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It was just announced on MSNBC that McChrystal has been relieved of command.

Of course President Obama will be vilified. And he would have had he kept McChrystal on.

UPDATE: Wire services reporting David Petraeus has been selected to succeed McChrystal.

President Barack Obama has decided to relieve Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command over all U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, sources tell NBC News.

Looks like Chauncey Gardiner is in for an unhappy ending:

Less than 24 hours after Alvin Greene’s surprise win in the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary, the state party has asked him to withdraw from the race because of a pending felony charge. [...]

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Greene is facing felony charges for displaying pornographic pictures to a University of South Carolina student.

The perfect candidate… if you’re a Republican. Isn’t porn their department?

Wait… is Greene a plant? And by plant, I don’t mean poison ivy.

Or maybe I do.

Greene stunned observers Tuesday when he won the nomination. He raised no money and put up no campaign website but beat former four-term state lawmaker Vic Rawl 59 percent to 41 percent.

Seems Chauncey won’t “be there” much longer.

The L.A. times sent an e-mail alert:

Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his resignation today, signaling the end of 13 years of Labor Party rule in Britain and the likely beginning of an unprecedented coalition government between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.

Brown told a news conference outside 10 Downing St. that he was stepping down after an election Thursday that left his party in second place.

“It was a privilege to serve, and yes, I love the job, not for its prestige, its titles and its ceremony, which I do not love at all,” Brown said. “No, I love the job for its potential to make this country I love fairer, more tolerant, more green, more democratic, more prosperous and more just, truly a greater Britain.”

More soon at http://www.latimes.com

Pip pip, cheerio!

Rather than invest in a special election, the DCCC will save their resources for November, the general election. The seat will go to the GOP:

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is pulling out of the Hawaii special election for Rep. Neil Abercrombie’s (D) seat, effectively handing the seat to the Republicans.  [...]

The committee concluded there’s no way state Sen. Colleen Hanabusa and former Rep. Ed Case (Hawaii) can split the Democratic vote and still defeat Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou (R).

One down.

By GottaLaff

The Tea Tantrumers have finally had a moment of rationality. Well, that’s going a little far. But when they demonstrate enough presence of mind to give Mental Taitz the heave-ho, I feel obligated to credit them… just this once:

Orly Taitz, an Orange County attorney who has gone to court many times to try to disqualify Obama, was invited to speak Thursday at a Tax Day Tea Party rally in Pleasanton, Calif. [...]

Late Tuesday, organizers said that they had rescinded Taitz’s invitation after questions were raised about her presence by candidates who had been contacted by The Times.

Cheese ‘n crackers, even Evil Sheepherder-slash-Bizarro AdMaster Fiorina shared the Clarity Moment!

Who spiked these people’s coffee with good judgment pills?

Bridget Melson, founder and president of the Pleasanton Tea Party, said the organization had been “getting calls from candidates like crazy.”

Chuck DeVore and Carly Fiorina said they hadn’t realized Mental Taitz was scheduled to speak. That’s funny, she was listed as a featured guest on the Pleasanton Tea Party website… yesterday. All they had to do was pop over and take a peek.

I wish I’d taken a screen shot, because her name has since been scrubbed. And it’s a good thing. She’d clearly be the last one to be picked for the Pleasanton Tea Tantrumer Sports Team:

“I can say emphatically that the Chuck DeVore campaign and Chuck DeVore himself strongly disapproves of Orly Taitz and the crazy theories she continues to advance,” said Josh Trevino, a DeVore spokesman.

Fiorina went so far as to vouch for the legitimacy of the Obama presidency. What next, an endorsement of commie fascist socialist Marxism?

John Dennis, who is running for the Republican nomination to oppose House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in San Francisco:

“The presence of a discredited publicity seeker on the same platform with patriotic Americans distorts the focus of our movement, distracts from our common message and gives ammunition to those who continue to question our legitimacy.”

Mmmno, we’d still question your legitimacy, but thanks for confirming Orly’s status.

I’m starting to hear strains of “If You Knew Orly Like We Know Orly… Oy, Oy, Oy What a Gal” in my head.

There’s more about Dire Taitz here.

By GottaLaff

Their 15 Minutemen are up:

The Minuteman Civil Defense Corps is no longer.

The Arizona-based border watch group that burst onto the national scene in 2005 sent an email to its members this week announcing the corporation has dissolved.

They won’t be missed.

On March 16, [the group’s president, Carmen] Mercer sent out an e-mail urging members to come to the border “locked, loaded and ready” and urged people to bring “long arms.” She proposed changing the group’s rules to allow members to track illegal immigrants and drug smugglers instead of just reporting the activity to the Border Patrol. [...]

But Mercer decided the Minutemen couldn’t take on the responsibility and liability:

People are ready to come lock and loaded and that’s not what we are all about,” Mercer said. “It only takes one bad apple to destroy everything we’ve done for the last eight years.”

I guess this compensates somewhat for the dissolution of ACORN.

No. No it doesn’t. But it is good news.

H/t: Tiggrr1

By GottaLaff

Good news via an e-mail alert:

Under intense pressure from Democratic Party officials, Harold E. Ford Jr., the former Tennessee congressman, has decided not to challenge Sen. Kirsten E. Gillibrand in the primary this fall, according to two people told of his plans.

He has told friends that, while he is convinced he could
prevail against Ms. Gillibrand, he feared the winner of the
primary would have little money and remain highly vulnerable
to a well-financed Republican challenger at a time when the
Democratic party controls the Senate by a slim majority.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na

Don’t let the door hit ya.

As Oliver Willis tweeted:

Shorter harold ford: maybe running as a rich, out of touch banker is not the best thing to do in 2010

Or ever.

By GottaLaff

Independents are all the rage this year. Just ask Michael Smerconish:

The Hill makes the case that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R), trailing badly in a tough Republican primary, is more and more likely to run for Senate as an independent.

Crist has recently stood up for President Obama on Fox and Friends and is beginning to defend the stimulus once again. He has also “parted ways with some key campaign staff” over the past few weeks.

Wave bye bye to the Party of No, Charlie.

By GottaLaff

Long overdue:

Democratic Representative Jan Schakowsky and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders said they planned to introduce the “Stop Outsourcing Security Act” on Tuesday.

“The legislation would restore the responsibility of the American military to train troops and police, guard convoys, repair weapons, administer military prisons, and perform military intelligence,” their offices said.

“The bill also would require that all diplomatic security be undertaken by US government personnel,” they said.

While they’re at it, how about including mandatory prison terms for all those Blackwater thugs?