Meanwhile...

AG Tom Reilly at the last possible moment picks Boston State Rep Marie St. Fleur as his proposed running mate.
I can't see how this does much other than bring an able Haitian American Pol into the process and possibly cut into Deval Patrick's alleged base.
But after the fruitless negotiations with Chris Gabrieli this weekend, the whole thing looks rushed and a little embarrassing.
As I said before, if Reilly had been able to entice Ralph Martin or Wayne Budd to jump the fence, that might've resonated with the Commonwealth's unenrolled voters come the fall. As it is, being a Boston State Rep, St. Fleur doesn't bring much in the way of independent appeal to the notional ticket.
But we shall see, who knows she might be a barn-burner out in Leominster and Bellingham?

Otherwise, Humble Elias thinks the electoral laws ought to be revised to allow nominees to pick Lt. Governor candidates in the fashion of national candidates. Picks like St. Fleur and Chris Gabrieli in 2002 are potentially meaningless if the electorate swings another way in the all important primary.
Either that or simply abolish the office of Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth, New Hampshire gets by quite well without one that I can see.
Something like this would give future Governor's pause if they wanted to resign for frivolous reasons (as did Weld and Cellucci)and the Secretary of State was a member of the opposition party.

It is strangely comforting to note that

there is a blogger out there incomparably more angry and vengeful than even Humble Elias.

And if there is a God of Mercy, Justice and Schaedenfreude up there in Heaven, then this Senator really IS Rick Santorum.

Let us take a moment to step back from the mounting chaos

around us and remember that today is after all, "National Gorilla Suit Day" and that at long last, the people behind "Channel Zero" have in fact, snapped.

Senator Kerry Speaks

to the heart of the Alito Nomination.

We can't choose the ground and we can't always name our generals, but here is the fight what are you gonna do about it?

Gabrieli Out?

Chris Gabrieli has withdrawn from talks with Tom Reilly over becoming the AG's candidate for Lieutenant Governor.

YIPES!?
What happened here? It sounded like a done deal on Friday, I wonder what prompted Gabrieli to say no?
This couldn't come at a worse time for Reilly, the democratic caucuses are in a week, and you know Reilly was looking for a boost from the announcement of a ticket.
Now he has fruitlessly incurred the wrath of everyone else in the Lt. Governor's race.
Time seems to have run out for Reilly in terms of generating a new running mate though, (A letter to the State Party Chair must be on file by tomorrow for anyone who wants to run state wide)...but if Tom was really looking to shake up the race he oughta give Ben Affleck a call.
Humble Elias is serious here, he is young, personable, stinkin' rich, excellent name recognition...true he has no experience but neither did Romney when he parachuted in back in 2002.
Think about it Tom, you wanna light up the caucuses this Saturday, Ben may be your only hope.

Spiteful Joanie is at it again...

Apparently, if we are to decypher today's column, John Kerry is both castrato and panderer all at the same time for merely trying to keep a liberty hating replicant off the Supreme Court.

Christ what is this bint's problem??

How many years has she been churning out that godawful column and we still have no idea as to Joanie's values and beliefs other than her knee jerk hatred of both our Senators. For all we know she wants ardently to replace Senators Kerry and Kennedy with re-runs of "Sex in the City" and "MASH" or some damn thing.
The woman has a disordered fussbudgety approach to politcs, last week we were being too rough on the GOP, this week we are somehow being too rough, too quixotic and too dickless all at the same time.
Filibustering Judge Alito is somehow the worst thing us liberals could do....shit la she routinely calls us all sissies and cowards, you could say she has remorselessly baited Massachusetts Liberals into this confrontation over Alito!

Hell, that line of logic is no crazier than the hokum Vennochi writes on a biweekly basis.

Lord I wish she would just drive out to Walden Pond and get herself baptised full immersion style, she could come up blubbering "Praise Jesus" and finally come out of the conservative closet.
Something anything but this endless ubiquitous nonsense Vennochi spouts.
Ah forget it, Joanie is nothing but a puerile pundit racketeer, she makes noise not sense, she has not the values God gave a Montreal table dancer.


But she shore nuff' hates John Kerry doesn't she?
However the current crisis isn't about Senator Kerry. The REAL question is: "Will Judge Alito serve any interests other than those of the praetorian class that has nourished him since Day One?"
The answer to that is: "no".

Does that matter to Joan Vennochi?
Nope she too busy getting even in some inexplicable fashion with Kennedy, Kerry and the liberals.

And Joanie Vennochi is supposed to be protecting our rights?

Dick
Demented
Typical

Do you want a filibuster?

Then get crackin' with the e-mails

Of course, Judge Alito is qualified, qualified enough in the subtle judicial art of taking away what few rights we have left and reducing the many to peonage to be ruled over by the favored few, the Praetorian Class.

And their President is an ugly overgrown brat with a few too many dismal bullies for friends. His current 36% approval rating reflects this in extremis, Bush desperately needs a good hiding.
So give it too him, what are you waiting for?