I worry, could it be that you're shortchanging all those wonderful Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and Japanese restaurants of which you claim to be so enamoured, leading to a disproportionate amount of your ethnically-oriented efforts being devoted exclusively to those wonderful Irish bars??

Thanks Kick - PA should be interesting.

Lamb has the momentum right now; I guess we'll see if it's enough.

I was also reading a Republican blogger talking about the Texas primaries - the fear of a blue wave there is interesting - the voting turnout is Texas is so low that if the Democrats ever discover that all they need to do is turn out to win the state could turn purple at least a decade before it is currently expected to. The Republicans are worried that 2018 is the year that the Democrats realize they are much closer than it seems.

I know, right!? Democrats may finally be getting the message because the turnout for Dems is up 105% from 2014, while Republican turnout is up around 15%. Now this is going to get interesting here. :)

(1) After I wrote this, on the evening news, I heard that the White House will be officially rolling the tariffs out "in the next two weeks or so," meaning they're probably already planning on waiting until after next Tuesday.

(2) However, I've also read that Trump really wants to sign the tariffs at an event that was described as "in steel country" in PA-18.

Make of that what you will...

OK, let's see...

TheStig [3] -

Nice "Father Ted" reference, there...

Heh.

neilm [5] -

Trump knows all about this election. He held an event (manufacturing, forget what type) a few weeks ago here (although I read differing reports as to whether it was technically within PA-18 or not, but it was at least within a few miles of the border). Pence has been at least twice, as have other top Republicans. Trump is planning on going back (see above, #2) I think this Saturday, right before Election Day.

Kick [6] -

OK, thanks for the details. Your answer was much better than mine!

:-)

-CW

https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/06/politics/kellyanne-conway-hatch-act/index.html

I am sure the GOP will be setting up investigations....Just like they would for a dem...

If you stack enough bodies in the swamp it will eventually displace enough water and muck to make it appear as drained.

Nothing bad can come from this little gem...

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-ethics/house-democrats-raise-concerns-about-epa-officials-with-outside-jobs-idUSKCN1GI2M4

Just like I love the great Italian restaurants (remember when we used to lynch Italians?), Irish bars (remember when there were "No Irish" signs?), Chinese restaurants (remember when we blocked all immigration from China?) and of course Sushi bars (remember when we interned Japanese-Americans?).

This story is as old as America.

Somehow I think your interpretation of my only partly joking comment might be just a shade too literal. Partly my fault, I should have said 'Mexicans', not "Mexico". What Mexicans are doing is known as "voting with their feet". I seriously doubt that any of them want to make either place part of Mexico.

They're indeed taking over both places, but if they liked Mexico, they wouldn't be leaving, right?

So let me get this straight. Immigrants want to come to California so they can make it part of Mexico.

Makes sense to me ;)

These days, Mexico is in the process of stealing them back, using the same system.

Turn-about is definitely fair play!

I was also reading a Republican blogger talking about the Texas primaries - the fear of a blue wave there is interesting - the voting turnout is Texas is so low that if the Democrats ever discover that all they need to do is turn out to win the state could turn purple at least a decade before it is currently expected to. The Republicans are worried that 2018 is the year that the Democrats realize they are much closer than it seems.

"I don't think we're going to have a trade war."

Or possibly .

"I don't think." "We're going to have a trade war."

That pretty much covers the possible outcomes.

He has. Remember that time in January where the White House flat out insisted that Trump was not going to PA to campaign for Saccone, while Trump tweeted otherwise?

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Will be going to Pennsylvania today in order to give my total support to RICK SACCONE, running for Congress in a Special Election (March 13). Rick is a great guy. We need more Republicans to continue our already successful agenda!

4:53 AM - 18 Jan 2018

The White House stated around that time that Trump would only be returning to Pennsylvania to campaign for Saccone if the race was close. With polls tightening up and some showing a lead for Connor Lamb, Trump is scheduled to go back for a rally at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 at Pittsburgh International Airport.

Absent the usual massive sticky fingerprints on the PA election do we know if Trump even knows there is an election?

there you go again confusing reality with campaign rhetoric. most voters in PA-18 probably know just as little about the steel industry as donald does, and the reality of it will have zero bearing on whether or not his steel pitch works on them. what we're measuring is not the tariff proposal's basis in fact but whether or not it harnesses the myth.

JL

A mighty small upside against upsetting the World Economic Cart...but Trump is troubled and susceptible to any forlorn hope he can wrap is arms around.

Don't make any major decisions immediately after a big break up!

JL

Well, with so much else going on...