After having an electoral stake pounded through its heart last November, after being exposed to the searing media morning light of a “permanent realignment” in the “center-left” American electorate, with a silver bullet in the brain of a “broken GOP brand”, and with a garlic necklace strangling it’s “sixty’s culture war” neck, the corpse of “Divided Government” seemed dead and buried in the media for the foreseeable future. But last week the undead meme was walking again

We’re already starting to hear the 1992 meme, but will 2010 be a watershed moment for Repubs?
According to First Read, the results will be a lot different…
The 1992 election actually provided hints of the 1994 tsunami (redistricting, strength of anti-establishment Perot etc.; Republicans actually did well in 1992 House races and picked up senate seats). [...]

This is BIG news as it’ll ensure that a lot more people participate.
From Des Moines Register:
Sources from both the Iowa Democratic Party and Republican Party of Iowa say they are getting ready to jointly announce a date for the 2010 Iowa caucuses. For the first time, they’ll be held on a Saturday afternoon in January. [...]

This is even after election officials admitted that more votes came out of 50 cities than there were voters. Shameful stuff, but not much we can do at this point besides sit back and watch it all unfold.
From BBC:
Iran’s legislative body, the Guardian Council, has said there were no major polling irregularities in the 12 [...]

Hey all,
Just found out about this blog and it’s disturbing. Basically, Iranian authorities are using Blogger blogs to ID protestors so they can arrest them.
Here’s how you can help:

Visit the blog and at the very top there should be a button that says “Flag Blog.” Click that.

This will send you to a page that features [...]

This is pretty astonishing.
Apparently the number of votes exceeded the number of voters in over 50 cities, for a discrepancy of about 3 million votes.
But yeah…they don’t care:
The discrepancies, the most sweeping acknowledged so far by the authorities, could affect some three million ballots of what the government says was an 85 percent turnout [...]

The debate has been fast and furious recently, and Obama has struck what I think is the most appropriate tone given the circumstances.
Does part of me wish he would throw caution to the wind, back Mousavi and call the election a fraud? Sure. But that part of me would be ignoring evidence that Ahmadinejad may [...]

So says a commenter who posted this a couple of hours ago…
“We are from god and we will return to him”
Great people of Iran
It is with extreme sadness that I have learnt of the massacre of the people who had gathered peacefully to defend their rights. I am deeply concerned about these events, and hereby [...]

In a strong rebuke to the current regime, one of the most powerful clerics in Iran issues the following…
In the name of God
People of Iran
These last days, we have witnessed the lively efforts of you brothers and sisters, old and young alike, from any social category, for the 10th presidential elections.
Our youth, hoping to see [...]

And interesting little factoid in all of this Iran election stuff.
From Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it had contacted the social networking service Twitter to urge it to delay a planned upgrade that would have cut daytime service to Iranians who are disputing their election.
Confirmation that the U.S. government had [...]

I suppose it’s never too early to start talking about races in 2010, and this race presents many Dems with a problem. Support the moderate (yet aging) Specter because he switched parties, or back a young up and comer?
Regardless, it’s becoming obvious that Sestak will run in the Democratic primary…
Sestak has interviewed a number of [...]

As well he should. There’s no sense in agreeing to a recount of tainted votes. What they need is a new election, and they shouldn’t stop until they get it.
More from NY Times:
Speaking at Monday’s huge rally, Mr. Moussavi said he had written to the Guardian Council to complain about the election but had little [...]

As much as I hate to be fair to a guy like Ahmadinejad, I can’t ignore this story from the Washington Post which shows that he enjoyed a sizable lead before the election.
What’s more, the following pollsters have absolutely no reason to lie. In fact, they have every reason to shut up, but they decided [...]

After a weekend of protests and clashes over the alleged fraud perpetrated by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s party in Iran, the real powers in Iran are stepping in:
State television quoted Ayatollah Ali Khamenei directing a high-level clerical panel, the Guardian Council, to look into charges by pro-reform candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has said he is the [...]

More and more details are emerging that suggest this whole thing was a sham.
From Muhammad Sahimi:
At the same time, the reformist newspapers were also informed that they can prepare their Saturday edition to declare Mr. Mousavi the winner, but were not allowed to use the word pirouzi (victory) in their articles, in order not to [...]

Numbers and accusations are flying fast and furious right now, but the following seem to be the most plausible I’ve seen so far.
Do note that the following has been pulled out of a VERY long post with a ton of updates, so the usual caveats apply.
From NIAC Insight:
We’ve been very hesitant to publicize any of [...]

I’ve heard many on this blog dismiss the current uprising, but I genuinely think this is the real deal and something that won’t be able to be successfully repressed by the government.
Also note around the 2 minute mark that the protesters literally chase away the police so the BBC can continue reporting.

More as it develops…

I don’t know how powerful these folks are, but it’s encouraging to see some of them speak out.
From Tehran Bureau:
The Association of Combatant Clerics, which consists of moderate and leftist clerics and includes such important figures as former president Mohammad Khatami, Ayatollah Mohammad Mousavi Khoiniha, and Grand Ayatollah Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili, issued a strongly-worded statement, [...]

I missed this yesterday…
The international community should not recognize the results of Iran’s 12 June 2009 presidential election, which gives all signs of having been manipulated by government authorities to produce a massive victory for incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. The Campaign further recommended that [...]

The more I’ve read about election results coming out of cities that NEVER would have voted for Ahmadenjihad, the more I’m convinced that this one was rigged.
And the Iranian people are mad as hell…

Here’s more…

Not only that, Twitter is being used a ton to get the message out.
Andrew Sullivan sums it up like so…
This generation [...]