Although I haven't written anything about it, I've been extremely pleased (as I believe, have most progressives) about Ned Lamont's victory over Joseph Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic primary. I've also been at turns amused and annoyed at all of the oh-so-helpful right wingers who are so eager to jump in and tell Democrats what's best for ( Read more... )

(stolen from gillen -- simply because I couldn't say it any better)

Say hello to the new boss, same as the old boss

Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, in an interview yesterday with the Christian Broadcasting Network, insisted, "The Democratic Party platform from 2004 says that marriage is between a man and a woman. That's what it says." Reached ( Read more... )

With the midterm elections not that far away, its a good time to talk about what Democrats, and particularly progressives, truly stand for. Let's face it, there is a lot of truth to the common conservative criticism that the Democrats are merely a collection of special interests worried more about their own agendas than those of even the party, ( Read more... )

A lot of interesting things today on the New York Times editorial page. Unfortunately, I can't find any of it online except on the Times website where they now put all their columnists in a section that can only be accessed by members of TimesSelect. Paul Krugman has a really great column about conspiracy theories and how the Right has far more ( Read more... )