The overwhelming defeat of the Liberal Democratic Party in Japan’s upper house elections on Sunday, historic in its scale, brought about a drastic shift in the Japanese political landscape and sent a clear message to prime minister Abe Shinzo and his government. While media across the world analyze political fallout of the political shift, bloggers are echoing the message and demanding change.
A majority of New York voters — 53% — now believe that Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) knew what his aides were doing when they arranged for State Police records of Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno’s (R) travels to be leaked to the media, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Spitzer has denied knowing about the scheme.
As a result, Spitzer’s approval rating plunged to 48%, down from 60% last month.
Another interesting finding: While 50% of voters agree that Spitzer is a “steamroller,” only 18% say this tactic is working, while 53% say it contributes to legislative gridlock.
A new Siena New York Poll also finds a majority think Spitzer knew what his aides were doing.
Child of the Revolution blogs about the opposing views on Cuba held by Bebo Valdes, the Cuban-born jazz musician, and his pianist son, Chucho.
WeblogBahamas.com republishes an article that deals with the challenges of crime and the separation of church and state.
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Iraq’s national football team won the Asian Cup, an event which brought joy to Iraqis at home and around the world. Sufferings, death, sectarian divisions and repercussions against Iraqis celebrating abroad were also captured in the reactions rounded up by Salam Adil from the Iraqi blogosphere.
A new SurveyUSA poll finds Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) defeats any one of three possible Democratic challengers in head-to-head matchups.
Coleman tops Al Franken (D), 49% to 42%., beats Mike Ciresi (D), 48% to 42%, and is ahead of Jim Cohen (D), 49% to 37%.
However, there are some serious areas of concern for the incumbent:
Another book to add to my reading list: Seizing Destiny: How America Grew from Sea to Shining Sea by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Kluger.
Kirkus: “This is a brilliant book, likely to be for some time the last word on how the American map evolved.”
Publishers Weekly: “Each chapter of this long, absorbing book is rewarding as Kluger meets the high standard set by his earlier work.”
Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure Monday while vacationing in Port Clyde, Maine, according to Maine Coast Now.
Roberts “had fallen 5 to 10 feet and landed on a dock, hitting the back of his head. [He] was ashen and was foaming at the mouth.” Roberts “was conscious the entire time of the incident.” He will stay at a Maine hospital overnight.
How often we’ve heard that we malcontents in the left blogosphere–otherwise known as moonbats, libtards, and, in the covered-wagon days of the internet, idiotarians–are grievously lacking in courtesy, continence, civility, maturity, and all the other little dabs of do-ya that…
