The NYT reports that the Organization of News Ombudsmen (everybody has an organization these days!), or ONO, has refused to admit the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's team of one "liberal" and one "conservative" … [Read more...]

As anyone who reads lefty blogs knows by now, there's been a great deal of hand-wringing over whether the Deal that averted the nucular option was a good idea for the Democrats.  I want to weigh in on one aspect of this.  Some are … [Read more...]

The Senate voted 81-18 to end debate on Priscilla Owen's nomination to the 5th Circuit, setting up an up-or-down vote soon (and you can be sure the result will be "up").  Local boys Kennedy and Kerry both voted "no" … [Read more...]

My post of a few days ago regarding the so-called "Downing Street Memo" led to my receipt of a lengthy email which appears to be mostly a reprint of this Daily Kos diary.  The point of the email (and the diary) is that the … [Read more...]

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON JUDICIAL NOMINATIONSWe respect the diligent, conscientious efforts, to date, rendered to the Senate by Majority Leader Frist and Democratic Leader Reid.  This memorandum confirms an understanding among … [Read more...]

A group of seven Democratic and seven Republican senators have reached an agreement that apparently will avoid the invocation of the nucular option that would have demolished the Senate rules and ended the use of the filibuster on judicial … [Read more...]

Remember the gubernatorial election in Washington state - the unbelievably close one that Republican Dino Rossi won in the first count, won in the machine recount, but then lost in the hand re-recount to Democrat Christine Gregoire?  … [Read more...]

Conservative guru Grover Norquist, originator of the charming "get [the federal government] down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub" quip, has gotten swept up in DeLayGate.  Turns out Norquist was a little too … [Read more...]

The new "public editor" of the NY Times, Byron Calame, has concluded that the NYT was slow on the uptake regarding the "Downing Street Memo," a secret document containing minutes of a high-level intelligence meeting … [Read more...]

... and we're here to help. LiberalOasis notes that on the two judges that Frist and the GOP are trotting out first, Dems need to let people know exactly why we're showing some spine:Sen. Mark Pryor?s performance on CNN yesterday was not … [Read more...]