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We ain't seen nothing yet

Lest we think we know how bad a GWB Administration is, Eric Alterman reminds us (in the fifth heading from the top)

Well, don’t forget, all this happened during a first term, when they were still worried about re-election. Just what will they think they can do if not faced with the checks and balances of a second election. (Remember, Cheney is not going to run and couldn’t care less either.) Here’s hoping we’ll never know…

Florida at it again, with added secrecy

Eric also points to this bit of disenfranchising dynastic assistance


UPDATE: State-by-state Senate outlook from Kos, who also notes

The top Democratic takeover possibilities are:

1. Illinois
2. Colorado
3. Alaska
4. Oklahoma

This is a killer list, very exciting. Right now, the U.S. Senate is 97% white, with only Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell and the two Hawaii senators adding a dash of diversity in the "World's Most Exclusive Club".

Yet in our top four pickup opportunities we have an African American (Obama in Illinois), a Latino (Salazar in Colorado), and a Cherokee Native American (Carson in Oklahoma). Throw in Knowles in Alaska, Bowles in NC and Tenenbaum in SC, and we're going to have one heck of a freshman class in 2005.

(And yeah, I know Salazar still faces a primary race, but he's the likely nominee, and I don't mind that one bit.)