Nate Silver is clueless

I saw this post titled “Will the Base Abandon Hope?” at the misnamed blog “Politics Done Right” and I had to check to make sure it wasn’t an Onion parody: So then Barack Obama gets elected, whose very trademark is Hope, and whose very election signifies progress. He promises a lot of things, and you [...]

Cindy McCain Supports Gay Marriage

From The Guardian: John McCain’s staunch opposition to gay marriage was one of the key parts of his presidential campaign. But it has become clear this was not supported in his own household. His daughter, Meghan, is a vocal advocate of gay rights. Now his wife, Cindy, has appeared in a poster campaign against California’s [...]

It’s Thursday & we’ve got the news!

From the New York Times: Justices Block Key Part of Campaign Law By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to [...]

In Defense of the “Emily’s List candidate”

(note from Dkat:  Please welcome our own Wonk the Vote to the front page) Yesterday on MSNBC during the Ed Shoutz hour, before the big election results were in, Ed posed the following question throughout his show: Is the Massachusetts senate race a referendum on Obama? One of his guests was Salon editor Joan Walsh. [...]

If the Dems want to get back on their feet, they need to kick the moles out of NPR

So, the Wurlitzer is on full crank and the Villagers are all a-twitter about how the Democrats took the country too far left.  Of course, that’s what they would say.  They’re THE VILLAGERS.  They are paid to keep the status quo nice and comfy for themselves and their friends. I’m going to let the Democrats [...]

The morning after – Mass. hysteria

GOP’s Brown wins Mass. Senate race in epic upset In an epic upset in liberal Massachusetts, Republican Scott Brown rode a wave of voter anger to win the U.S. Senate seat held by the late Edward M. Kennedy for nearly half a century, leaving President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul in doubt and marring the [...]

It’s all over but the recriminations

It’s all over, and a Republican will replace Ted Kennedy in the Senate. What does it all mean? Will the Obama administration get it? Or will they continue arrogantly on as the Bush III administration? I’m afraid it will be the latter. As for me, I’m glad I voted for Martha Coakley, but I’m going [...]

Massachusetts Special Election Live Blog II

The polls are closed. Who won? Who lost? What does it mean? Let’s talk about it.

Do Progressives have an ideology?

When I first discovered the blogosphere I was in awe of some of the big bloggers and I considered Digby to be one of the smartest and wisest political writers I had ever read. I’m sad to say that my opinion of her has diminished substantially the past couple years, in part because of posts [...]

At the River He Stood

Most people remember Martin Luther King, Jr. for his extraordinary efforts on behalf of the civil rights movement and his “I Have a Dream” speech; and rightly so. Often forgotten however, is his work on behalf of the labor movement as he stood with the Memphis Sanitation workers during their strike in 1968.  It was [...]