Calculated risk here and decide, hey, it might help my case more, even if i m violating this order, to get this information out there. after all, this is what roger stone made a career of, controlling the narrative and pushing information favorable to his position out into the public. he may just decide to take a calculated risk and risk drawing the ire of the court. can the judge rule on this gag order at any time, or is there a date we should be looking for here? the judge can do so on the court s own initiative or at request by the parties. she may do so at the next court listing. the things she ll be looking for is whether or not these judicial statements create a reasonable probability that the jury itself or the trial, the defendant s right to a fair trial, may be compromised. so if roger stone says nothing for the next few months or next few weeks, and then suddenly goes on a media blitz, well, then the court may decide to
But i do know that a career where i ve spoken out, one of my first votes in congress was against the north american free trade agreement, and i supported it 20 years ago, i supported marriage equality and opposed the iraq war. a long career of, as a progressive, outspoken, getting things done, always through the prism of workers. you know, if you run and win the presidency, a republican governor would appoint your replacement and believe it or not, you know, a slate, somebody s slate, it is actually writing that is a reason you shouldn t win. writing this. ultimately, the question hanging over brown isn t whether he is a good candidate or even a great one, it is whether he is so much better than the other 2020 contenders that it would be worth waving his senate seat good-bye. is that a reason for to you decide yes or no? is that even a fair reason to throw at you?
Last 24 hours i have heard quite a lot from republicans saying we feel good about where we are. we think this is turning in our favor because we think that the democrats have pushed this too far. hard to know. i mean, of course there is lisa murkowski who says she is on the fence and she will wait to hear the testimony tomorrow. my sense is they will figure out if they have the bare minimum amount of credibility to force through a vote. and if there is any kind of realistic chance to do it, they are going to take that chance. i think they re going to be political repercussions for it, for sure. but a lot of this was set up really at the start of it. i mean, i think you are exactly right. we remember back to george w. bush who had a past career of, you know, nee inneebuation and addiction. he said i was young and foolish. it is hard to attack him after
So you get this kind of thing. o donnell is kind of late to the tea party. she really has built a career as a conservative culture warrior. talking about things like opposing masturbation, and opposing women in the military, and all these kinds of things. that is what she made her career of. but because she was opposing a moderate republican, the tea party kind of swooped in behind her and lifted her on to their shoulders. now she has to kind of get with that program and start wavering around copies of the constitution. but she obviously has some things to learn about the way government works and the fact that for all the glenn beck talk of czars, there is not anyone in the government whose real title is actually czar. by the way, i m going to have to defend the seventh grade education. the best seventh grade social studies teacher there ever was, ellen rice, and she would have happily flunked me if i were as dumb on this subject as this candidate. paul waldman and the american prosp
She really has built a career as a conservative culture warrior. talking about things like opposing masturbation and opposing women in the military, and all these kinds of things. that s what she made her career of. but because she was opposing a moderate republican, the tea party kind of swooped in behind her and lifted her on to their shoulders. now she has to kind of get with that program and start waving around copies of the constitution. but she obviously has some things to learn about the way government works and the fact that for all the glenn beck talk of czars, there is not anyone in the government whose real title is actually czar. by the way, i m going to have to defend the seventh grade education. the best seventh grade social studies teacher there ever was, ellen rice, and she would have happily flunked me if i were as dumb on this subject as this candidate is. just in defense of the seventh grade. paul waldman and the american prospect. thanks. thanks, keith. the re