Roadblock Blog

Roadblock Roundup for August 5

What rhymes with "Mitch" and what might it imply?
Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) was caught on tape at a fundraiser calling Barack Obama, "Iraq Obama." What connection could Mr. McConnell be implying about the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate? That he's got the right stance on Iraq?

Wicker puts negative spin on Musgrove being 35 times better than Barbour
Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) is falling back on the same old tactics used to defeat Ronnie Musgrove in his re-election campaign for governor -- saying he's bad for jobs. Unfortunately, it seems Haley Barbour, the star Republican who is now Governor, has allowed around 35 times the number of Mississippi jobs to disappear under his watch. So is Ronnie Musgrove really bad for jobs or is Mississippi just following the national trend?

It takes one to know one
Norm Coleman (R-Minnesota) continues to unfairly attack Al Franken on issues that have already been resolved, trying to paint the man who wishes to hold corrupt CEOs accountable as a hypocrite.

A little Haldol might clear things up
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota) is blaming Democrats for not passing a bill, which actually did pass the House, which Bachmann herself voted against, and which the Republicans in the Senate are currently obstructing.

Discrediting the messenger
Saxby Chambliss (R-Shameless) is toughening up his criticism of a whistleblower at a sugar refinery in Georgia. The whistleblower is claiming that the plant was not safe and that the owners knew this before 13 people died in a recent accident. Chambliss thinks it is, in fact, the whistleblower's fault because he should have tried harder to get executives to shut down the plant.