VICTORY! The gang that couldn't shoot straight misfires again

"Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to beat Democrat Martha Coakley. The loss was a stunning embarrassment for the White House. It also signaled big political problems for the president's party this fall when House, Senate and gubernatorial candidates are on the ballot nationwide." Read the grim Associated Press story here



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There are rumors afoot that Scott Brown may be the new Republican Man On Horseback, with people--including Matt Drudge--already suggesting he may pull "an Obama" and parlay his time as a state Senator, and a partial term in the United States Senate into a run for the Oval Office. Saran Palin, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Haley Barbour, Mike Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Tim Pawlenty, Jeb Bush, John Huntsman, Paul Ryan, Rick Santorum (we thought he was in jail or something!), and John Thune may have a different idea. . .
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Sarah rips into Huck

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Sarah Palin says former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee made a “horrible decision” nine years ago in granting clemency to a man suspected of killing four police officers two weeks ago in Washington state.

“It was a bad decision obviously, but my heart goes out to Huckabee,” the former Alaska governor said of her potential 2012 GOP presidential rival during an interview Monday with conservative radio host Lars Larson. “I love him, and I feel bad for him to be in this position. But I feel even worse for the victims’ families in this situation.”

In 2000, Huckabee granted clemency to Maurice Clemmons, the suspected killer of four police officers. He had served 11 years in prison after being sentenced as a teenager to 108 years on burglary, theft and other felony charges. Clemmons was shot and killed by a police officer investigating a stolen car.

Huckabee defends his decision, arguing that while he clearly would not have granted the man clemency with knowledge of what would happen, if presented the same evidence today he’d probably take similar action.

As governor of Alaska, she said she had never been in the position of having to grant a prisoner clemency, adding that “most Alaskans know me well enough to know that I don’t have a whole lot of mercy for the bad guys.”

“I’m on the good guys’s side,” she said.

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