Tag Archives: 2010 elections

Pride In Utah reports that activists from a new group calling themselves Justice Vanguard interrupted last night’s gubernatorial debate to demand candidates address the bullying and suicides of LGBT youth.

NOM doesn’t want anybody to know who is paying for their ads supporting Carl Paladino. Therefore they have sued the state of New York to evade campaign finance disclosure laws, a tactic they have used in seven other states. Buffalo News reports: The National Organization for Marriage doesn’t want to conform to state election laws requiring it to register as …

A conservative group astroturfing themselves as “Latinos For Reform” have launched an ad campaign urging Nevada’s Latino residents not to vote. The ad was widely seen as an effort to hurt the campaign of incumbent Sen. Harry Reid, a Democrat, who is working hard to turn out Latino voters. Mr. de Posoda, who has long worked with the Republican Party, …

Polling averages still call it a toss-up, but yesterday’s Survey USA poll shows Jerry Brown with a seven-point lead over Meg Whitman, who doesn’t appear to have been seriously damaged by her housekeeper scandal.

“He is the candidate on that stage, who I think is in part responsible for everything that is happening, juxtaposed to the attorney general, who has been very strong in both condemning these attacks and condemning the comments of Mr. Paladino. You can’t say for 100%, but you have to look at the context of things. In New York, across …

NOM has spent over $220K supporting Carly Fiorina. HRC and the Courage Campaign want Fiorina to reject their support as religious extremism.

(Via – Towleroad)

Openly gay Palm Springs Mayor Steve Pougnet continues to trail in his bid to unseat Rep. Mary Bono Mack. Last week Pougnet received the endorsement of Equality California. Meanwhile the Palm Springs sex sting scandal continues to fester.

Carl Paladino screwed himself when he demanded that candidates from every fringe party be allowed to participate in tonight’s gubernatorial debate, because Rent Is Too Damn High candidate (and retired mailman) Jimmy McMillan totally stole the show. On gay marriage, McMillan says: “If you wanna marry a shoe, I’ll marry you.” But hold your applause, according to McMillan, rent is …

Notice how rarely the teabaggers mention themselves?

Here’s the full quote from Sharron Angle: “So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. [Note: it’s the Hispanic Student Union. The whole room is Hispanic teenagers.] What we know, what …

The California Nurses Association is launching a Queen Meg 2010 bus tour in opposition to Meg Whitman. Here’s their music video.

NOM issued a press release today to announce their TV ad campaign for Andy Pugno, the lead counsel for Protect Marriage who is running for the California Assembly. Brian Brown, Treasurer of the NOM California PAC, told the media Friday: “Andy Pugno has been a champion for the people of California and voters need to know his admirable record. Attempts …

Thanks to ten days of unrelenting bad press, teabagger loon Carl Paladino is sinking badly behind Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. All seven New York gubernatorial candidates will debate tonight at Hofstra University, including former madam Kristin Davis and Jimmy McMillan of the Rent Is 2 Damn High Party. Should be quite the entertaining mess.

Today on Meet The Press, teabagger Senate candidate Ken Buck declared that being gay is a choice. Except when it’s not, like for alcoholics. Or something. Via Talking Points Memo: Colorado Senate candidates Ken Buck (R) and incumbent Sen. Michael Bennet (D) met for a debate on Meet The Press this morning and sparred on the budget, the Tea Party …

FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver today takes aim at some of the polls crying doom and gloom for House Democrats previously thought to be safe, cautioning that the volume of losses may not be as bad as some fear. Many of the polls are either partisan-affiliated, or were “robopolls” that used automated scripts rather than live interviewers, or both. Polls with an …