Saturday Night's Alright...

I'm taking the time to remind my readers of the following tribute song. I was lurking around in the comments of Bluegrass Report and I noticed something. This comment right here. Then there was also this comment.

That said, I consider this a political blog, and for the most part, I blog about politics aside from a short phase in January and/or February 2005, during the off year, when I blogged some humor. I put a lot of effort into this blog and while I may not have as much commentary as I used to, I still comment on political goings on within the state.

On Sunday, one day after campaigning in the Commonwealth, Senator Joe Biden makes an appearance on Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer. He's on the Sunday shows pretty much every week. I think it's in his contract.

Senator Bob Menendez looks to be on his way back to the United States Senate. He's likely to be reelected barring late momentum from Thomas Kean, Jr.

Senator Evan Bayh says that it is time to change leadership. I agree. It's beyond time that we change leadership in America.

Bayh, who was last in LaPorte in 2004, is making his rounds in Indiana this week supporting Democratic congressional candidates.

“We need a change in Washington. Washington is broken. It’s not getting the business of the people done. Whether it’s health care, jobs or the federal deficit, we can do better. Joe will be a breath of fresh air there and that’s why I support him,” Bayh said while at Louie’s Café on Lincoln Way Thursday. “I’ve known Joe for 20 years. He shares our values and we need those values more than ever in Washington D.C. and the American people deserve a change and I think Joe Donnelly will be that change.”

Bayh toured the Hummer H1 plant in Mishawaka earlier Thursday, then stopped to shake hands and talk with local Democratic leaders in LaPorte before boarding a plane for Terre Haute.

“It’s a tremendous boost for me. It’s an indication of how important it is for the senator to come back to his home state to be with our people here and try to make changes right here in LaPorte and Indiana,” Donnelly said.

In the 12th District race of the State Senate, I am proud to endorse retired Supreme Court Justice James Keller.

Keller didn't start raising money until after the May election so as not to detract from candidates who had primary races, he said. Just since June, he has collected more than $162,000 for a total of nearly $175,000, according to figures he provided.

Democrats pegged Kerr as vulnerable after U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler carried the Senate district by 202 votes as part of his win over her in the February 2004 congressional election.

Judge Keller will make a great state Senator.

I'm pretty sure I blogged this but I can't remember. A former page to Congressman Ron Lewis has been contacted by the FBI dealing with the Foley scandal.

Natalie Portman poses on the cover of Bazar in clothing already made famous by Audrey Hepburn.

Farm Aid brought in $1.5 million thanks to John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson.

Former Governor Mark Warner is now touting unity on the campaign trail.

Instead of bashing President Bush, he's talking about how he worked with Republicans in Virginia to create improvements over four years and how Democrats need to take the same approach to fix the nation's problems.

He toured Florida on Wednesday and Thursday, raising money in a state that will be important in the 2008 presidential election and talking about his approach to governing as he considers running for president.

"We have to really get it right and getting it right will require big enough change that it can't be a Democrat-only answer or a Republican-only answer." Warner said. "I think people . . . even though they are hardcore Democratic activists, get that.

Well, yea, we know that we have to have a bipartisan government. Didn't President Clinton appoint a Republican Secretary of Defense named William Cohen?

I've read about these studies for a few days but am just now getting to blog about it. When I'm in college, I don't watch the local news at 11 since most of it is just rehash from the evening news aside from sports and maybe weather. I watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart at 11 PM. However, the power that Jon Stewart has on youth voters is unbelievable. That said, research the candidates before you vote. It's a sad state when voters get their news from comedy shows. I watch The Nightly News as much as I can. I research the facts and issues before I vote.

Interesting op-ed on the Maryland U.S. Senate Debate. Cardin is on his way to the United States Senate. Congressman Ben Cardin has called on Speaker Hastern and Republican leadership to step down if they did, indeed, have knowledge of what Mark Foley was doing. It doesn't matter if it had been with a male or even a female page, what Foley did was wrong.

Tomorrow morning on Meet the Press with Tim Russert, you can watch U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Claire McCaskill debate Republican Senator Jim Talent.

One of the aides to Karl Rove has resigned.

A top aide to White House strategist Karl Rove resigned yesterday after disclosures that she accepted gifts from and passed information to now-convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff, becoming the first official in the West Wing to lose a job in the influence-peddling scandal.

Susan B. Ralston submitted her resignation to avoid causing political damage to President Bush a month before the midterm elections, officials said. "She did not want to be a distraction to the White House at this important time," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino.

I just knew that the White House was somewhat involved in that scandal! I knew it!

Jon Yarmuth has a new commercial. You can watch it here. Or here.Our own Senator Mitch McConnell was satirized on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart the other night.

But to Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., it's nothing less than the proper recognition due the nation's armed forces at the end of a difficult mission.

At issue: An authorization to spend $20 million that McConnell inserted into a defense spending measure to pay for a celebration in Washington at the end of U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Even though Republicans and Democrats gave it unanimous consent in November 2005, top Democrats now question the idea of planning for a celebration as the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts rage on.[...]

Jon Stewart took note of the McConnell amendment on his self-styled "fake news" broadcast this week.

"You know, we do this show every day, and we talk an awful lot about Iraq, Afghanistan, how things are going over there. The one thing that we really haven't spoken much about on this show ... is how much money that we're going to be spending on the raging kegger to celebrate our victories there," Stewart said. "Well, I tell you what, worry no more. Senator Mitch McConnell has our back."

At $20 million for the celebration, "you're probably thinking to yourself there -- whoa, whoa!" Stewart continued. "That's Upper East Side bat mitzvah money."

Again, Senator Bayh has called on the government to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 commission.