We cats haven't posted in the last couple of days because we've been attending the NRA convention in Houston.
KIDDING. We actually can't think of anywhere we'd rather be less. But goodness gracious, just try to open a newspaper or read a political website without running into those crazy people. It's impossible.
On that note, then, here are some catty observations on that confab and other items in the news.
The good news for us Democrats is all these Republicans with 2016 stars in their eyes who are prancing across the podium in Houston: Rick Perry, Ted Cruz, the famous quitter from Alaska, Rick Santorum, Bobby Jindal, etc. That's great, you guys! Just keep reminding everybody that you're against the thing that 90 percent of America wants.
By the way, we cats find it interesting that the GOP and its NRA allies continue to scream about how guns aren't the problem — it's lack of mental health services. So, why won't Republicans expand Medicaid, which pays for the bulk of it?
Speaking of mental health, there's still quite a brouhaha surrounding John Ragan, that lamebrain state senator from Tennessee — who is, of course, a Republican — who wants teachers and school counselors to out gay students to their parents. Seems that a silly group with the misnomer "StudentsFirst" has chosen this very guy as its "educational reformer of the year" — and still hasn't figured out how to backpedal on it. (Although they claim they oppose Ragan's bill. Hm.)
Ahhh, Steve King: not running for Tom Harkin's Senate seat in Iowa. While we're disappointed that Republicans won't have another potential Todd Akin problem on its hands, we find it intriguing that this King nutcase is taking a pass. Between Harkin and Charles Grassley, Iowa hasn't had an open Senate seat in centuries. This should be the perfect opportunity for "next-in-line" elected officials like King to make the leap. Yet they're not. More proof to us cats that, no matter what the pundits say, Iowa, Minnesota and others are no longer swing states — and Republicans know it.
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