I wouldn't be surprised a bit if Griffith bites the dust; GOPers won't trust him any more than PA dems trusted Specter. He became a republican when it appeared that the health care debate would kill the democratic party and be Pres Obama's Waterloo.

Alabama and New Mexico should be interesting to watch. As for Mississippi, who knows which way the Tea Party wind blows. The TP (funny, that's what we used to do to houses as pranks) may win some primaries and some seats in very red districts but I still think the extreme right won't win statewide or national seats. Would like to see McCain lose just simply because he sold his soul just to win.

Off topic, when Pres Obama was in LA last week and had the press conference I noticed Charlie Crist was there and he was chummy; put his arm on Obama's back and patted it afterwards as if to say--good job. Now that he's an independent, he probably figures nuts to the nuts--if Rubio wants to run my back slap in an ad, have at it.

Frankly, for many this oil spill in the gulf seems to have upstaged interests in politics and the primary races. People are getting so tired of the corrupt, irresponsible and self-serving nature of politics in this country today that they are ready to barf when considering the importance of these primaries (or the lack thereof) versus the crises and destruction now occuring in a vital and important part of our country (the gulf anf gulf states). Add to this the snake-oil salesman pitch mentaility of politicians today along with the over-the-line and disrespectful comments made by some reporters and/or political pundits, and these primiaires, all politics, just don't seem to desreve the same level of attention or seriousness that some think they deserve. People are in a depressive mood regarding the gulf and other world/domestic issues and what comes along? Political primaries. Now if that won't add too and deepen people's depression I don't know what will.

Will someone please pass Chris Matthews a 'chill pill'?

The dude is seriously giving me a headache! ENOUGH with these armchair quarterbacks!

The amount of energy being expended on the why isn't the President doing more shtick is mind boggling!

I was thinking a lot about this administration since they came into power and the way they handled everything from the beginning down to the Gulf of Mississippi oil spill. The only conclusion I have come to is that Obamao and his Cabinet are like blind men with drivers licenses, barreling down a highway. That's all I can say.

Why worry CA? Bush had his Katrina and he took it like a man. Your boy Obamao and the DINOS are running aroung like headless chickens. Know why Obamao don't want the Gulf states to clean up? Its because BP has the contract to do so. That is why he is ignoring Jindal and the others to do so. Well, BP (British Progressives) won't take the blame and you know why? Obamao can't convict them in court. Because he is in their pay. Don't bother with all that( " I take the blame and I'm in charge") that is all rethoric and grandstanding from Obamao. This administration are like blind men with drivers licenses going down a highway. So why bother.

Chris Matthews, in the past few days, has appeared almost schizophrenic. He is one of many people that I would like to smack. Just what do they want the President to do? If he went to the Gulf region every day, he would be criticized for just being there for photo-ops. Should he fling his body upon an oil-slicked gull? Should he don a scuba outfit, jump from Air Force One, and plug the pipe himself?

We as a nation, as a people, must stop this instant gratification need. It is a liability. It does not promote logical, sound thinking and problem solving. We also need to stop demonizing those who do not agree with us - if their disagreements are based on facts and truth.

When something like this oil spill, or the mining disaster, hits our country, we need to come together as Americans in trying to solve problems. But with one segment of our political system hoping for failure, hoping to take a President down, our problems will only get worse.

We cannot sustain ourselves as a people if we do not care for each other. And it is becoming more and more obvious that many, including many who contribute to this blog, have no sympathy or empathy. This will hurt our country. Those trying to gain back power care nothing for moving us forward - they care only for moving themselves and their wealthy corporate friends forward. The Rand Paul approach is to simply believe that everyone is on his or her own.

Though there is and should be a sense of individual responsibility, there are times when government must intersect in order to set us on a straight path.

Can somebody tell me how the republicans can continually convince the working poor that unions are bad for them. How is better pay bad, how is having medical insurance bad, how is a pension plan bad, how are safer working conditions bad? Is it good to have excutives that make hundreds of millions, and in some cases billions, while the employees who perform the work that enables these profits, are killed and maimed, and many are working but still depend on government programs when they are sick or injured. Trickle down economics only works for the extremely wealthy, the middle class is still waiting for some of this wealth to trickle down but it has never happened. When working people make a little extra money they don't hide it in the Cayman islands to beat the taxes, that money rolls right back into the economy and the owners still get rich. If a working man makes some extra bucks by working a little overtime he buys tires for the car or school clothes for the kids, or a dishwasher for the wife, the point is he most likely spends it. What is the government (us) going to do when it is saddled with a whole generation of ex wal-mart employees who never made much more than minimun wage, have no medical insurance, no pension and are now old, sick, and destitute. I'm tired of the socialism remarks if you do not want the government to absorb these costs, and you don't want the private sector to absorb these costs, what are you going to do. Please don't tell me I can put some of that ten dollars an hour away in a personal health savings account. Please don't tell me I can barter with a heart surgeon. If these costs are not covered by the private sector as fringe benefits then we pay higher taxes for the government to help or we step over the sick and destitute living in the street. If we keep up with the trickle down economics (Piss on you economics) we will soon look like a third world country. These working poor people who don't want government invovled, don't want unions, don't want regulations on business, don't want higher taxes, better hope they never get what they want. The Walton family is collecting Picaso's while we absorb the cost of their employee,s health-care. BP made around 5 billion dollars in the first quarter, but republican lawmakers keep voting to block the raising of the cap on the amount they are liable for (currently 75 million). I know they don't want to raise taxes but they will have to in order to pay for the cleanup. I'm a democrat and I want my country back from big business.