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Put a Cougar In Evan Bayh's Seat
Of course I'm talking about John Cougar Mellencamp Today's retirement announcement by Evan Bayh leaves a big opportunity in 2010. Bayh waited until the last minute to Brett Farve, so we're going to...
View ArticleWanted: 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...
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