You have given me an enormous responsibility. But it is a responsibility we share.We can change this Party? but only by working together and competing inall 50 states. We can change this Party? but only by working togetherand becoming a … [Read more...]

This is not a joke.  The left sees it coming.  So does the right.  When liberal bloggers and the American Conservative are in agreement, they're most likely onto something.  And today's news that North Korea has publicly … [Read more...]

Al Franken is reportedly on the verge of announcing that he's running for Senate in Minnesota in 2006.  Those debates ought to be world-beaters.  Can't wait.  (Hat tip: Kos.)UPDATE: Right.  Not running.  Never mind. … [Read more...]

Joseph Wilson, husband of outed CIA operative Valerie Plame, has given an interesting interview to Daily Kos diarist SusanG.  Most of the interview is about the fascinating investigation into fake reporter Jeff Gannon, who somehow … [Read more...]

Big Pharma makes a big fat withdrawal from your pocket:When Congress passed the Medicare Modernization Act, lawmakers were told it would cost no more than $400 billion over 10 years. In the budget President Bush sent to Congress Monday an … [Read more...]

Wingnut and new Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), in defense of the hilariously-named "Class Action Fairness Act" now being debated in Congress, had this to say on silicone breast implants:"And I thought I would just share with … [Read more...]

You probably haven't heard as much about the upcoming elections in Saudi Arabia as you did about elections in some other nearby countries (it was news to me).  But this is a fairly big deal: the elections, which begin next Thursday, … [Read more...]

Bush's social security gambit in last night's state of the union address appears to have gone over like the proverbial lead balloon.  According to ABC News, numerous Republicans are now loudly proclaiming their disappointment in the … [Read more...]

Pending more detailed reports, neither the State Department nor theWhite House would comment on the balloting or the victory of themilitary candidates, Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, who was running forpresident, and Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, … [Read more...]

George Bush is such an extremist he even makes Pat Buchanan look progressive. From a recent solicitation letter by  Scott McConnell, Executive Editor of Buchanan's The American Conservative magazine:'While we're beating the hell out of … [Read more...]