From the ever-brilliant Mike Luckovich.


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++ Wow, Rush Limbaugh is a dick. Which we all knew, but still.

++ Newsweek has a cover story on Harold Ford & other moderate Dems.

++ In that same issue, Newsweek asks What would victorious Democrats do?

++ $500 million stolen in Iraq. Good lord.

++ WaPo magazine did a feature on Doonesbury creator Gary Trudeau++ Boing Boing profiles a new ( Read more... )

No words... I have no words. Just sadness.

++ US Senate backs terror bill Apparently, the Democrats who voted in favor of the bill are in tight races this November. But that's no excuse.

++ House OKs warrantless-wiretap rules

And for a little fun... Alberto Gonzales asks judges to NEVER QUESTION THE PRESIDENT DURING WAR TIME. In related news, ( Read more... )

From AP: Democrats Want Rep Jefferson Gone.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democratic leaders worked to strip embattled Rep. William Jefferson of his committee assignment on Thursday after the Louisiana lawmaker rebuffed repeated calls to step aside pending completion of a federal bribery investigation ( Read more... )

Via Crooks and Liars: Nancy Pelosi has called on Congressman Jefferson to resign from Ways and Means. This is the entire body of the letter:

In the interest of upholding the high ethical standard of the House Democratic Caucus, I am writing to request your immediate resignation from the Ways and Means Committee.
YES. This is what we like to see ( Read more... )

From this diary from Virginia Dem.
Memo to Dem Caucus: Demand Jefferson's resignationTo whom it may concern ( Read more... )

Interesting & thought provoking op-ed column on Democrats courting evangelicals by Ruth Marcus.
Democrats these days are a party on a mission that might sound impossible: to persuade evangelical Christian voters to consider converting -- to the Democratic Party ( Read more... )

Here's the good news:
Public confidence in GOP governance has plunged to the lowest levels of the Bush presidency, with Americans saying by wide margins that they now trust Democrats more than Republicans to deal with Iraq, the economy, immigration and other issues, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll that underscores the GOP's fragile ( Read more... )

From Raw Story ( In a call to bloggers this afternoon monitored by RAW STORY, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) outlined the Democratic strategy for winning the 2006 elections. )

At least he's getting help now.
Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy said today he is checking himself into the Mayo Clinic to treat a longstanding addiction to prescription pain medications ( Read more... )