{"id":539946,"date":"2010-04-22T07:51:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/22\/independent%e2%80%99s-day\/"},"modified":"2010-04-22T07:51:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-22T11:51:05","slug":"independent%e2%80%99s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/539946","title":{"rendered":"Independent\u2019s Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/22\/indepedents-day\/\" >Independent\u2019s Day? \t\t<\/a><br \/>Remember all the media talk of Democratic Civil Wars in Connecticut in 2006?  Well, guess where such things wont&#8217; be said about Republicans in 2010 as it actually happens?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_79771\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 160px\"><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/22\/indepedents-day\/20090527-203420-pic-87172639_t756\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.firedoglake.com\/1\/files\/2010\/04\/20090527-203420-pic-87172639_t756-150x132.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"20090527-203420-pic-87172639_t756\" width=\"150\" height=\"132\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-79771\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cock-a-doodle-Duds<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well, many folks have been saying this for sometime, the <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/storyonly\/2009\/6\/29\/172933\/240\">Great Orange Satan<\/a> from his great orange lair comes to mind, but it is being reported Charlie Christ is about to <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southernpoliticalreport.com\/storylink_420_1370.aspx\">go all &#8216;independent&#8217;<\/a> down in Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p>Reliable sources informed me today that embattled Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, whose early lead in his US Senate Republican primary race against former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio has essentially reversed itself in the polls, is preparing to announce sooner rather than later that he will leave the GOP and continue his run for Senate as an independent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Leaving Marco Rubio to surround himself with a crazier GOP base (and a few <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/04\/report-feds-investigating-rubio-tax-returns.php?ref=fpb\">Internal Revenue agents<\/a>).  With his <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palmbeachpost.com\/news\/state\/leaked-bill-forces-rubio-to-defend-spending-on-285884.html\">Party credit card<\/a> being put on hold, I understand that Rubio is attempting to buy Crist off <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qZezfjWox5s\">the new\/old fangled, Republican-way<\/a> &#8212; and that&#8217;s going to take a KFC-sized load of chickens (maybe a few of those new <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfc.com\/doubledown\/\">non-sandwiches<\/a> too).<\/p>\n<p>Maybe <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kendrickmeek.com\/\">Kendrick Meek<\/a> will toss in a few to help Charlie fly the coop?<\/p>\n<p><em>(pic from <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/photos\/2009\/may\/28\/45992\/\">here<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=79769&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_79769\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/22\/early-morning-swim-chris-hayes-explains-why-the-gop-folded-on-finreg\/\" >Early Morning Swim: Chris Hayes Explains Why the GOP Folded on FinReg \t\t<\/a><br \/>Is our Democrats learning?<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"350\" height=\"283\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZmPXEEQcf9U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZmPXEEQcf9U&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"350\" height=\"283\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Is <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/04\/why-the-gop-suddenly-let-up-on-financial-reform.php?ref=fpa\">our Democrats learning?<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p>Within 48 hours, the Republican line on financial regulatory reform went  from &#8220;filibuster&#8221;  to &#8220;we&#8217;re  very close to a deal.&#8221; Why the shift? Republicans and Democrats  will offer up spin all day, chalking up the progress to their own  doggedness, but in the end it comes down to a simple reality. <strong>Key  Republicans, sincere about passing new rules for Wall Street, but  intimidated by the notion of blocking financial regulatory reform, let  it be known to their leadership that, at some point, they would side  with Democrats to break a filibuster.<\/strong> Maybe not on round one, or even  round two. But eventually.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Funny what happens when you don&#8217;t make tons of concessions in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=79782&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_79782\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/21\/late-late-night-fdl-i-learned-the-hard-way\/\" >Late Late Night FDL: Piss off Osama, Legalize Marijuana \t\t<\/a><br \/>Featuring the latest from Angus and Julia Stone and Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring the latest from <strong><em><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/angusandjuliastone\">Angus and Julia Stone<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/sharonjonesandthedapkings\">Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s on your mind tonight? <\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"420\" height=\"255\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yFTvbcNhEgc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/yFTvbcNhEgc&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"420\" height=\"255\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"more-79751\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"420\" height=\"255\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3cckkzRDBAo&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/3cckkzRDBAo&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"420\" height=\"255\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=79751&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_79751\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent\u2019s Day? Remember all the media talk of Democratic Civil Wars in Connecticut in 2006? Well, guess where such things wont&#8217; be said about Republicans in 2010 as it actually happens? Cock-a-doodle-Duds Well, many folks have been saying this for sometime, the Great Orange Satan from his great orange lair comes to mind, but it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-539946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}