On the other hand, Cliff Clavin might also run.

Happy Birthday Senator Blumenthal!

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It's shaping up to be an exciting year to vote in Connecticut.  We are guaranteed at least one new senator due to Joe Lieberman relinquishing the seat he has held since 1989. And as a Pro Wrestling Mark, I am always more excited about the rematch than about the initial confrontation, so Linda McMahon running against the incumbent Marine is gonna be a schmoz I pay close attention to.

Active versus Passive

I'm not sure what point I would be making if I caricatured Abraham Lincoln and Omar Nelson Bradley, both of whom have birthdays today. I can tell you that John L Lewis and Arlen Specter, both Home Team Classics, had very different strategies for accomplishing the things they believed in.

You already know what Sarah Palin looks like...

…so today's Happy Birthday from Home Team Politics is for Tammy Baldwin. We may be seeing her again after the next election, but it won't be as a Representative. Tammy is ready to join the Senate, or at least to run for the office. Good luck!

Mobile Diva

Happy Birthday Tara!

From Left Field

Can't point you to a wiki about today's Home Teamer, cuz it doesn't exist. Yet. I'm sure pundits on each side are busily preparing their research. Me? I just sketch. Here's Andrew Lorenzen-Strait. Google him or something.

(Also, let me know if you find out his birthday. I'd like to, y'know, put him in his place. Chronologically.)

Mainly I like this guy because otherwise today's sketch would have been George Stephanopoulos. happy Birthday, George. you dodged the cartoon bullet. 

Skipping A Gimme

I am not getting involved in state-level politics on this project. Governors, yes. But State Senators, no. Not even a Republican state Senator for District 37 in Maryland whose birthday is today and who I really want to caricature. I am standing by my precedent.
Until after the 2012 election, at least. I have a lot of work to finish before then. Oh, and then after, too, when I have to revise the whole book and fill in all the newly-elected and swapped around politicians from redistricting. But THEN, oh yes, I would LOVE to caricature all of the governments in all of the states. ALL OF THEM!


Also...

Today's Classic is Thomas Paine, because, COME ON!

( Yes, I realize he was not born in America.)

Big Day for Denial

By way of explaining that title, let me just tell you that when I started this project I planned on caricaturing any and everybody whose bio on Wikipedia struck me as interesting... But mainly politicians and pro wrestlers. As I discover more and more about the politicians I am less and less inclined to caricature the wrestlers, whom I legitimately respect. And today is a doozie for wrestler birthdays, so thanks for reading this sidebar as I wish Happy Birthday to Paul Wight! More popularly known as The Big Show, Paul shares his birthday with Hall Of Famers like Sherri Martel and Freddie Blassie. My denial is of the urge to caricature those entertainers. Instead…

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Today's Classic is William Tecumseh Sherman!

(hopefully next year I can forget the politics, but I doubt it.)