PERHAPS Bill Clinton should call Rush Limbaugh and Darrel Issa, as well as all the Republicans turning their sights on her over Benghazi. From Politico: The former president hasn’t shied away from encouraging his wife to seek the White House but in an appearance at a fiscal policy summit today, he derided the obsession over [...]
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Gillibrand’s “Thank Hillary for Her Service” Petition
SENATOR GILLIBRAND was the first to state that she would personally ask Hillary Rodham Clinton to run for president in 2016. Today she’s started a petition thanking Hillary for her service. Thank Hillary for Her Service Hillary Clinton has inspired so many, first as senator from New York, then as a history-making presidential candidate, and, [...]
Women Must Build on Banner Year
Women also helped elect the country’s first pro-choice governor, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, who was voted in with 60 percent of women supporting her. New Hampshire, in fact, is national headquarters for the Year of the Woman, with an all-female Congressional delegation, a female governor, and a woman-controlled state legislature. [Forbes] ANOTHER MOMENTOUS election [...]
The First NEWSROOM Award Goes to Chris Hayes
Ep. 3: Preview The “award” I’m about to give is a nod to HBO’s new series created by Aaron Sorkin, “Newsroom,” and the idealist notion in the 24/7 media orgasma era that ratings don’t have to drive content. What you’re about to read is the story of a nation rotting due to the inability to [...]
Ann-Marie Slaughter Doesn’t Want Her Dream Job Anymore
OH, SWEET EGO. So, the first Director of Public Policy Planning at State Department would rather be at home. Oh, to have so much, then decide it’s just not enough. Ann-Marie Slaughter writes that admitting “I want to be at home” was one of the hardest sentences for her to write in her defensive, self-indulgent [...]
Hillary’s No
“I think that there will be an election that will elect a woman.” – Secretary Clinton GEORGE WASHINGTON didn’t exactly jump at the chance to lead our nation after being asked either. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that women like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, as well as people like myself, aren’t taking Hillary’s no for an [...]
Michele Bachmann’s Etch A Sketch Moment on ‘Meet the Press’
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” – H.L. Mencken If you want to know how Mitt Romney’s going to reinvent himself, Rep. Bachmann presented the template today on Meet the Press and it was something to behold. [...]
Democrats Ratchet Up Rhetoric on Iran, From Gillibrand to Wyden to McCaskill
While a missile retaliation against Israel would be virtually certain, according to these assessments, Iran would also be likely to try to calibrate its response against American targets so as not to give the United States a rationale for taking military action that could permanently cripple Tehran’s nuclear program. “The Iranians have been pretty good [...]
Progressive Notes: Hoyer Moves to Quash Progressive Sheyman, Pray for Demise of Super Committee, and Other Doings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. “Every American ought to have the right to be treated; as he would like to be treated, as one would wish to be treated, as one would wish his children to be treated.” -JFK. Labor is launching a great ad campaign against Republican lawmakers in key [...]
Hillary’s Close-Up
“We came. We saw. He died.” – Secy. Hillary Clinton, TIME magazine The issue above is slated to hit newsstands on November 7, the day before my book, The Hillary Effect – Politics, Sexism and the Destiny of Loss comes out. I urge you to read this article, which is behind a subscriber wall. It [...]
10 Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Is No Longer Our Fight
Kudos to Joe Scarborough for taking the risk, stepping out and releasing this song (video below), “Reason to Believe.” When I look at Democratic actions to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, I see Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand asking for a quicker timeline, but that’s hardly enough. As a new generation leader and a woman, why isn’t she [...]
The Final Splash After the ‘Dive’
Matt Taibbi gets this exactly correct. The Democrats aren’t failing to stand up to Republicans and failing to enact sensible reforms that benefit the middle class because they genuinely believe there’s political hay to be made moving to the right. They’re doing it because they do not represent any actual voters. I know I’ve said [...]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Disembowels Jon Kyl
#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement If you’re confused about the hash tag above, I refer you to Stephen Colbert. Also see Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator from the great state of New York. Compliments of the New York Observer: “For my friends and colleagues, this is a factual statement — current law already prevents federal money from paying for abortions,” [...]
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