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Home Front: Politix
Your metaphor of the day
2010-01-19
Tight Massachusetts race alarms California Dems
by Carla Marinucci & Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Political Writers
Emphasis added.

...For Boxer, a favorite Republican target, a GOP win in Massachusetts would be a particularly dark sign representing "not just the canary in the coal mine," said Wade Randlett, a leading Silicon Valley fundraiser for Obama. "It's the flock of dead ravens landing on the lawn."...
Posted by:Mike

#3  Ummm, that was the Wicked Witch of the EAST squashed by Dorothy's house, Wicked witch of the West was her sister who gave Dorothy so much trouble.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-19 22:55  

#2  Hee hee! Can we get one with The Wicked Witch of the West's Nancy Pelosi's feet sticking out from under the canary?
Posted by: gorb   2010-01-19 15:24  

#1  not just the canary in the coal mine...
Posted by: BigEd   2010-01-19 15:21  

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