One of the few people proud to categorically state they are a Liberal. I hope he runs and shame folks back into standing up for liberal values, the values responsible for ALL progress in America. We must take back the name, own it, and prove that the liberal way is what is best for America. […]
Dodd Joins Dorgan on Sidelines; Blumenthal Enters as Heavy Favorite #p1 #politics
UPDATE: 9:39 AM EST. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal will seek Chris Dodd’s seat, reports the New York Times. As a result, Connecticut has been demoted further to 15th on our Senate race rankings. Public Policy Polling had a poll in the field this weekend, which has yet to be released but which will […]
NRCC Pushes Back Against Steele Over 2010 Pessimism, GOP Operatives Furious #p1 #politics
Republican operatives are privately furious with RNC Chairman Michael Steele for predicting on Monday night that the GOP will not take over the House of Representatives in 2010. One strategist called the comment "stupid," arguing that it will put the party in a bind when it comes to candidate recruitment and generally lower expectations […]
Lindsey Graham Censured By Another South Carolina County Party #p2 #politics
A Republican attempting bipartisanship and is censured by the GOP in his home state. Which party is refusing bipartisanship? By Seanna Adcox COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republican leaders in a South Carolina county known as a GOP stronghold have voted to censure U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for working with Democrats on immigration and climate change. It’s […]
Special Election In Massachussets A Clear And Present Danger to #hcr #p1 #politics
I sure hope the Obama machine is putting money in this election to ensure its voters show up. Blind sides are always the one that gets you. Rassachusetts: Why a Poll May be Terribly, Horribly Wrong — And Why Democrats Should be Worried Anyway OK, here’s that Rasmussen poll on the Massachusetts Senate special election. […]
Tea Partiers Bring Guns To Their Own Meetings Now #p2 #politics
Disgruntles with whose only interest in common is being disgruntle about no one quite knows. The movement is not sustainable. The Alamogordo Daily News reports that an estimated 350 people showed up at an rally organized by the Otero Tea Party Patriots and the recently formed Alamogordo Second Amendment Task Force. The protest has attracted […]
‘N-Word’ Sign Dogs Would-Be Tea Party Leader « The Washington Independent #p2 #politics
I personally went to two of these tea parties in the Houston area and must say while most of the people were embarrassingly uninformed and ill-informed, I was treated with great respect and I became fond of a lot of these folks. That said, I have seen one event in Houston with the hateful racial […]
GOP Oppose Independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency #p2 #politics
If the Democrats do not use this to illustrate that the GOP is categorically opposed to anything that favors the average American over corporations, they deserve to lose Congress. Senate Republicans are determined to prevent the creation of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency because they consider it as threatening as their current arch-nemesis regulator: […]
EXCLUSIVE: Dems ‘Almost Certain’ To Bypass Conference | The New Republic #p1 #hcr #politics
Now that both the House and Senate have passed health care reform bills, all Democrats have to do is work out a compromise between the two versions. And it appears they’re not about to let the Republicans gum up the works again. According to a pair of senior Capitol Hill staffers, one from each […]
Soft on terror? Not this president #p2 #politics
Some sense from the other side. THERE IS, it seems evident, more than enough blame to go around in the botched handling of the botched Christmas bombing. Not for some Republicans. With former vice president Richard B. Cheney in the lead, they have embarked on an ugly course to use the incident to inflict maximum […]
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