Good News: Democrat Wins Wisconsin Supreme Court ContestShe defeated a Republican incumbent and will bring a Democratic majority to the court, which is vital when Governor Scott Walker's union-busting bill inevitably winds up there. Also, the Republican she defeated is not some hapless fellow with an (R) next to his name. He's one of those judicial activists (the kind the right wing loves: the
conservative kind) who has thinly veiled his prejudicial bias in previous public statements. Usually, when asked to comment on an upcoming case, a judge will say that they haven't formed an opinion yet. This mook said that he had to be careful not to publicly
state an opinion. Big difference.
Even Better News: Fox News Cancels Glenn Beck ShowFox News would never be unsavvy enough in its PR to call it a cancellation, but they're not renewing his contract when it comes up later this year. You can compare that to the fate of other Fox News shows, which never seem to go away. Apparently Beck's carefully fabricated persona of craziness and shock isn't helping Fox News' goals of making money by advancing the conservative movement. That's no surprise. Even though Beck is the one person I largely credit with popularizing the Tea Party on a national scale, his schtick is unsustainable. He has to keep topping himself, and he's running out of steam. Ratings are down, advertisers have abandoned him (see: making money), and guests don't want to come on his show.
Unfortunately, Beck will still have his radio show, but talk radio is pretty isolated to the right-wing loony asylum and doesn't have the power to shape the national political agenda like the television operation do.
