11 thoughts on “Monday Open Thread”

1. There is no joy in Mudville….

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   1. yawn

       

      Boo-f'ng hoo.

      There is one team that is 10-1. And three teams including the Broncos are 9-2. So they are one of the best teams in football, and they lost one.  

       

      Meanwhile, the Obama administration apparently negotiated a resolution to deal with the Iran nuclear program. The middle class continues to evaporate.  US forces are heading into the 12th winter in Afghanistan.  Stock markets and corporate earnings are at record highs and yet we still have low consumer confidence.  Climate change, fracking, genetically modified food, the GOTP has already won the mid-terms, and it's eighty days until pitchers and catchers report. Oh, and my knees just keep getting older.

      boo-hoo.

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      1. In the case of the Rockies, it's only catchers.  They have no pitchers.

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         1. I was thinking of a different team- but fair point.

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         2. Interesting way to put it?

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2. http://www.denverpost.com/editorials/ci_24582822/pera-transparency-gets-boost-from-gov-hickenlooper

   "Gov. John Hickenlooper has joined Stapleton in asking the state Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that denied the treasurer access to the data."

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3. Dems sweep in VA, from HuffPost

   The Virginia Board Of Elections certified State Sen. Mark Herring (D-Loudon) as the winner of the Virginia attorney general's race on Monday.

   Herring defeated state Sen. Mark Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) in the election, theclosest statewide race in Virginia history. Herring had a 165-vote lead out of over 2.2 million votes cast.

   On Monday morning, the Obenshain campaign told The Huffington Post he had not made a decision on whether or not to ask for a recount. Obenshain has 10 days under state law to request a recount, which the law allows the trailing candidate to do if the final margin of victory is less than one-half of 1 percent.

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   1. Obenshain will wait 'til the last minute, because that allows Republicans a window where they have a clear majority in the state Senate at the beginning of next year, as Herring steps down and has not yet been replaced via special election.

      We still have to win two special Senate elections to replace Lt. Gov. elect Northam and AG elect Herring.

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      1. If Herring has to step down. This would be a recount, not a recall. 

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         1. Herring (and Lt. Gov. elect Northam) are both state Senators. They have to resign in order to assume their new posts, and the VA State Senate is currently evenly split between Rs and Ds.

            No recount or recall – just a special election vote to replace them.

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            1. Koch have contributed $300K in last several days for Obenshain to use to contest the election results. VA apparently has an odd law that allows a candidate to contest an election in the legislature which may supersede a recount

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