Meanwhile, the Republicans....

Published Jul 29 2008, 01:16 PM by David S. Bernstein

--So, GOP, you were hoping to make it through this election cycle without any major officeholder indictments, huh? Not so fast!

--Stevens is not the only powerful Alaska Republican sweating in the klieg lights these days.

--If you've found yourself missing the sight of Kerry Healey, you can catch her stumping for her fellow Republicans in the state: Aug. 5 in Westfield for US Rep candidate Nathan Bech, and Aug. 7 in Westford for state rep candidate Paul Avella.

--Or, if you enjoy spending time on a bus with Mass GOP interns (and who doesn't!), you can sign up to join their Aug. 2 trip up to McCain's NH HQ.

--Meanwhile, in the ongoing battle to determine whether the state GOP or Howie Carr is most obsessed with Jim Marzilli, the former issued yet another release about the beleaguered state senator today. It's been DAYS since Carr's last column about him!

Need Cheering Up?

Q, w/ A -- Mass. Conservatives

2 Comments

v cv said:

Violence decreased fr a numbe of reasons. One may be the infusion of troops. However, this does not mean the 'surge' worked.

The purpose of the surge was to allow Iraqis to make progress in shaping political agreements between tribes for lasting peace. There is not much progress on this front, and will not as long as we conservatives are flipping the bill for Iraqi security.

In anycase, it may still be true that the influx of troops did cause improved security, just coincided with it.

Correlation is not causation.

Just because you eat more ice cream in the summer doesn't mean that ice cream causes you to swim in your pool more often. Correlated, but not causal.

I would argue however that the surge had some affect. However, the cleansing of neighborhoods in Iraq into one-tribe districts played a major role in reducing violence.

Also reducing violence is all the bribes we are paying out to would be insurgents. That should drive conservatives crazy! Paying U.S. money to insurgents to stay home. How long can we keep it up?

July 29, 2008 4:04 PM
jacs aj said:

Violence decreased fr a numbe of reasons. One may be the infusion of troops. However, this does not mean the 'surge' worked.

The purpose of the surge was to allow Iraqis to make progress in shaping political agreements between tribes for lasting peace. There is not much progress on this front, and will not as long as we conservatives are flipping the bill for Iraqi security.

In anycase, it may still be true that the influx of troops did cause improved security, just coincided with it.

Correlation is not causation.

Just because you eat more ice cream in the summer doesn't mean that ice cream causes you to swim in your pool more often. Correlated, but not causal.

I would argue however that the surge had some affect. However, the cleansing of neighborhoods in Iraq into one-tribe districts played a major role in reducing violence.

Also reducing violence is all the bribes we are paying out to would be insurgents. That should drive conservatives crazy! Paying U.S. money to insurgents to stay home. How long can we keep it up?

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August 3, 2008 1:15 PM