What Kerry Should Do: 30,000 Troops to Afghanistan
I have been watching cable news for the past three hours, and watching the conventional wisdom eviscerate the Kerry campaign with respect to the impact of the Osama Bin Laden story. I do not think that...
View ArticleKids Off to War (What We Are Really Fighting Against)
I can't help but notice that today's diaries are full of infighting and discord, with many self-inflicted wounds (Deaniacs v. Kerry, gays v. Diane Feinstein, etc.) And a lot of talk about insider...
View ArticleMore Unusual Ohio Results (Bush Voters for Gay Marriage?)
There are 88 counties in Ohio. In 85 counties, there were more votes for Kerry than there were against State Issue 1. A vote against State Issue 1 was a vote against a constitutional amendment...
View ArticleGOP Media Strategy: Learning from Karl Rove
An interesting article in today's NY Times by Adam Nagourney:"Rather than dispatching troops to knock on doors in neighborhoods known to be heavily Republican, Mr. Mehlman said, the Bush campaign...
View ArticleDuncan Hunter (R-CA): Can we get rid of this guy?
Duncan Hunter represents the 52nd district of California (eastern San Diego suburbs.) He is also chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. Rep. Hunter (along with Rep. Sensenbrenner of WI)...
View ArticleNew Rumors: Frost, Dean, Hindery, Fowler campaigning for DNC
An AP article that just came out tonight: By Associated Press November 29, 2004, 6:23 PM EST WASHINGTON -- Defeated Texas Congressman Martin Frost is among potential candidates for chairman of the...
View ArticleRemembering the Casualties of Iraq: Fighting Media Bias
The costs of the Iraqi war are increasingly falling onto the back pages of our major newspapers, and into the secondary segments of the network newscasts. We need to be remembering the troops that are...
View ArticleTime to Callout Washington Post on Neocon Bias
Tonight on MSNBC's Hardball, there was a very revealing exchange between Dana Priest, lead foreign affairs reporter for the Washington Post, and Chris Matthews. Matthews questioned the wisdom of...
View Article9/11 Hypocrisy: Kerik "Love Nest" Meant for 9/11 Workers
If we had any doubt left about the utter hypocrisy of the Administration and their false remembrance of 9/11, here is the confirmation. Drudge is reporting that Bernard Kerik's "love nest" (reported in...
View ArticleTony Blankley: "God Bless Hillary"... Rumors of 08 Strategy?
So Hillary's probably running in 2008. No big news there. There's been a growing wave of rumors (particularly in right wing venues, where she is an obsession) of her likely strategy. Peggy Noonan,...
View ArticleHomophobia & Imperialism: Soldier Shoots Iraqi Boy after Sex
A National Guardsman pleaded guilty in a court martial to shooting a 17-year-old Iraqi boy after having sex with him in a guard tower. Pvt. Federico Daniel Merida, 21, pleaded guilty to murder...
View ArticleGregoire Wins? King County Results
This sounds like it was before the 735 votes."Democratic State Party Chairman Paul Berendt says recount results from King County give Democrat Christine Gregoire an eight-vote victory over Republican...
View ArticleFilibuster: Reid Has 49 Votes (w/ #s to Contact)
According to today's Roll Call (as quoted in ABC's "the Note"), Reid has 49 votes to maintain the filibuster (including Snowe, Chafee, McCain, and Collins.) He needs 2 more votes. Roll Call identifies...
View ArticleGallup: 53% Very/Somewhat Likely to Vote Hillary 08 (We Are Winning)
A new national poll from CNN/Gallup: "The latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll found that among those questioned, 29 percent were very likely to vote for Hillary Clinton for president, 24 percent said they...
View ArticleSenate 06 (OH, RI): GOP Challengers for "RINO" 7
Our friends at Free Republic and on the Sean Hannity radio show are broadcasting their attack plan: In Rhode Island, Cranton mayor Steve Laffey (R) is very likely to challenge Chafee in the primary....
View ArticleCox for SEC: The Anti-Spitzer (Bush's Pick Linked to Fraud)
Chris Cox, Bush's nominee for head of the SEC, is no winner. The Orange County (CA) congressman has worked for years to impede reform of corporate governance and investment practices. And he has ties...
View ArticleMaking a Stand in Florida: A Progressive Platform
Reading about Katherine Harris's bid for the Senate reminds me about the deteriorating state of the state of Florida. As its politics become more conservative, the environment, the educational system,...
View ArticleBreaking: Bush Admin's $120B Giveaway to Big Tobacco
From tomorrow's Washington Post: After eight months of courtroom argument, Justice Department lawyers abruptly upset a landmark civil racketeering case against the tobacco industry yesterday by asking...
View ArticleAl Gore: Last Best Progressive for 2008
I have never had a big problem with Hillary, but I know that many in our party do not like her for her pro-war record and her triangulation on various other issues. I read a lot of posts here about...
View ArticleGroundswell of "Path to 9/11" Opposition Reaching Affiliates
Public reaction to "Path to 9/11" is being felt at local ABC affiliates... from Boston to Moline to Santa Barbara... these are just a few stations that have disclosed the viewer complaints that they...
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