Archive | May, 2010
Breaking: Red Shirt Leaders Announce Surrender
Red Shirt leaders in Bangkok have announced they will surrender following the Thai army’s overrunning of the Red Shirt camp. Update: Here we go: Leaders of Thailand’s anti-government protest movement said Wednesday that will surrender to police after a military offensive against their rally base that left at least five dead. Big development. Update X2: [...]
Yahoo acquires freelance news site Associated Content
19. May 2010
I’ve never actually liked Associated Content. I’m not even sure why. Maybe it’s the fact the site, with its 380,000 amateur freelance reporters, regularly shows up in Google News searches yet can’t quite be utilized as a reliable source. Or maybe it’s the Townhall-style annoying web design. Whatever the reason, I’m not a fan. Evidently, [...]
Uh Oh: Three Foreign Journalists Shot In Bangkok
19. May 2010
I haven’t been following the situation in Thailand too closely, but this is certainly a disturbing development. The Associated Press has a man on the ground reporting that three foreign journalists have been shot. One foreign journalist has reportedly been killed. BANGKOK (AP) — An Associated Press photographer has seen three foreign journalists shot during [...]
Breaking: Lincoln (D-Ark) Forced Into Run-Off
18. May 2010
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark) was unable to secure at least fifty percent of the Democratic primary vote, meaning she and opponent Bill Halter will be forced into a run-off election on June 8th. Meaning there will be Democratic infighting in Arkansas for another few weeks.
Video: Specter Concedes Dem Nomination to Sestak
18. May 2010
Arlen Specter was first elected to the United States Senate in 1980 and has been re-elected five times since then. He served as a moderate/liberal Republican until 2009, when he realized he would lose the GOP nomination to conservative Pat Toomey. On April 28, 2009, Specter became a Democrat. It was a transparently political move [...]
PROJECTION: Critz (D) To Win PA-12 Special Election
18. May 2010
Mark Critz (D) will win the 2010 special House election for the Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional district, defeating Tim Burns (R) in an area overwhelmingly Democratic, but one national Republicans were hoping to pick up. Is this a bad omen for November? Unlikely. Democrats hold a 3-1 registration advantage in the district, which was held by [...]
PROJECTION: Sestak To Win Dem Nomination
18. May 2010
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) will win the Democratic nomination for United States Senate from Pennsylvania, defeating incumbent Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) who is now legally prohibited from running as an independent. Update: David Wasserman, Cook Political Report extraordinaire, agrees. And he actually has numbers and professional analysis to back it up! Update X2: The Associated [...]
PROJECTION: Tom Corbett Wins GOP Nomination for Governor
18. May 2010
Tom Corbett has won the Republican nomination for governor in Pennsylvania, the Associated Press projects.
PROJECTION: Pat Toomey Wins GOP Nomination
18. May 2010
As expected, Former Rep. Pat Toomey has won the Republican nomination for United States Senate for Pennsylvania. Update: The Associated Press calls it, too.
PROJECTION: Rand Paul To Win KY GOP Nomination
18. May 2010
Rand Paul will win the Republican nomination for United States Senate from Kentucky, I’m projecting at this point. His chief opponent, Trey Grayson, is losing his own home county by a significant margin. Update: You can follow the results here. Sixteen percent reporting, Paul leads by nineteen percent. Update X2: Impossible for Grayson to make [...]
19. May 2010
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