Volume 2 Issue 137
September 25, 2003
Officer on Deck!
The Ten adjust to the General, the Milky Way dines on the neighbor, and who's the worst?
So during the hiatus, the whole Democratic race was thrown into chaos by the entrance of retired Gen. Wesley Clark, who has quickly catapulted to the top tier in most polls, and now has to be considered among the front runners. Of course, the rest of the "Just the Ten of Us" is trying to figure out how to stop the Clark bandwagon, and look in this afternoon's debate (what's up with that, btw?) for the new attack line to be something on the order of "How can a man who voted for Dick Nixon and Ronald Reagan be the Democratic candidate?" Considering the power that the "die-hard Democrats" have shown in the Dean movement thus far, that could actually be a good strategy. Of course, the other interesting thing will be to see how many positions the General really has staked out, and how long the rest of the Ten and the press will give him a pass due to the fact he just entered the race. In fact, Kerry's campaign already has criticized him for "borrowing" key parts of other campaigns plans for his economic plan. The plot thickens...
Look Who's Running for President: Howard Dean will likely win the money primary this quarter as well, but Clark will do well, pulling in $2 million or so in just a week or two. This is another good move by the Clark people, getting in to the race now means they won't be judged on money until the end of the year, which is almost before the primaries -
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-elect/2003/sep/24/092408855.html
Bad John Edwards Photo of the Day:
What do you mean my tie is ugly. You want to go outside, Carol?
Politics, NJ style: A good look at the political scene in NJ, and how the Democratic Party organizations run the show -
http://www.thedailyjournal.com/news/stories/20030924/localne ws/316999.html
Where did they go? The official report on Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq...will say we can't find any -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/international/middleeast/2 5WEAP.html?hp=&pagewanted=all&position
Also in Iraq, the Mongols have arrived, but this time they're not sacking the place -
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/25/international/middleeast/2 5MONG.html
Revenge of the Telemarketers: The Do-Not-Call list may be postponed as telemarketers fight the rule -
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/6853484.htm
Gulp: Apparently the Milky Way Galaxy (in which we are located) is eating it's neighbor -
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/09/25/space.cannibal.reut /index.html
What Stinks? As the baseball season comes to an end, and with my Phillies all but eliminated once again, a look at the worst of the worst, the '03 Tigers vs. the '62 Mets...and you have to love the Casey Stengel quotes -
http://msn.espn.go.com/page2/s/030924/merron.html
