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I think we’re in for a tsunami-type election in 2014,” Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus told the audience at Tuesday morning’s Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington, D.C. Looking ahead to this fall’s midterm elections, Priebus boldly predicted big gains for the GOP, especially in the Senate. ”My belief is, it’s going to be a very big win, especially at the U.S. Senate level, and we may add some seats in congressional races,” Priebus predicted. “But I need to and we need to at the RNC make sure that we can capture the positives and the benefits we’ve been...

After a weekend of no change, Monday morning brings another 17 "missing" or "uncounted" votes falling into Carpetbagger Al's column - and the full recount hasn't even f***ing started yet! These amended numbers are coming from the various county auditors as they check ballots before submitting 'em to the Secretary of State for the full recount. At thispoint, I do not know what county these votes could have come from - but I suspect they're from a county that Barack Hussein Obama and Carpetbagger Al won. I'll let you know when I hear more!

f Senator Larry E. Craig resigns Saturday as expected amid accusations that he solicited sex in an airport restroom, his successor will be chosen by a fellow Republican who knows better than most what voters in this deeply conservative state will tolerate when it comes to the private behavior of public officials. .... Some top Republicans say that the relationship between Mr. Otter and Mr. Risch is frosty, that their styles are different and that Mr. Otter would prefer someone like Mr. Simpson, a conservative from eastern Idaho with whom he served in Congress. Mr. Simpson has made nuclear energy...

Some Democrats, who are presently debating the so-called merits of retaining the filibuster in the Senate, are engaging in what could amount to nothing more than waving a red herring in the faces of those willing to listen to such balderdash. It is a historical fact that the filibuster has been amended more than once. The filibuster rule was adopted in 1917 and amended in 1959 and 1975 due to rampant Democratic abuse of it. At one point it took a two-thirds majority to over-ride a filibuster in the Senate, but in 1975 it was changed to a three-fifths majority...