What Digby Said

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Still waiting for the first leak on the Hoeven announcement....

Meanwhile, what Digby said.

It's all about entertaining The Villagers.

Quinn of Tarts must be so happy this morning.
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Prairie’s Kibble: Tidbits to Chew Over

With a tip o’the Sunshine family hat to our resident cocker spaniels, Marley and Nova-diva, we introduce Prairie’s Kibble today, a sometime collection of little tidbits to chew over.

In Prairie Country, there’s much buzz about the likelihood that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty will get the nod when the Republican dog-and-pony show, er, convention, comes to the Twin Cities next summer if John McCain is the nominee. Well, I’m torn about this because “sources say” that Cindy McCain has a “grudge list.” That would be interesting....

Yeah, Twin Cities, the same place where the I-35W bridge went crashing down into the Mississippi River last spring. Which brings us to Pawlenty’s personal pick, Lt. Gov. Carol Molnau, who would succeed him. She is also the current head—yes, she will soon be the former head—of the Minnesota Dept. of Transportation. Pawlenty wouldn’t fire her as MNDoT head, so others will, but the lege say they can’t get rid of her as Lt. Gov...evidently there’s no incompetency test there, either.

So I’m wondering, being a weekend Minnesotan, is it too early to start talkin’ recall? Is that do-able? Just say Mol-No!!!!!

Over on the North Dakota side of the Red River of the North, voters are gearing up for our caucuses tomorrow. Senator Kent Conrad’s never endorsed before, but this year he signed on early to Obama-nation. Conrad gets our props for voting against the Iraq War back in the day. And just this past week in true teeny-tiny-state, everybody-knows-everybody-or-was-married-to-their-sister fashion, Kent gave up his seat for the SOTU to Nancy Shafer, the wife of the newly confirmed agriculture secretary, Ed Shafer, Kent’s former brother-in-law. Ed, he says call him Ed, heir to the Mr. Bubble fortune and a former governor of North Dakota, was seated as ag secretary in a speedy confirmation process so he’d be able to sit in the chamber for SOTU. Kent, we’re told, stayed home and watched it on teevee. Okay, we’re buyin’ that.

And yesterday, the Giant/killers toppled the mighty Patriots in a surprising upset. A meta-for these days? Rumors of spying on opponents aka cheating throughout the season have dogged the Patriots right up thru game time. Giants—two of ’em—still standing in the Democratic race. And one has her cronies, like former North Dakota first lady Jane Sinner, going around saying U- make that O-know-who would be weak against the Republicans, weak in the White House. Hmmmm, they were sayin’ weak right up ’til game time about a kid named Eli.

And the endorsements have been flyin’ fast and furious the last few days. Bet those Kennedy family phone lines have been really fascinating of late. Yep, it’s already been said: only Chee-knee knows….

“Chow” for now. I’m off for some nice chianti. May need it to get thru tomorrow….