Everybody is an independent. Obama’s non-ideological penchant has spread. It’s the antidote to tea partyism. Dan Baltz has the traditional view: The most significant change came among independent voters, who solidly backed Democrats in 2006 and 2008 but moved decisively to the Republicans on Tuesday, according to exit polls. In Virginia, independents strongly supported Republican [...]
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Obama Stays Away from Maine
DNC update below The whole country is watching Maine. Except Obama for America, at least not in the way that matters. From John Aravosis: Joe wrote last night about how the DNC’s “Organizing for America” organization (formerly known as “Obama for America”) emailed Maine voters yesterday about today’s election, but failed to mention the anti-gay [...]
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From U.S. to Afghanistan, Women Make The Difference
In the preface of “The Shriver Report,” Maria Shriver’s report on women, John D. Podesta, President and CEO of Center for American Progress, makes important points, starting with basics: Women becoming primary breadwinners or co-breadwinners changed everything.But, even though we were all witness to this phenomenon’s slow emergence over many years, these changes seem somehow [...]
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Rush ‘Crashed and Burned’
–updated– … [...] This is just an attack on all of us who are conservatives. Look, they’re scared. Conservatism is in ascendancy. Conservatism is rising. Conservatism is growing. Obama’s in trouble, folks. You can’t take the politics out of me in this, ’cause it’s not about the National Football League. It’s just the latest vehicle [...]
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World Newsbites, More Obama Promises Edition
“The international community will not wait indefinitely for evidence that Iran is prepared to live up to its international obligations,” Clinton said at a news conference. – Haaretz According to people in the room, Obama’s big HRC speech wasn’t very big at all. Joe Subday says it all in his post: According to Obama, “we [...]
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Nobel, Neda, The Gays, and Clinton on Accolades v. Shoes
“Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum — when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes.” – Secretary Hillary Clinton And the hits just keep on comin’. Well said, Madame Secretary. Though Obama’s Nobel has sparked a lot of conversation, some of it leading to better choices, [...]
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Just One Reason I Don’t Belong to NOW
I really didn’t want to write about this, but NOW’s recent statement about David Letterman made it impossible to ignore, though I did try. Could they have sounded more retro, even clueless? When Mary Katharine Ham was opining about Letterman asking where women’s groups were, I let it go. I don’t expect a conservative to [...]
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Rush’s Racist Patter Bites Back
“Dave and I are part of a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process. But I can say no more because of a confidentiality clause in our agreement with Goldman Sachs. We cannot and will not talk about our partners. But if we prevail we will be the operators of the [...]
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Dear Male Democrats, Abortion Is Legal
A New York Times story today focuses on how the “abortion fight complicates debate on health care.” It shouldn’t. Abortion is settled law, a civil rights issue for women that has long been decided. The Hyde Amendment doesn’t deserve worship, it should be rewritten to reflect reality. It’s an old argument, but if this was [...]
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Breitbart Gets His Due
–updated and bumped– The man who was Arianna Huffington’s researcher as she launched Huffington Post, before he joined Drudge, has put conservative muckraking on the map again. It’s the first time since Drudge leaked the Monica Lewinsky story, because Newsweek didn’t have the spine, that conservatives have landed a big story that has sent shockwaves [...]
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Hanging Out with Hogs
by Paul Szep So, what’s Pres. Obama’s biggest problem with Independents and non-Democrats who aren’t right wingers? Is it that he’s our first black president? No. Though for some that is certainly the case. People like Joe Wilson, a staunch supporter of the South’s Confederate history, surely gives evidence that old racial scars still run [...]
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When You’ve Lost Jon Stewart…
“I will clean this house,” (ACORN) CEO Bertha Lewis vowed on CNN. The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c The Audacity of Hos www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests You have lost the PR game. Regardless of the fact that Mr. Stewart gave no impression whatsoever that [...]
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A Word About Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter is being Jimmy Carter. Again. The former president shatters yet another taboo. Mr. Carter, the man who had me rooting for Teddy Kennedy in the 1980 election season, because I was so angry about Iran and standing in gas lines, making me a Reagan Democrat for one election cycle, has spoken out on [...]
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Right Wing Rushes to Make Wilson a Hero
Rush wishes Wilson had not apologized. It’s not like Rep. Wilson did it of his own accord. GOP leaders made him do it. So, considering that it really doesn’t mean much. Except that the right wing thinks they’ve found themselves a new hero and the perfect compliment to an “I’m with stupid” t-shirt. From the [...]
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Hillary Hater Case Hits the Supreme Court
Will they or won’t they overturn McCain-Feingold? Hillary: The Movie case (aka Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) is what the case is known by. The film is so extreme that it got pushed off the air during campaign season because it violated McCain-Feingold. It gets down to, as Dahlia Lithwick puts it: stare decisis [...]
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