“I think what the White House should do is, to some degree, say, ‘Here are the facts,’” Weiner said Monday morning during an appearance on MSNBC. “If there’s not a lot [to] what’s going on here, then just say what happened.” – The Hill video via Politico Robert Gibbs said yesterday that “nothing inappropriate happened.” [...]
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Happy Harvey Milk Day- Is Utah Ready To Elect A Lesbian To Congress? A Progressive One?
by Howie Klein TM NOTE: I’m thrilled that Howie has accepted my invitation to post on progressives running for office that are worth your attention, but also your contributions. Beats giving to the DNC, DSCC, DCCC, or other alleged “progressive” groups that don’t fight for progressive policies. Howie’s one of the amazing people who run [...]
Rand Paul Backs Out of “Meet the Press”
It’s official, he’s out. What is it with Tea Party politicians and quitting? “It is a big deal when somebody cancels an appearance…” – Executive Producer Betsy Fischer Rand Paul is only the third person in the show’s history to do so. He’s now in the company of Louis Farrakhan and Prince Bandar of Saudi [...]
Political Zen
Rep. Souder resigned this week. Ideological purity versus implementation of policy for the public’s welfare, the purpose of politics, don’t mix. See Rand Paul. However, there are times when you have to take a stand and go down fighting if the principle you’re asked to compromise is a bridge too far. One of the most [...]
Rand Paul Keeps Digging
Rachel Maddow is to Rand Paul what Katie Couric was to Sarah Palin. Now Paul takes his keep digging tour to CNN and fumbles a response to the American with Disabilities Act. BLITZER: Would you have also voted for the Americans with Disabilities Act? PAUL: Well, I have some questions about it. I mean, the [...]
Rand Paul: Biggest Mistake was Talking to Rachel Maddow
“It was a poor political decision and probably won’t be happening anytime in the near future,” the Tea Party endorsed Senate candidate told the Laura Ingraham show on Thursday morning. “Because, yeah, they can play things and want to say, ‘Oh you believed in beating up people that were trying to sit in restaurants in [...]
NEWS NOW: Levy Calls Israel North Korea, Another Blumenthal Quote, Bill for Blanche, and An Act of War
[...] When the prime minister doesn’t immediately apologize and invite Chomsky back to the country, we can be sad. When Israel closes its gates to anyone who doesn’t fall in line with our official positions, we are quickly becoming similar to North Korea. When right-wing parties increase their number of anti-democratic bills, and from all [...]
Rand Paul on Civil Rights: Private Restaurants Wouldn’t Have To Serve Martin Luther King
cross-posted at Huffington Post Today on “Hardball,” Jack Conway charged that Rand Paul wanted to do away with the Civil Rights Act. In fact, Rand Paul’s words to the Courier-Journal, in their editorial board interview, were even more extreme than the paper’s editorial reveal. The interview that reveals Rand Paul’s views on civil rights was [...]
Putting Connecticut in Play
“Let’s be fair about this. This is a New York Times gotcha story planted by the opposition,” said Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee. “It was planned by the opposition. The New York Times did not acknowledge that in their front page article.” – Politico Let’s hope the people of Connecticut feel [...]
What It All Means
The outcomes of both contests, along with a Democratic primary in Arkansas that pushed Senator Blanche Lincoln into a runoff election in June, illustrated anew the serious threats both parties face from candidates who are able to portray themselves as outsiders and eager to shake up the system. – Specter Defeat Signals a Wave Against [...]
Joe Sestak: ‘A Win for the People Over the Establishment, Over the Status Quo, even over Washington, DC’
Meanwhile, AR Lt. Gov. Bill Halter forces Sen. Blanche Lincoln into runoff, according to CNN. Not sure even Bill Clinton can save her. It’s a cinch Pres. Obama cannot. As for the DSCC and the Democratic Party elites, they backed the guy. Never bet against a military man. Though the White House and the Democratic [...]
Election Night 2010, Take One
BREAKING NEWS… AP CALLS IT FOR JOE SESTAK. Lawrence O’Donnell re Sestak win, “White House political operation is reeling from this result and they should be.” Shorter: they suck. Also, Big Labor gets stiffed on this race, too. UPDATE: Critz brings it in for Dems, so Bill Clinton did what he needed to do on [...]
Blanche Lincoln Headline of the Day
CNN’s Dana Bash broke the story via Twitter. More via TPM, who also has the campaign’s statement on the Blanche’s embarrassing moment. Sen. Blanche Lincoln suffered what might be one of the all-time greatest campaign staff fails this morning. According to her campaign staff, Lincoln was initially turned away when she tried to vote at [...]
Blumenthal: ‘I will not allow anyone to take a few of those misplaced words and impugn my record of service.’
Republicans see an opening for the first time. Twitter erupted the moment the presser began. Surrounded my veterans, including Marines, a Marine Corps League member started the press conference off with an emotional defense of Richard Blumenthal, which was followed by the chairman of Connecticut’s Vietnam Veteran Memorial. Then Blumenthal spoke. He was defiant in [...]
Linda McMahon Goes Hunting, Gets Blumenthal’s Scalp
–updated– (also see video of press conference) At a 2008 ceremony in front of the Veterans War Memorial Building in Shelton, he praised the audience for paying tribute to troops fighting abroad, noting that America had not always done so. “I served during the Vietnam era,” he said. “I remember the taunts, the insults, sometimes [...]
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