Let's see. Where is that personal e-mail James Carville sent me on Sept. 2? Oh, here it is:

"If we give these characters victory in this election, we'll never wipe those smug grins off their faces."

You said it, Jimmy boy!

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Otto Clemson Hiss offers the day's best Churchillian graphic.

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Here's to Ashby, Blandford, Boxford, Chester, Douglas, Dover, Dunstable, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, East Brookfield, Granville, Hamilton, Hampden, Hanover, Holland, Lynnfield, Mendon, Middleboro, Middleton, Montgomery, Norfolk, North Andover, North Brookfield, Northbridge, Norwell, Pepperell, Phillipston, Plympton, Rowley, Rutland, Sandwich, Southwick, Sterling, Sutton, Tolland, Topsfield, Townsend, Tyngsboro, Wenham, West Bridgewater, and Wrentham:

Massachusetts towns that voted for Bush.

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Phew. No Peter, Paul & Mary at the Inaugural.

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Bill at INDC Journal puts it well re the Dems:

Until the Democrats get serious about this country's defense and purge the Michael Moore wing of their party, they will lose elections. Period.

Marcus Cicero sounds a similar theme:

I hope the Democratic party goes to the woodshed and reinvents itself. They must…They must open the doors and windows of the woodshed and let out the dust and damp, and breathe new life into their party. We would be a stronger nation for it. The GOP has control of all branches of government. That's a mandate to the Democrats to get their heads out of the pot smoke of the Sixties and get serious.

Cliff May at The Corner:

Now, in a new era of national security crisis, Democrats face a choice: Pray for a new Republican scandal (or try again to engineer one), or become credible on national security; follow the lead of Sen. Joe Lieberman and Rep. Jim Marshall rather than Howard Dean, Michael Moore and George Soros.

I sincerely hope Democrats pursue the second alternative.

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Awfully quiet at the Loathsome One's today. Ha. Screw him.

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The Corner at NRO is must-reading today.

Steve the Llama Butcher lampoons the dinosaur network coverage to a James Brown beat.