{"id":4612,"date":"2009-09-02T15:37:05","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T22:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2009-09-02T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T22:53:36","slug":"4612","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.struat.com\/election\/2009\/09\/02\/4612\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sunlightfoundation.com\/taxonomy\/term\/chuck-grassley\/\">Think there&#8217;s a connection here?<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 <em>The majority of that money was raised by Sen. Grassley, who is up for reelection in 2010 and could face a Republican primary battle. During the height of the debate over health care, Grassley pulled in $165,100 from health and insurance PACs. At the same time, Grassley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s language turned from the cautious but open words about reform in 2008 to the abrasive Twitter rants of 2009.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Rising Profile Alert:\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/sep\/02\/pump-up-the-economy\/\">Doc Hastings writes an editorial for the Washington Times?\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nHey!\u00c2\u00a0 Remember that Russian Nut who predicted the dissolution of the US?\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/russian-professor-collapse-of-america-could-begin-in-two-months.html\">Here he is again!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.courant.com\/capitol_watch\/2009\/09\/rell-to-allow-budget-to-become.html\">Drudge alerts the world to images of <\/a>State Legislatures playing Solitare and stuff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/videocafe.crooksandliars.com\/heather\/glenn-beck-obamas-czars-are-our-new-robot\">Glenn Beck never fails to baffle<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you were to put Goebels and Hitler quotes into robotic voices, the effect would be just as baffling.<br \/>\nWorth a look-see: The Glenn Beck fans that flock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amconmag.com\/postright\/2009\/09\/01\/lay-off-glenn-beck\/\">this moderately approving post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is an old story.\u00c2\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/delong.typepad.com\/sdj\/2009\/09\/the-republican-party-badly-needs-to-clean-its-house-godwins-law-violation-if-you-really-dont-want-war-with-poland-than-sim.html\">Pat Buchanan: Hitler Apologist<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Anyone paying attention to him already knows this.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess the Blogosphere is bigger than the pumping-out-a-book-every-couple-years a phere.<br \/>\nWorth noting: Bob Dole shunned him from the convention in 1996, he ran as a 3rd party candidate in 2000.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/doc\/20090831\/geoghegan\">&#8220;The Case for Busting the Filibuster&#8221;<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0 Cue for 2005-2006 Filibuster Defense items from the Libs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/failblog.org\/2009\/08\/30\/sports-recognition-fail\/\">Huh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James Trafficant: <a href=\"http:\/\/thisdayinbaldhistory.com\/2009\/09\/02\/return-of-the-traficant-toupee\/\">No Longer in Prison<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/Content\/Public\/Articles\/000\/000\/016\/888vxzdn.asp\">Marion Barry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think there&#8217;s a connection here?\u00c2\u00a0 The majority of that money was raised by Sen. Grassley, who is up for reelection in 2010 and could face a Republican primary battle. During the height of the debate over health care, Grassley pulled in $165,100 from health and insurance PACs. 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