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Puzzled

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Apparently, in the wake of her low turnout victory in Puerto Rico and the decision on Michigan and Florida, Hillary Clinton’s folks have adopted yet another spin point about how we should count to determine who is ahead in the popular vote count. I have been puzzled about this line of attack for some time, […]

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The cross we must bear: the Blue Dog “Democrats”

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

If consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, then we have some extremely big minds in the Democratic party, all residing in the heads of the “Blue Dog Democrats”, who make a habit of stabbing their party in the back. Senator Jim Webb has been trying to pass a bill guaranteeing reasonable benefits, including updated […]

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Congress about to give Bush more Iraq money

Sunday, April 20, 2008

The fearless Democrats are about to give Bush $178 billion dollars for Iraq and Afghanistan. They want to do it on the sly, before the next election, though they do plan to “defy” Bush by sneaking in some additional spending, including money for Jim Webb’s GI bill. The most unpopular president in United States history […]

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I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

If Will Rogers needed confirmation of his point of view, he need only have looked at the 2008 Democratic 18th Senatorial District State Central Convention, to which I had the dubious honor of being a delegate. Actually, the convention went fine. I played a sterling role, being firstest with the mostest when it came to […]

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Joe Courtney does right on FISA

Friday, March 14, 2008

Joe Courtney has been sticking to his guns on the FISA bill, despite the Republican attempts to tar him with their scurrilous ads. This was posted on Kos, but since I know some of my readers don’t frequent many blogs, I’m reposting it here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_nrZ8cg0bY[/youtube] It’s nice to be able to take pride in your […]

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Why won’t Congress listen to Mark Klein?

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

When Chris Dodd tried to stop telecom immunity, Harry Reid failed to honor his “hold”, a procedural move that he has allowed Republicans to make time and time again. Many wonder why. The Democrats have flaunted their impotence by subpoenaing White House officials who blow them off without consequences (the recent lawsuit has been assigned […]

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Is that a spine we’re seeing?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

A while back I noted that it looked like the Democrats in the House were about to join their siblings in the Senate, and cave on the telecom immunity issue. It’s only fair that I report that I may (hopefully) have spoken too soon. Not only are the Democrats not caving, they seem to be […]

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Dems set to cave on FISA

Monday, March 3, 2008

The Democrats in the House appear set to follow their Senate colleagues into infamy. Give them credit for weathering the storm of two weeks of criticism from the Republicans and a virtual rebellion by the people at large (did you miss that? So did I actually) against their stand in favor of the Constitution. The […]

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Harry Reid honors a hold

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Via Kos, we learn that right wing Senator Tom Coburn has put a hold on legislation that would prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people who have genetic predispositions to certain diseases or conditions. It’s hard to see why anyone would be against this. Even Coburn says he isn’t against it, he just has […]

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The sliming begins

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

The attacks on Barack Obama have begun. The Republicans are questioning his patriotism, and CNN immediately runs a poll asking if he’s patriotic enough to be president (sign a protest letter here). No word so far on whether they’ll poll on whether McCain is too dishonest to be president. Then again, even McCain can’t hope […]

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