Bits of Tid: June 21, 2007

• The big story of the week is NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg's decision to bolt the GOP and become an independent. Many speculate that he'll run for the big prize as an independent. According to SurveyUSA, that just might help us win a few solidly red states!
  
  
• 26%.
  
  
• A rising star in the GOP gets busted for cocaine - but that's not all; he used it as a party favor for his GOP friends. AND he chairs Rudy's South Carolina campaign.
  
  
• Editor and Publisher:
  
  

  Only one in three Americans rate the economy today as either excellent or good, while the percentage saying the economy is getting better fell from 28% to 23% in one month.
  
  Gallup adds: For the first time this year, a majority of Americans are negative about the employment market, saying it is a bad time to find a quality job.

  
  Doesn't sound like a 'single-state recession' to me.
  
  
• He might represent Alaska, but Senator Ted Stevens (R-Series of Tubes) is in hot water. Incidentally, Stevens and longtime GOP Congressman Don Young, who represents all of Alaska, may be in some electoral hot water come next November.
  
  
• Kos puts polling into perspective.
  
  
• State Senate Minority Leader Mark Schauer endorses Hillary. Michigan Liberal erupts.
  
  
• The Michigan Democratic Party is looking into doing internet voting. Isabella County Democrats are none too fond of the idea, and neither do I.
  
  
• "Do-nothing Congress," my - you know.