The following is a blog post from the Gadflyer by Paul Waldman Article by Waldman (The Gadflyer also features blog posts by one of my favorite former professors, Prof. David Lublin, who just got promoted to full Professor at AU. Go Harry Potter! Yes, he's the professor who called me Heromine Granger on Halloween, therefore, he wins in my book. He ( Read more... )

He'll be gone by June. Thank God the rat is finally gone.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/04/delay.election/index.html

Hi Friends on Livejournal,

On Monday, Senator Russ Feingold introduced a resolution to censure President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping American citizens.

When the president misleads the public and the Congress and willfully and repeatedly breaks the law, there need to be some consequences--that's how the law works for everybody ( Read more... )

Help support the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965- Specifically Section 5 which expires in 2007. Section 5 protects voters against discrimination at the polls and is also a provision that makes it manditory if a minority population is over 5% in a congressional district, the district must print a ballot in that language. This will take away ( Read more... )

Slightly amusing find on Daily Jolt, but so true, from a children's book called, "Why Mommy is a Democrat" by Jeremy Zilber.


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With the pending GOP cloture vote set for Monday, NOW is the time to act to save the civil liberties of our nation including a woman's right to choose. The Senate GOP needs 60 votes to cloture the Democrats filibuster of Alito and move his nomination to the floor. We, as citizens of America must not let this happen. Surely if cloture is invoked, ( Read more... )

"Mean Gene" Eugene McCarthy, Nominee for the Democratic Nomination for President in 1968 has died today. This is a sad day for America. He was a true leader of the Anti-Vietnam movement and caused divisions within the Democratic Party in 1968. That in turn led to the riots in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention ( Read more... )

With the Reform Ohio now initiative down the drain due to the rhetoric of the GOP southern Ohio, hope of election reform look as though it may not be possible. With a vote of nearly 60 to 70% against issues 2, 3, 4, and 5, it shows that an Ohio '04 election or a Florida '00 election could happen again. They did not get rid of the partisan Secretary ( Read more... )

Oh yes, Amanda met Howard Dean today in her journey to the DNC. He is absolutely amazing when you are standing 5 feet away from him. He's so much more energetic then on TV, and even then he gives off a lot of energy. It was awe inspiring, truly. It gave me a lot of hope for the Democratic leadership for this country. The top democrat has a lot of ( Read more... )