The WaPo reports that Senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) will very likely attempt to invoke the nucular option (a ruling that filibusters on judicial nominees are not permitted) within the next few weeks. Democrats continue … [Read more...]
Deval wows ’em in Lexington
General impressions. Patrick is a very good public speaker. He is not bombastic or preachy, but he speaks with eloquence and with a sort of understated yet deeply-felt passion that is nice to hear. He's also genuinely … [Read more...]
Is anyone else bothered by this?
There's been commentary elsewhere about the weird segment on CNN's Capital Gang that was devoted entirely to the death of Pope John Paul II. But one aspect of the show that has not been mentioned sticks in my personal craw.Toward the … [Read more...]
Black robes, white robes, I can never keep it straight
Stop me if you've heard this one: Dr. James Dobson, one of the wingnuttiest of the wingnuts and head of "Focus on the Family," compared the "men in white robes," i.e., the Ku Klux Klan, who "did great wrong to civil … [Read more...]
Reminder: Special elections are TODAY
Remember all that hoopla a few weeks back about the special elections, the disenfranchised BU students, and all the rest of it? Well, those were just the primaries. The elections that will actually determine who gets a new job … [Read more...]
ACTION ALERT: Hearing at State House on anti-gay bills on Tuesday
On Tuesday, April 12, starting at 1 pm, the Joint Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on several bills that can only be described as legislative gay-bashing:House bill 652, a bill of address that requests the removal from office … [Read more...]
Obama enters the blogosphere
US Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) has started a blog on his official website. It's good news that the official rising star of the Democratic party is blog-friendly.Hat tip: Taegan Goddard. … [Read more...]
The NUCULAR option
Since this so-called "nuclear option" (changing Senate rules to disallow filibusters on judicial nominees) is all about President Bush being able to ram through his most extreme picks for federal judgeships, it seems to me that it … [Read more...]
Clinton for Supreme Court: did the Voice get punk’d?
The Village Voice writes this week that Karl Rove is hatching a devilish scheme to thwart Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions by having George W. Bush nominate Bill Clinton to the Supreme Court. The idea would be that when Chief … [Read more...]
More truly terrible music
From the Talent Show, via Crooks and Liars, comes this astoundingly bad music video, which we are pleased to bring you as part of our ongoing search for the worst politically-inspired music in the universe. It's a little hard to tell … [Read more...]
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