Wisconsin senator Herb Kohl announced his retirement as of the end of his current term in 2012. That move is a big blow to the chances of the Democrats to hold the majority in the senate. Right now, there are 51 Democrats in the senate and two independents who vote with the Democrats for a total of 53. In 2012, there will be 23 of these seats up for re-election while only 10 GOP seats are being contested. More important, there are about ten Democrat seats that could switch to GOP and only Two GOP seats that seem in danger as of this writing. Kohl's retirement moves an additional seat from sure Democrat to toss up. While it is a long time until November of 2012, it is certainly seeming more and more likely that the GOP will take control of the senate in that election.
Last night brought the news that two men in New York had been arrested for plotting to bomb various synagogues in the city. The television was filled with pictures of the weapons that the two had purchased to carry out the plot: guns, ammo and grenades. According to the news report, the two wanted to kill Jews since Muslims were being treated “like dogs”.
The New York City police are to be congratulated for breaking up another terror plot. Why is it that nearly every plot of this sort seems to be in New York? Thankfully, the police are up to the task of dealing with these crazies.
What really interested me about the reports, however, was the note that the federal anti-terrorism taskforce declined to get involved in dealing with this plot. The feds left this to the local police. How can that be? Can you imagine what would have happened if these jerks had managed to carry out an attack and it came out that the feds had stepped aside from dealing with them? Someone had better explain why the feds did not get involved here.
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