Monday, February 19, 2007

What Ailes the Western Majority?

It did seem a little strange that Fox News (or my preferred Faux Snooze) had been chosen to host the Nevada Democratic presidential debate on August 14, 2007. It seems all the more intriguing given the make up of the third leg of the stool: The Western Majority Project -- which doesn't sound like the sort of group given much positive mention by the Murdoch Empire:

"The Western Majority Project (WMP), another cosponsor of the FOX debate, is a federally registered political action committee. WMP was recently founded to build upon the growing political strength of the West by injecting Western issues into the national dialogue and highlight the common sense, forward looking, independent values of Western voters. WMP's advisory council includes co-chairs Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, as well as Senators Ken Salazar, Colorado; Max Baucus, Montana; Jon Tester, Montana; and Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico and Governors Bill Ritter, Colorado; Brian Schweitzer, Montana; Bill Richardson, New Mexico." [Media Bistro]

2 comments:

Not Your Mama said...

Apparently CNN declined to cover this one. Covering two events probably would have cut too much into time needed to cover Anna Nicole and Brittany y'know.

Desert Beacon said...

NYM: Ah, yes...Runaway Brides, Anna Nicole, the state of Brittany's hair or lack thereof, strip mall fires in liquor stores. P.T. Barnum lives! While a liquor store fire got billing yesterday, there's a town in Texas suffering as a mulch dump burns and a highway was closed in the south because of a toxic spill -- but these pale in comparison to explications and ruminations about Brittany's hair?