Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
TV ads are up and running--in a big way--in the districts of moderate House members, as interest groups either thank them for their votes on the House health care bill or attack them for voting the "wrong" way. At least 17 House members will have ads running in their districts next week, as a couple new campaigns are getting underway. Here's what those members--most of whom are considered...
First Read (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The liberal group Americans United for Change says it’s announcing the first wave of a multi-million-dollar ad campaign to back up the 13 House Democrats (and one Republican) who voted for the health-care bill and who have been the target of the GOP-leaning Chamber of Commerce and the 60 Plus Association. Those 13 House members: Baron Hill (IN), Brad Ellsworth (IN), Joe Donnelly (IN), Chris...
From On High (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
In response to one of my posts the other day that took 5th District Congressman Tom Perriello - Democrat - to task for having voted Washington's interests rather than those of his Southside district, subject ObamaCare, I received the following press release from one of his potential opponents in the 2010 race for that vital seat. A conservative Republican by the name of Laurence Verga: MEDIA RELEASE...
Discriminations (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Freshman Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia’s 5th Congressional district defeated a veteran incumbent in 2008 by about 700 votes. The district went narrowly for McCain but heavily for Republican Governor-elect Bob McDonnell and his running mates two weeks ago, which, along with his votes for the stimulus, cap and trade, and the House health care bill, places Perriello at or near the top...
Left of the Hill (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Yesterday we learned about how "liberal blogs" (like Blue Virginia , FDL , Left of the Hill , and others who spoke out against hatred) ruined the plans extremists in Danville, VA wanted to burn Nancy Pelosi and Tom Perriello in effigy since they had the courage to vote in favor of HR 3962 which would provide people with access to affordable health care. Now today we learn that a group of...
Chasing Evil (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Danville, Virginia Tea Baggers Crestfallen: " These geniuses somehow think that they are being innovative and forward thinking, when all they are doing is demonstrating for everyone their narrow-minded, neanderthal mindset. This genius made this quote after having to cancel their burn Tom Perriello and Nancy Pelosi effigies.I’m disappointed that the story got out of hand and people misinterpreted...
Waldo Jaquith (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Teabagger Nigel Coleman on why he’s cancelled his plans to burn Rep. Tom Perriello in effigy: I feel like I obviously handled this poorly, as far as the press goes. We really should have thought this through more … and seen how this was going to affect not only us, but other TEA parties and the [...]
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Because the public reaction seemed " kinda strange "... The chairman of the Danville TEA Party Patriots said Sunday he was unsure about whether the group will continue with its planned effigy burning of Rep. Tom Perriello, D-5th District, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a bonfire rally Saturday in Blairs. Hours after news of the bonfire hit the Internet on Friday, at least one national...
the albany project (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Monday, November 16. 1. Jon Walker reports that "HR 3962's Massive Expansion Of Coverage Would Result In Very Small Increase In Health Care Spending." Walker adds, "Despite the Republican talking point, it is not some liberal overreach-this reform bill is extremely modest reform that leaves statue quo mostly unchanged."...
VB Dems (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
This is too funny! Teabaggers in Rep. Tom Perriello's district were planning a tea party where they would burn Perriello and Pelosi in effigy. But then progressive blogs got a hold of the story and caused these effigy burning plans to be shut down! Bwaaaa!!! From The Plum Line: Looks like plans to burn Nancy Pelosi in effigy are proving too hot even for the Tea Party brigade's most hot-headed revolutionaries....
ChattahBox (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
(ChattahBox)— The leader of the Danville Virginia TEA Party group, has cancelled the group’s controversial plans to set flame to life-size likenesses of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA). Nigel Coleman, chairman of the Danville Tea Party told Greg Sargent of The Plum Line that the property owner of [...]
Left of the Hill (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
I wrote a post last week about how the Teabaggers were planning to burn Tom Perriello and Nancy Pelosi in effigy. It now appears as though the teabaggers have decided to cancel their hateful act. According to Greg Sargent , the head of the Tea Party in Danville, Nigel Coleman, said that the owner of the land the teabaggers were going to use will no longer let them use the land. And in a sign of the...
DownWithTyranny! (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
This weekend we looked, sadly, at Tom Perriello's failed balancing act between his attempts to do the right thing-- he was one of the only red district freshmen who voted for cap and trade, and he did vote for the healthcare bill-- and his attempts to curry enough favor with GOP extremists to stay in office. Congressmen who live in fear, everyday though, rarely, make inspiring leaders, something many...
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
On Saturday, the Danville Tea Party in Virginia plans on holding a “Fired Up for Freedom” rally. The group originally boasted that it would be “burning Rep. Tom Perriello and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in effigy in response to the passage of landmark healthcare legislation.” Even after significant media attention and criticism, Tea Party organizer [...]
SLANTblog (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Republicans are having a good time with their anti-tax tea parties. It has even brought out the creative side of some right-wingers, as they have staged various stunts to demonstrate their contempt for certain Democrats and what they see as excessive government spending, in general. While this staging-stunts strategy may have seemed silly to people who disagree with the sentiments behind this movement,...
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