Wanted: 20 More Senators For a Public Option
We have 30 votes for the public option, but we knew that already. None of them were in question. Now comes the hardest part. The final twenty votes. There's a full list of 29 below the fold, and we...
View ArticleWe Are Nowhere Close To a Public Option
There are daily excited diaries telling us about the new additions to the reconciliation letter. Today's big news Maria Cantwell signed on. I'm all for positivity but this is growing to be absurd. Here...
View ArticleAdam Green Doubles Down: Obama has a "Loser Mentality"
Adam Green of the PCCC has decided that the White House has a loser mentality because they think the public option doesn't have the votes in the Senate.Obama is telling America, "No, we can't." But...
View ArticleBook Review: The Predictioneer's Game by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
My younger brother bought me this book for Christmas and I thought it was well done. Bueno de Mesquita is "a master of game theory" and professor of politics at NYU and a senior fellow at the Hoover...
View ArticleLearn to Speak Teabag Cartoonist Mark Fiore Wins Pulitzer!
link Mark Fiore, whose animated cartoons appear on The San Francisco Chronicle’s Web site, was thunderstruck by the announcement that he had won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. It was...
View ArticleWatch This NOW!! Rain Forest Video by Kossack Laughing Planet
OK.. fine but right after that, I need you to watch this video. It's made by fellow Kossack LaughingPlanet. If you made a video I guarantee he'd give you a chance. This a docu-comedy that goes into the...
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Cosco Busan Oil Spill Two and a Half Years Later
In early November of '07 I took my dogs Zoe and Hunter to their favorite dog park in San Francisco. It's a great area just south of Ocean beach in an old fort called Funston. There's a top area where...
View ArticleThe Message We Need to Keep Sending: More Graysons
I'm a partisan Democrat fundraiser and I often get called a centrist because I have a strong interest in Democrats getting elected. But I badly want more leaders to proudly express the views and the...
View ArticleIn Defense Of Rand Paul
When I was a kid my dad loved the Dodgers. The Brooklyn dodgers. He grew up in Brooklyn and watched his team leave. So ya he talked about it a lot. One of my earliest memories is Kirk Gibson's walkoff....
View ArticleTurncoat Dem loses, No on HCR Dem loses, go Alabama Update
With 67.8% of the vote counted for Governor in Alabama Agriculture commissioner Ron Sparks is destroying current congressman from AL-07 Artur Davis. It looks like Davis' vote against healthcare reform...
View ArticleWhy Keynesianism Lost
I was talking to a couple of men the other day at the golf course, they were at least eighty. I told them I have a degree in economics and then they asked me the big question. "Where are the jobs going...
View ArticleAlan Grayson Q+A with Me!! and U? Thursday 8-9ET on FBook
Congressman Alan Grayson will be joining us tomorrow night in a Facebook group I help run called Progress For a More Perfect Union at 8-9ET for a Q+A and fundraiser (though no donation is necessary to...
View ArticleQ+A With Alan Grayson Tonight 8-9 ET On Facebook
Congressman Alan Grayson will be joining us tonight in a Facebook group I help run called Progress For a More Perfect Union at 8-9ET for a Q+A and fundraiser (no donation is necessary to attend). You...
View ArticleAlan Grayson: "I can't believe America wants to go back"
This is the truth, I refuse to believe anything else. I lived through those eight miserable dark years when it seemed like Bush couldn't do anything right and we couldn't do anything to stop him. I was...
View ArticleTim Kaine, if you want to beat Boehner fund his opponent
The DNC and DCCC are targeting John Boehner with a "beat Boehner" campaign, I just got another fundraising e-mail from them. That's a great idea but it doesn't appear any of the money is going to fund...
View ArticleNew Left Media Goes To Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally
New Left Media goes to Glenn Beck's rallyOn 8.28.2010, Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor" rally was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The purpose of the rally, which Beck claimed to be...
View ArticleGrayson: Crist Thinks Palin Would Be A Good President
I got an e-mail this morning from Alan Grayson"She'd do a great job." That's what Charlie Crist said about Sarah Palin as President of the United States. If that doesn't tell you where he stands, then...
View ArticleTrumka: Boehner's Idea of Job Creation is to Hire a 2nd Caddy
Labor is getting behind John Boehner's opponent Justin Coussoule. From the AFL-CIO blog today. Be sure to visit BeatBoehner.com, and click here to find out more about Justin Coussoule who is running...
View ArticleKY-04 Meet John Waltz, Disabled Iraq War Veteran For Congress
Did you know Republicans have a PAC for electing Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans to Congress? Iraq Veterans For Congress They even have their own Patrick Murphy, a vet running for the House from...
View ArticleKY-04 Disabled Vet: Contractors Should Be for Cafeteria Services That's It
We had a great time last night in a Q+A with John Waltz, a disabled veteran and Progressive who's running for Congress in Kentucky's 4th district. This answer cracked me up and at the same time made me...
View Article"The Rich Paid More Taxes Under Bush" Fun With Talking Points
One of the fun things about having trolls in my facebook group is that I get the sly talking points without having to watch Fox. The latest and greatest is that the rich paid more taxes under Bush even...
View ArticleNow Is The Time To Give: Even $1 Donations Help (Liveblog Dollarthon)
I don't want to a turn to the right, I don't want to go back. And I really think I'm not alone. My generation suffered through a Republican shut down of government, not in 1994 but from 98 and on. When...
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I Am A Campaign Manager For The First Coffee Party Candidate!
Hello there friends. My name's Curtis Abbey and I've just been named campaign manager for Jeff Reed, a write-in candidate for US Congress in Missouri's 9th district. Jeff is a friend of mine from...
View ArticleJeff Reed: They're human beings, they're in love, let them marry
Curtis here, my candidate Jeff Reed took part in a virtual Q+A with the 20,000 member Beer Party group on Facebook. We had a good exchange, Jeff showed why his candidacy is worth supporting.Jeff Reed...
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Democrats Finishing Strong: Durbin Stumps For Boxer
Hey all! Senator Dick Durbin was in town yesterday to support Barbara Boxer and he stopped by our local Democratic headquarters for a meet and greet. Yours truly got a handshake, a signature, a picture...
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Great News! My Candidate Jeff Reed Mentioned In Telegraph UK!
Hey there all, I announced a few weeks ago that I am a campaign manager for a write-in candidate for Congress from northeastern Missouri. Jeff Reed didn't like that our party failed to field a...
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Updated GOTV! I Met Jerry Brown And Barbara Boxer Today!!!
Best. Day. Ever!I woke up this morning at 6 to get over to Jerry Brown headquarters in Oakland for a speech as part of his Let's Get California Working Again tour. I brought with me a copy of a...
View ArticleHappy Halloween! Video: My Political Animation
Happy Halloween Everyone! I made a political animation with a bit of a Halloween theme. I tried to get it done by the election and it shows a bit, we didn't get all the audio right and still have to...
View ArticlePowerful Speech By Barbara Boxer Urging You To GOTV
Senator Barbara Boxer was kind enough to visit our Dem headquarters in San Mateo where we've been getting out the vote with enthusiasm. I wrote an article about it the other day. You do not want to...
View ArticlePresident Obama's State Of The Union Address: A
I give the speech an A. I thought it was a center-left speech that had some slaps across the aisle and I wasn't really expecting that. In a couple instances he used their rhetoric against them. They...
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(Healthcare) Repeal Sucks
The truth is Republicans aren't interested in changing the current blood sucking health insurance system. They worship at the holy grail of the free market, and will never step in to stop any big fish...
View ArticleThe Netroots and The President Failed In 2010
I see more energy here today in Eclectablog's diary than I did during election season 2010. For months the quietest places on this blog were in election posts. The ones that did catch interest weren't...
View ArticleRepublicans; Why's it Better To Take Away Jobs than give Aid to States??
This sad story really got me upset today.Saturday March 19 Costa Mesa City Council members ended a highly charged news conference Friday about the suicide of city maintenance worker Huy Pham by...
View ArticleWhat's Happening In Libya? The Face of Citizen Journalism Shot Dead
What's Happening in Libya Explainedby Ashley Bates and Siddhartha Mahanta in Mother Jones Last week, Libyan dissident Najla Aburrahman begged western media to pay attention to the bloodbath unfolding...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To You
I'm sorry if this offends you, but you need to hear it.Hey you, let's talk. You need to stop. It's hurting us. You, that speculates on oil. You're really gonna try and make money off oil futures? I...
View ArticleName 1 Rec List Regular that Focused on Elections in 2010
But look at all the venom now that we're reaping the results of our big loss last fall. Everyone wants to focus on the President, but what did we do last year? Take out two sitting Democratic Senators?...
View ArticleAction Item: Go To WalGreens And Ask For Your Pap Smear!
Thank God for those good people over at Media Matters for finding this nugget of insanity. In the Republican dreamland that these nitwits live in every single thing the government provides should be...
View ArticlePresident Obama Spoke To Friends in San Francisco
Last night I attended President Obama's Kickoff Rally for the 2012 campaign in San Francisco. The ticket said the event would start at 5pm, but not a thing got going until 7:45. And no one there seemed...
View ArticleRepublican Economist Says Ryan Plan Will Cost 1,700,000 Jobs In First 2 Years
Many people say the Boehner Congress hasn't created any jobs. Republican Economist Mark Zandi goes further and says the Ryan Plan will cut 1,700,000 jobs in its first two years.Economists across the...
View ArticleWhy Republicans Support A Billionaire Casino Executive For President
Is it any wonder that Republicans want Donald Trump to be President? Casinos operate in a way that's pleasing to the Fox News viewer. Inside a casino there are strictly defined winners and losers. The...
View ArticleCongressman Allen West Is A Torturer, Not the 1st to Find a Home in...
Loudmouth Republican Congressman Allen West from Florida committed war crimes while he served our armed forces in Iraq.The case stems from an incident August 20 at a military base in Taji, just north...
View ArticleMika Brzezinski Can't Understand How Birtherism Is Manufactured Outrage
This morning I was privileged to be woken up to Morning Joe at 4:20 in the AM. I was in the middle of a dream where I was on the set of Meet the Press and about to be interviewed. The birther topic was...
View ArticleFlashback: Michelle Bachmann linked Democrats to Bird Flu
Let's take a look into the way back machine.. 2009 the zombie-blue eyed Michelle Bachmann found a way to stick President Obama with that year's especially nasty outbreak of flu."I find it interesting...
View ArticleMissouri Governor Nixon Slows Dangerous Republican Voter Suppression Efforts...
There is a highly organized wave of new voter ID laws in Republican controlled swing states designed to keep down the vote from the poor, young and powerless. Thanks to the Supreme Court's decision in...
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Not Jealous Of Mitt Romney (A Comic)
I came up with the concept for this image and a good friend of mine did the artwork. It's based off of Mitt Romney's comments that anyone who questions his work for Bain Capital is just jealous.
View ArticleHere Comes the Catfood!!!
It's key smashing time again on the internets. Obama has crossed us again and left us for dead. Figuratively and literally and once again figuratively. He's just that mean.The great and wise coalition...
View ArticleEd Schultz BS Obama's Legacy- Cutting the Big 3
Ed Schultz is at it again, on his show last night he threatened to withhold support for Democrats if they touch the Big Three. He did this in 2010 when talking about Dems not extending unemployment...
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Love for Jennifer Lynn Kranz #love4jlk
This Wednesday we lost six year old Jennifer Lynn Kranz to a cancer called DIPG.Jennifer is my sister-in-law Stephanie's goddaughter and was the flower girl at their wedding this January. We've known...
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Questions for Martin Weinberg; DailyKos member and Alabama Judicial Candidate
My friend Martin Weinberg is running for Circuit Court Judge, Criminal Division Place 3 in Birmingham, Alabama. I asked him some questions, first personal and then about the race. Hopefully this helps...
View ArticleCat Herding Suggestions for Kos and the dK
Yes, I’m with kos on his latest post. I hate just about everyone for their roles in this latest election and the decade before that. Myself included.Sure, Liberals lost their damn minds, again. In 2006...
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