Ready To Gridlock On Day One
During this year's Democratic Presidential primary, Sen. Hillary Clinton has said that she has learned from some of her past mistakes in dealing with Congress, and will use that experience as President...
View ArticleHow Hillary Lost This Black Vote (And Maybe Many Others)
One of the most remarkable things about this Democratic primary season has been the almost complete defection of the African-American vote from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama. She started out with...
View ArticleObama's Closing Arguments: Five Points To Victory
The results of the Democratic primaries last night leave virtually no doubt that Barack Obama will be the Democratic Presidential nominee. Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania gains were completely...
View ArticleJellybean Barry?
A few days ago, I watched George Bush and John McCain accuse Barack Obama of being a Neville Chamberlain-type appeaser, just because Obama proposes to talk to nations who are not on friendly terms with...
View Article"Sweetie" Happens To Men, Too
So there I was, sitting in my car at the Burger King drive-thru this morning, just being my usual self - relaxing to Commodores tunes on the car stereo, and waiting to get my usual morning order of...
View ArticleLieberman Gets It Wrong
Joseph Lieberman’s op-ed column in today’s Wall Street Journal is an interesting look at how he views Democratic foreign policy.Unfortunately, his view isn’t shared by, well, most Democrats. And...
View ArticleBHO Veepstakes, Part One: Lookin' at the Ladies (POLL)
As we all know, the most ardent supporters of Hillary Clinton don't want Barack Obama to talk about his near-presumptive nominee status. Heaven forbid that a candidate who has an insurmountable lead...
View ArticleOne Kossack's Daily Fighting For Obama
I've been doing a lot of blogging over the last several months. I have Severe Blogorrhea, which is my own blog. I have a blog at BarackObama.com. I blog here and at Talking Points Memo too (username...
View ArticleSen. Hillary Clinton (D-Denial) Receives Celebrity Smackdown
The Clinton campaign apparently values celebrity opinions on the Democratic primary.Just today, the campaign spent a lot of ink and oxygen touting the endorsement of Ricky Martin. Martin, having...
View ArticleClinton's "rightful appointment as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee"?
Sen. Hillary Clinton's Illinois finance committee is circulating a letter they wrote today expressing support for Clinton's continued Presidential bid.The letter, put simply, advocates the "scorched...
View ArticleObama, Clinton and the Vice Presidency
There's been a great deal of discussion over the past few months about the top two Democratic candidates being on the same ticket in the general election.To be fair, there is a great deal of expressed...
View ArticleBeyond The Keyboard: Ten Steps To Bringing Voters To Obama
One of the terms often used on Daily Kos and other sites is "echo chamber". It is certainly an appropriate term, as many of our posts are essentially exercises in preaching to the choir. Some of our...
View ArticleBarack and Hillary, Sittin' in DC...
Last night, it was reported that Sen. Barack Obama met with Sen. Hillary Clinton at Sen. Dianne Feinstein's DC home. The cable networks spent a great deal of time guessing about what they discussed....
View ArticleJeffrey Berman: Obama's Delegate Mastermind
There have been many words written in many places about the great political team that has carried Sen. Barack Obama to presumptive nominee status. Chief strategist David Axelrod has, justifiably,...
View ArticleBREAKING: Cheney Backtracks - "No Chinese firm is drilling" in Cuba...
On Wednesday, Vice President Dick Cheney used George Will as his assignment editor when he put out the ridiculous claim that China was drilling for oil just 60 miles off the shores of Cuba.Sen. Mel...
View ArticleWinning The Campaign vs. Winning The Election
I followed the Florida Senate election of 2004 with great interest. This was a priority seat that I felt would be critical to the Democrats, as the 2006 mid-terms were not likely to go well for the...
View ArticleWestmoreland: GOP Racism We Can Believe In
Apparently, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) believes that Barack and Michelle Obama are "uppity". At least, that's what he said on Capitol Hill today.However, all you wussy left-wing kooks will be happy...
View ArticleLynn Westmoreland and Steve King: GOP Racism We Can Believe In
(I posted a diary on Lynn Westmoreland last night, and made en passant mention of Steve King's idiocy at the end. As if on cue, Iowa's rebuttal to evolution threw his two shinplasters into the pot....
View ArticleA Fundraising Request...for Hillary Clinton
I spent a great deal of time prior to June arguing passionately against the Democratic Party nominating Clinton. I did this on a number of websites, through blog posts and diaries. (Examples on Daily...
View ArticleMark Halperin Goes Off-Message, Tries Journalism
Someday, I want to write a book about this election season. I'll call it "Whiplash '08: The Election of Cognitive Dissonance".Every time I think I have people pegged this year, they go do something...
View Article"Punch The GOP Ticket" Slogan Contest!
I think we need to release a little tension around here. Democrats, as is our wont, seem to be stressing a bit about the prospects for this year's election, despite McCain's convention bounce being...
View ArticleWA-GOV alert: Gov. Chris Gregoire needs our help! UPDATED
In the Washington state gubernatorial race, fellow Kossack and incumbent Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) has been consistently leading challenger Dino Rossi (R) in the polls for months.This has been in...
View ArticleHow Racism Works For Me
Over on Talking Points Memo, a user recently posted a blog entitled, "How Racism Works". The discussion threads in that post have helped me crystallize some long-disorganized thoughts on the touchy...
View ArticleGrasping the Bailout Bonanza...and Opting for the Crash
As is now common knowledge, the topic du jour throughout America is the $700 billion Wall Street bailout originally proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.But, really, what's $700 billion among...
View ArticleThe Speaker Outfoxes The Maverick?
So, there's been an awful lot of good political fortune for Barack Obama today. The polls continue to move in his direction. Democrats on the Hill show unity they haven't had...well...in my 34 years...
View ArticleElectoral Vote Projections Moving Toward Obama Blowout
Many people follow the national tracking polls from organizations like Gallup, Public Policy Polling, Quinnipiac, Rasmussen, the Washington Post, and Daily Kos' own Research 2000. They're useful polls...
View ArticleWSJ Biden Fact Check: Massive FAIL
"Biden's Fantasy World" is the title of an editorial in yesterday's Wall Street Journal. And indeed, Sen. Joseph Biden did make some factual errors in his recent vice presidential debate with Gov....
View ArticleThe Forethought And Fortune Of Barack Obama
It is very common for political junkies to write political obituaries before the deceased is actually dead. This has resulted in many cases where, to paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the politician's...
View ArticleThe North Carolina Ad I'd Like To See
I've been doing a lot of at-home phonebanking over the last week or so, and I've (unsurprisingly) been directed to North Carolina for a number of my calls. I've noticed a lot of undecided voters tell...
View ArticleSpectator: Romney Sabotaging GOP...Oh, And The Election Is Over
The news for Democrats is so good these days, it's scary.The news for Republicans, however, has not been quite so bright. A partial list of the GOP issues should help to underscore their dire straits:...
View ArticleI Didn't Vote For Obama Today
I have a confession to make.I did not vote for Barack Obama today.I've openly supported Obama since March. But I didn't vote for him today.
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