Building a Filibuster Proof SuperMajority Part 3
This is the third in a three-part series designed to determine whether Democrats can achieve a net gain of nine seats in the US Senate in the 2008 elections.Nine seats on top of the six seat gain...
View ArticleWhen You Crave Top Chef
The third season of America's Top Chef started Wednesday night. After two seasons on the West Coast (SF & LA), the Bravo reality series moves east, to sunny South Beach."Bienvenido a Miami!"My...
View ArticleCA-41 - Rumors of an Open Seat in the Desert
LEWIS TO RETIRE - Novak; LEWIS AIDES SAY NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADELet's Convince the Congressman It's Time to GoLast week, conservative columnist Robert Novak reported that sixteen-term Republican...
View ArticleThe Ethically Challenged Alaska GOP - Can Dems Conquer the "Last Frontier?"
Apparently Republican corruption isn't limited to the Lower 48. Two long-time Alaska politicians, Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens and At-Large Rep. Don "Bridge to Nowhere" Young, have suddenly become the...
View ArticleGOP Redefining 2006, Pt 1 - The Myth of the Bitter Divide
This week's National Journal cover story, "Open-Field Politics" is written by Michael Barone, long-time author of The Almanac of American Politics. It is a lengthy article that merits considerable...
View ArticleWhy Do We Allow GOP Pundits to Define OUR Victory?
This is the second of three posts analyzing Michael Barone's cover story "Open-Field Politics"in the current issue of The National Journal. In the article Barone, lead author of the Almanac of American...
View ArticleCA-24: Turning The Color Purple?
The number of competitive congressional districts in California is extremely small. Our politicians have perfected gerrymandering and "incumbent protection" into an exquisite artform here in the Golden...
View ArticleWill Ike, Tony or Ross Win in 2008?
Will the next president be like Ike (Eisenhower), emerging as an attractive and experienced presidential choice to a nation weary of war?Or will the winner in 2008 redefine their party as Britain's...
View ArticleWill Bush Shut Down the Federal Govt?
Apparently, someone at the White House swept the shredded paper off the Oval Office floor, taped the pieces together and discovered the President of the United States actually has a...
View ArticleWestern Round-Up - House GOP Incumbents Attract Dem Challengers
Cross-posted at An Enduring Democratic Majority.The Democratic wave that swept out of the Atlantic across New England and the Midwest in the 2006 midterms ran out of steam as it lapped up against the...
View ArticleHillary Doesn't Prefer Blondes - Important Factoids from the Sunday Morning News
Sunday mornings at Chrispy's home have a predictable routine. This week was like most others...until I heard something about blondes...and brunettes...and I soon found myself wondering, "Is this what...
View ArticleWhat Will the Democrats Do About the Wizard of Wyoming?
The revelations in this week's WaPo series on Vice President Cheney finally reveal what many of us have believed all along. The nation should have been paying MUCH more attention to the little man...
View ArticleProgressive Power Can Make A Difference
As many of you know, Media Matters has been urging the progressive community to lobby PBS to reverse its decision to include modern day GOP Goebbels Frank Luntz on the post-debate Tavis Smiley analysis...
View ArticleAnn or Frank - Who is More Dangerous to the Democrats?
Cross-posted at Talking Stick Rules.This week, two influential Republican media figures garnered attention. Over the years, one has sought notoriety and scandal, while the other has subtly lurked...
View ArticleWildlife Group Adds 5 GOPers to Endangered Species List
Fresh off their victorious campaign ousting conservative lawmaker Rep. Richard Pombo (CA-11) in the 2006 midterms, the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund has placed targets on the back of five more...
View ArticleIndependent Voters Revealed as Anti-War Extremists
Independent voters are often viewed as the decisive power brokers in national elections. The party who successfully courts these quintessential "swing voters," typically wins presidential elections. In...
View ArticleGOP Senate Retirement Watch - the Immigration Vote
Political observers are reading the tea leaves to determine which GOP Senators are contemplating retirement. In addition to Colorado Sen Allard, as many as seven more (nearly a third of the 22 seats...
View ArticleManhattan Madness - 9/11 & New York's White House Ambitions
It's been sixty years since a New York politician secured a major party's presidential nomination when Thomas Dewey famously "won" then lost against Democratic incumbent Harry Truman in 1948. For three...
View ArticleThe 50 State Strategy - How Dems Can Win in 2018
The arcane process of congressional redistricting has always been a political and partisan process. But, as with so many of the power-grabbing assaults on our constitutional system of checks and...
View ArticleWho "Lost" Iraq?
It may seem like an inconsequential - perhaps even obscene - question to pose, as the answer is so obvious to those of us who inhabit the liberal blogosphere. The answer, however, is NOT as clear to...
View ArticleDems & the White House - Do We Lose Because We're Stupid or Squeamish?
As I read an article in the Arts section of Tuesday's New York Times trumpeting this year's "big idea" in Democratic political circles, I found myself wondering, "Are Democrats really this clueless and...
View ArticleIf the Lips are Moving, He Must be Lying...
Yesterday, the Budget Busting Buffoon delivered his mid-session budget review. It was twenty minutes of purely revolting revisionism and conservative propaganda. He wasted no time in shaping the budget...
View ArticleWY-Sen II - Does Freudenthal Plan to Take on Sen-Select Barrasso?
According to the AP, Wyoming Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal is expressing disappointment with the newest US Senator, Tom Barrasso (R-WY). The Billings Gazette ran the story with the headline...
View ArticleCO-04: Will Musgrave's Moderate Makeover Succeed?
Colorado's 4th District is home to right wing conservative Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (R), who has made a national name for herself as the lead House sponsor of the homophobic federal marriage amendment in...
View ArticleThe WaPo Gets Money Headline WRONG
In reading the news reports on the presidential Q2 fundraising numbers, I came across this article over at washingtonpost.com: Campaigns Raise, Burn More Cash, More Quickly: Rapid Spending Puts Some in...
View ArticleUNREC this UNLiveblog #007: The Dems Filibuster Buster In Progress
The Senate is in the middle of a real live filibuster, folks!UPDATE: Andre in Atlanta has taken over hosting duties here. Thanks for stopping by! Last one out, turn out the lights.Our leader Harry has...
View ArticleIs A Soccer Mom Edwards’ Key to Catching Hillary?
I've been observing the presidential primary contest wondering when – or if – either the Obama or Edwards campaign would decide to directly criticize Hillary Clinton. There’s a surreal collegiality in...
View ArticleHarry, What's Next?
Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing – if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil...
View ArticleSenate 2008 - Shattering Sabato's Crystal Ball
Some political experts have updated their 2008 Senate ratings following the Q2 Senate campaign filings, as incumbent (and challenger) fundraising numbers provide an opportunity to gauge the political...
View ArticleRove to GOP: Don't Blame it on Baghdad
I'm unsure whether this tidbit from the innards of the Republican Party should be written off as an example of championship caliber White House CYA or a dangerous GOPer 'head in the sand' escape from...
View ArticleTeam Hillary Does Damage Control
The fallout from Hillary Clinton's uncharacteristic stumble during her visit to the Dragons' (of Drexel U) lair on Tuesday night continues, with the media and her Democratic rivals seizing upon a...
View ArticleCoultergeist, Get Over Yourself
I don't know about the rest of you but I'm feeling like it's time to take a break from the fratricidal intraparty feuding of the past couple weeks. I just opened an email that caused me to laugh out...
View ArticleThis Ain't His First Time at the Rodeo, Fellas
If there are any guarantees in Democratic Party politics, there is this: a failed presidential campaign gives way to frenzied finger-pointing. Desperate to deflect blame for the defeat, each of the...
View ArticleSurvey Says: Nine Out of Ten Americans Agree
It's rare during this time of increased partisanship to find the American electorate agreeing on anything, but this morning a new presidential preference poll from USA Today/Gallup reveals a surprising...
View ArticleWinning Graciously - A November Reminder
Over the past few months many here have decried the unrelenting hostility of the candidate wars. Personal attacks became too common and troll ratings were tossed around like firecrackers on the Fourth...
View ArticleNH Dems Tell MSM: "Slow Down, Important Election Underway"
The punditocracy is stunned for the second time in a week. The Democratic nomination battle has everyone scratching their heads, hungover from a weekend-long binge of polls and political rallies in the...
View ArticlePat & Hillary, Sitting in A Tree, KAY, EYE, ESS, ESS, EYE, AND GEE
I'm spewing my no foam, low fat latte across the computer screen this morning.Pundits are swarming like hungry sharks, accusing Barack of elitist condescension toward small town America. I'm watching...
View ArticleI Got Another HillGram from Ann Today
Early in this presidential campaign I signed up for email updates from each of the Democratic presidential campaigns, (and even a couple of the Republicans) because I was curious as to how each would...
View ArticleGALLUP: Dems Leading in Battleground States
This is big, especially considering the fretting the punditocracy (and the blogosphere) is doing about how this interminable Democratic nomination battle could be hurting our general election chances....
View ArticleMSNBC: Falls for One of the "Oldest Tricks in Politics"
This story has been in the "hourly loop" playing during MSNBC's "The Place for Politics" daytime coverage all morning. There's a new anti-Obama ad (in addition to the abysmal NC State GOP one...
View ArticleAdam "Opie" Putnam to Give up House Seat
According to Politico, Adam Putnam (Wingnut-FL), who had been the third-ranking Republican in the House before the 2008 elections, is stepping down to pursue office in the Sunshine State.
View ArticleTweeting Their Way Back to Relevance?
Direct mail, talk radio, the Internet, YouTube, and social networking have all played crucial roles in modern American presidential campaigns. Each party’s fortunes have ebbed and flowed with their...
View ArticleWingnut, Get Your Gun
This morning, an email from World Net Daily via Human Events was one of the most blood-chilling communiques I've received from the Angry Right.The subject line read: MILLIONAIRE PATRIOT WANTS YOU ARMED...
View ArticleIn God We Trust...NOT
America, long one of the most religious of western industrialized nations, has undergone a rapid spiritual transformation over the past two decades according to a new ARIS study reported in USA Today:...
View ArticleJonah Goldberg: Tell Me Lies, Great Big Lies
The latest from Jonah Goldberg provides another glimpse into the alternative reality that is modern Republicanism: The real scandal is that this administration thinks crises are opportunities for...
View ArticleRasmussen - Quinn Haunted by Blago's Ghost?
Cross-posted at StateHouseRockRasmussenpolled Illinois voters about the two offices tainted by the Blagojevich scandal - Obama's former Senate seat and the gubernatorial chair Blago left behind when he...
View ArticleThe "Sleeping Giant" No More
The US Census recently released a report on voter turnout in the 2008 presidential election. The most important finding with electoral ramifications for years to come is the enormous surge among...
View ArticleCan White Deny Perry Another Term?
A new poll commissioned by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune shows Governor Rick Perry (R) leading his Democratic challenger former Houston Mayor Bill White, 44%-35%.At first glance, it...
View ArticleGubernatorial Races - Themes for Today's Voting
Today is the biggest primary voting day of the year. From coast-to-coast, American voters in an angry anti-incumbent mood will trickle into polling booths, cast their votes in pathetically low numbers,...
View ArticleIA- Gov: Does Tea Party Want Culver to Win?
When Terry Branstad rejected defeated GOP guber wannabe Bob Vander Plaats' request to be included on his ticket this fall it raised the specter the Tea Party fave may pull a Lieberman and run an...
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