David Plouffe announces “Beat Palin’s Book for a Day”, targeting tomorrow. If you haven’t picked up Plouffe’s book, he talks about the campaign, but also the “strategy and tactics” that led to Obama’s “improbable” win. Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue tour is setting bookstores to panic, due to the huge crowds she’s attracting, something Plouffe doesn’t [...]
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Bill Clinton for Coakley, Stunning Ad from Fiorina
The video featuring Carly Fiorina stunned me. I interviewed Ms. Fiorina last year, someone who, regardless of her politics, is a fearless female who has ascended the business world, had plenty of troubles doing it and staying there, but just keeps on going. Having known many people struck by cancer out of nowhere, I have [...]
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Tiger, Tiger, Tiger
What was he thinking? er… Or more to the point, what was he thinking with? No brainer. No kidding. But I’m more interested in the politics of sex and power and what could have possibly possessed a young billionaire with the world at his feet to rely on the loyalty of a Los Angeles cocktail [...]
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Ben Nelson and Russ Feingold Vote Against Women
While I was out today, which included doing a fun segment on MSNBC, there was a jobs summit, but also some news on a health care win for women. Unfortunately, it’s hard to know what’s worse on this one. Sen. Nelson threatening to filibuster health care if Stupak-esque language isn’t included. Or Sen. Russ Feingold [...]
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What are we doing?
Seriously, I don’t think anyone knows. A glimmer of reality surfaces, via Thomas Friedman: To now make Afghanistan part of the “war on terrorism” — i.e., another nation-building project — is not crazy. It is just too expensive, when balanced against our needs for nation-building in America, so that we will have the strength to [...]
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Is Freedom Only for Men?
That’s the first question I’d ask the right. After all, they’re the ones that dragged us into this mess in the first place. …and by “right,” I mean both Republicans and Democrats, because women have clearly got enemies on our side these days. If the answer is no, then I’d say that ends it for [...]
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Talking Women, Health Care and Civil Rights with Rosie O’Donnell
updated Rosie read “In Pelosi’s House, 64 Democrats Sell Women Out” over at Huffington Post, enjoying it very much, which was the jumping off point for the interview with Rosie on health care. As an aside, Wednesday, December 2nd, is going to be a lobby and national action day in D.C. on the issue of [...]
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Holiday Slackin’
Glenn Beck disses Sarah Palin. Seriously, could politics on the right get any lower? When asked about the whole Palin-Beck, Beck-Palin ticket, Glenn revealed his inner fundamentalism. No on around here is shocked. Via Think Progress: She’d be yapping or something, and I’d say, “I’m sorry, why am I hearing your voice? I’m not in [...]
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Thanksgiving, the Soldiers, and that Eleanor Roosevelt Quote
Sometimes Google search results from the Internet can include disturbing content, even from innocuous queries. We assure you that the views expressed by such sites are not in any way endorsed by Google. – Google If you want to know what powerful women are up against, this photo gives you an example. I’m thankful that [...]
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Palin Going Rogue Planning Alert
via RumpRoast Norah O’Donnell’s reporting of Sarah’s Going Rogue tour as it hit Michigan has created news. First, for what she said about the crowd, which I wrote about earlier this week. It was foreshadowing: “This is a line that stretches all the way back… another 1,000 people to see Sarah… It’s 9:00 o’clock in [...]
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The $2.7 Billion Woman
bumped The long, slow good-bye begins. So long show, hello OWN, aka the Oprah Winfrey Network. Phil Donahue came first, then Oprah took it to another level. Her exit, however, creates a network, syndication and daytime talk gulf that will allow all sorts of new voices to ring out. But you bet her exit also [...]
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A Health Care Anecdote
updated below Honest to Christ, forgive me mother, but today I heard Rush Limbaugh making a more impassioned plea for women on the latest assault on women’s health care than I’ve heard from Democrats. That’s how bad this has gotten. Rush went on and on about this all being about “self defense” and “peace of [...]
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Senate Rejects Stupak But…
updated “… You know, holding hands out and beer on Friday nights in the White House and bowing down to every nutty right-wing proposal about health care, and saying on occasion that public options aren’t that important is doing a disservice to the Barack Obama I first met who was an ardent single-payer enthusiast himself. [...]
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Sarah Palin Quote of the Week
updated At least, so far, and it’s not from Palin, but about her and the devoted fans who now number one million on Facebook. It came from Norah O’Donnell this morning, and nothing has crystallized the sentiments of Sarah Palin fans more succinctly. “This is a line that stretches all the way back… another 1,000 [...]
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DAY TWO: Give $20, Afghan Institute of Learning Gets 10%
Bumped, with important note added. “The audience is there, the need has never been greater,” he added, saying his team planned to launch a new, independent publication. Douglas-Brown agreed, saying, “It’s a tremendous loss. … None of these publications have been shut down for a lack of stories.” – Gay publications close after bankruptcy TM [...]
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