’s time for some good news. How about this? I know a lot of people feel that all these recounts are really futile, so consider this a little positive feedback.

The Washington state recount has discovered 561 wrongly rejected absentee ballots in the highly Democratic King county, and it looks likely that the Canvass Board could amend the results of the November 2 election per King County Elections Director Dean Logan’s request.

Ballots Wrongly Denied in Washington Governor’s Race

Unfortunately, not all the news is good. Get ready to make your voices heard. It sounds like the Senate GOP has given their approval to plan on implementing the ‘nuclear option’ to prevent Democrats from using filibusters to block judicial nominees. See my previous post for more information on what the 'nuclear option' is and why 10 nominees blocked out of 229 just makes Republicans sound like whiners.

Senate Democrats want to retain the right to block judicial nominees

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Here's a delightful thought for the day made by NewDonkey.com:

Clouseau for Homeland Security

As the unanswered questions about now-abandoned Homeland Security Secretary nominee Bernard Kerik continue to mount, I've stopped thinking about Kerik and started thinking about the rich irony of an administration that can't seem to conduct a competent background check trying to appoint this guy as head of the department whose ability to conduct competent background checks is kind of important to the task of keeping the rest of us alive.

I mean, I don't know the ultimate truth about Kerik, and I gather he was a pretty good Top Cop, but Lord-a-mighty: forget the nanny stuff, which by now should be a basic part of the vetting process. You've got allegations of mob links, financial improprities, violations of ethics rules, threats against a former romantic interest, cronyism, and who knows what's next? And nobody was able to ferret out any of this damaging material, unless Kerik brought it forth himself?

Makes you wonder if the sleuthing model of this admninistration is Inspector Clouseau.

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