A week old, but still useful: The Line by the Washington Post's Chris Cilizza. Republicans are having trouble, he writes, recruiting good candidates. The fiasco in Iraq might have something to do with this.[T]he lack of "A" recruits is … [Read more...]
Is it all just the price of gas?
Gas cost $1.46 when W. took office. Here that is again in case you missed it:I was musing over that the other day, did a little research and found this analysis in the Left Business Observer, a newsletter edited by Doug Henwood, a … [Read more...]
Canadian Giuliani Operative Rips MA Health Care Plan
Sally C. Pipes, a Canadian who lives in San Francisco, works for the Giuliani campaign, and is President and CEO of the regressive Pacific Research Institute (PRI) -- funded, no surprise, by Pfizer and the Pharmaceutical Research and … [Read more...]
Attack Iran: Last Throw for the Republicans?
Thanks to Dan Kennedy at Media Nation and JimC's, "March to War" post, for pointing out this excellent video by OutFoxed producer Robert Greenwald. The video shows the similarities between Fox banging the drums for an attack on Iran today, … [Read more...]
Bush adopts “Vietraq” comparison
In a speech today President Bush made explicit a comparison that has been clear to many for years: Iraq is the new Vietnam.He blocks health care for kids and now saddles the Republican Party, who were in charge when we got into this war, … [Read more...]
No werewolves in Iraq
An excellent piece today on the History News Network by Perry Biddiscombe, who teaches history at the University of Victoria and is the author of The Last Nazis: SS Werewolf Guerrilla Resistance in Europe 1944-1947 and Werwolf!: The History … [Read more...]
The kind of debate I’d like to see
The NYT has an interesting collection of speculations today about future new media-based interactive debate formats. Here is my favorite, from Matt Bai, who moderated the Presidential Candidate Forum at YearlyKos:MAYBE someday soon the … [Read more...]
The Cradle of Digital Liberty
The cycling heart of the Democratic Party's digital future is right here in Massachusetts. As part of BMG's continuing effort to profile local heroes, behold the Voter Activation Network (VAN), of Cambridge.The voter file, a computerized … [Read more...]
Republican hopes in 08 fading with Wall Street
The best argument for re-election of a Republican President has been the strength of the economy under W. He may have wasted $450 billion in Iraq and botched the war to boot, shafted the least well off, and placed faith over reason, but he … [Read more...]
Darcy Burner: a Real Democrat [with matching donation!]
David and I met Washington State Congressional candidate Darcy Burner at YearlyKos and were impressed. Burner lost by just 3% to regressive incumbent Dave "anti-choice, anti-marriage, anti-ANWR, no potentially life-saving stem cell … [Read more...]
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