The dynamics of the Republican race have shifted away from whether or not Romney will win or a conservative challenger will emerge. The race is over. Romney has the nomination locked up and the establishment knows it -- they helped him lock it up. But every hit Mitt takes from his rivals or from pesky moderators is another point or two shaved off his matchup with President Obama. There are still very real doubts about how much of the Tea Party and evangelical electorates will show up to the polls or actively support Romney. And Mitt's own stumbles, on firing people and his obstinacy in refusing to releases his tax returns, will crush him with independents. http://www.sunstateactivist.org

I just happened to see some of the debate last night. I tuned in right in time to hear Rick Perry talking about the Texas job situation. He told the audience that the "Job creators" aren't afraid to risk capital in Texas because they know that they will get a great return on their investment. My question is; If the "Job creators" invest in Texas knowing that they will get a good return then where's the risk??

So Scooter is gonna be out of state yet again, eh? On whose dime? What's he running from? What's he running for? Whatever the case, he's no good to Wisconsin. See ya, Scotty-boy. Don't let the door hit'cha!

Well the Facebook post this morning asks what's going on in my world. Since 2007 I've been researching the effects of Music on the Human Electromagnetic Field. the electricity in your body dances to music regardless of your heart rate or level of mental focus. Amazing things are happening as a result of this research. It will literally change the worlds of Science, Medicine and how we view Spirituality. Come have a look. http://www.teocawki.blogspot.com

Newsweek asks: “Why Are Obama's Critics So Dumb”
Conservative bloggers respond with the ultimate in HYPOCRICY:
“Name Calling Doesn't Inspire Serious Debate”

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2012/01/name-calling-doesnt-inspire-serious-debate/47470/

Colbert is nothing short of genius.

I'll be going to Madison today to see petitions delivered to the ofice of the GAB. History in the making! Proof that every vote, every voice counts. This has been an amazing 2 months volunteering to gather signatures for the petitions, I had thought that the world was reduced to being run by the oppressive corporate machine.........not anymore! WE THE PEOPLE are a major force to be reckoned with!

Symbolic votes for a mainly symbolic congress.Why are they even in session they dont do anything.What a waste of tax payer money.

Can Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren really keep 3rd-party ads out of their campaigns?

I say cool, but Warren and her people need to watch out as, there could be a plan to hit the airwaves with negative adds point at her. as it sounded a little funny coming from brown as if theres a plan behind it. well guess we see.

for the citizens of the Badger state i wish you good luck in geting that fascist pig out. will be praying for you all. GODSPEED!

For what it's worth, here is my ramble on disparate details of the mishmash that was the Honolulu MLK parade yesterday.

It was nostalgic. I remembered feelings I have not felt in a long time. Righteous individuals shouting loudly with conviction and extreme but often puzzling messages- "Stop the Genocide, restore the Kingdom" being chanted by a guy with a sign that says "We killed Capt. Cook". People feel like challenging others to action, and there is an unpleasant feeling in the crowds like, who are you to righteously lord over us some moralistic, or self interested pitch. What snake oil are you selling us.

It was a train wreck of people passionately trying to communicate in the old way- in the public square. The MLK way. There was such chaos, such inattention to presentation, so much non communication. Obscure acronyms, chants that have little context to make sense of them.

• Me and my biracial large family enjoying the spectacle of the parade goers, me wondering what Rev. King would think of the chop suey of my Anglo-Russian-Swazi-Christian spectacle of my family.
• The Parade was like a collection of anyone passionate about anything who have some affection for MLK. After a while I got the drift this was really the Hawaii Left of center parade.
• The GOP was not represented- nor really anyone from the conservative end of the spectrum.
• Democratic party of Hawaii had 6 marchers. Maybe 5. It's puny size and near irrelevance was a spectacle in itself. Not handing out anything political of course, since most of the contests are dems on dems. Impotent irrelevance of leadership in a parade that is practically a collection of everyone who cared enough to get off their sofa on MLK day.
• Then I realized there were no mainstream religious groups here either. Only Hari Krishnas and Unitarians. There was some gospel type singing from one group, but the men were wearing big Masonic waist jewelry things.
• There were probably 7 large unions marching- huge numbers of folks
• No candidates represented (in 2008, our Obama contingent was maybe 25- about the same as the Kucinich - but not sure how much that group was more about the plethora of wacky pot banger causes the contignent was also championing.
• Ok, there was kind of representation, but it doesn't qualify really. Mazie Hirono for Senate had some individual supporters among one union that passed by. A few wore stickers but it seemed an afterthought- stuck on crooked- not label stickers but bumper stickers. Nothing like a banner or signs, or aggressive handing out of material, chants.

• Some were mute- Like a picture of Bradley Manning, with words, Truth on trial. No chants, no context. I doubt anyone many more than a handful of people in the entire parade route recognized the face/ knew anything about, appreciated the dimensions or significance of Manning. It's like speaking in a secret code no one understands. Why be obscure? Why hide your message under a rock?
• I'm leaving out some normal sorts of groups, I don't want to give the impression this was some sort of Fellini like carnival of deeply fragmented and garishly alienating individuals speaking from exotic epistemic views.

• Looked at a lot of faces, but saw no one from the 2008 or 2010 campaigns were there. Maybe everyone I knew burned out or had something else going on. Hard to believe. There used to be so many. I was sure some of the main people I knew would be there, but no. The diaspora of 2008 seems complete. Why was OFA allowed to die on the vine. It is sad.

There has to be a way to keep folks together on the left, so there is some longevity past the life of a particular cause that draws a group together but whose organization self destructs after the objective is reached. It is decades after Salinsky and I just have this dull depressing assessment that this is no way to run a railroad. That to stand up against the forces arrayed against us, we just can't do things in an ad hoc way like this.

I thought Organizing for America was going to address this, but I guess not.

They didn't even show.

LET'S DRAFT JON ERPENBACH to run for GOVERNOR!

No one has stepped forward yet, and State Sen Jon Erpenbach seems like a magnificent choice to me... Maybe you could raise this possibility when discussing the Recall on-the-air??

Thanks......and Happy New Year to you. Keep up the great work.

Poll: Barrett Leads Potential Democratic Primary In Walker Recall

this is from TPMDC

State's rights appears to mean the right for a republican governor to crown himself king.