Just a few tidbits that caught my eye as I was surfing the intertubes today…
- It turns out Chris Matthews is likely not running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, as it’s being reported Matthews is close to signing a contract extension with MSNBC. Personally, I’m glad Matthews might be out of the Pennsylvania Senate race.
- How bad has the economy gotten? So bad that some folks have taken to torching vehicles they can no longer afford, driving them into lakes or faking thefts and then collecting the insurance money on the vehicles. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, there was a 14% increase nationally in the first six months of this year in the number of vehicles recovered burned, compared with the first six months of 2006. No doubt these numbers will rise if the economy continues to worsen, and to be completely honest I’m surprised we haven’t heard of individuals doing the same thing to houses they can no longer afford.
- Apparently Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau forgot that lots of people use Facebook. According to CNN, photos of Favreau at a recent party appeared on Facebook Friday, and in one of the photos Favreau was dancing with a life-sized cardboard cut-out of future secretary of state Hillary Clinton, while in a second photo, a friend was offering the cutout a bottle of beer while Favreau stood beside the likeness with his hand on the cardboard New York senator’s chest. Considering how internet savvy the Obama campaign was, it’s surprising to see a member of the campaign posting embarrassing pictures of himself on Facebook.
- William “Cash in the freezer” Jefferson has been voted out as the Congressman for Louisiana’s Second Congressional District. Jefferson, a Democrat, has been battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years, and I can’t think of any Democrats that are shedding a tear now that Jefferson’s been voted out of Congress. Good riddance, I say.
- Even though president-elect Obama is still more than a month away from being inaugurated, a new national poll shows former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee leading Alaska Governor Sarah Palin among potential 2012 Republican presidential hopefuls. Thirty four percent of those polled favored Huckabee, while thirty two percent favored Palin. To be honest, I’d love to see Gov. Palin get the Republican presidential nomination, because barring some catastrophic collapse in the next few years, President Obama would like have an easy path to reelection.
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