From AP:
The first-term Democrat said the Republican administration must stop being influenced by the powerful oil industry and start promoting production of synthetic fuel from coal and the use of alternative sources such as ethanol ( Read more... )

This makes me want to do a happy dance.
Intense and widespread opposition to President Bush is likely to be a sharp spur driving voters to the polls in this fall's midterm elections, according to strategists in both parties, a phenomenon that could give Democrats a turnout advantage over Republicans for the first time in recent years ( Read more... )

They're the new black.

I saw a report of this pop up on one of my feeds last night, but it failed to entirely register. I went, kerfuffle in the House over a Republican stunt, huh. The Republicans had just passed nearly fifty million dollars of program cuts targeting those unworthy drains on society that are old people and children on Medicare/ ( Read more... )

++ Via TalkLeft: Bruce Willis is offering $1 million cash to any civilian who captures Osama bin Laden. TalkLeft suggests Bruce get in touch with Dog the Bounty Hunter.

++ GOP's Legislative Agenda Losing Steam. Whee!

++ Scary news: the DNC is losing the fundraising race by nearly 2 to 1. That's not good. Go give them some money++ John Edwards ( Read more... )

Oh, this is too fucking cool: Senate Meets in Closed Session to Discuss Intelligence, Libby
Democrats forced the Republican-controlled Senate into an unusual closed session Tuesday, demanding answers about intelligence that led to the Iraq war ( Read more... )

A new report says Democrats need to broaden our appeal beyond liberals and reach out to swing voters.
Reigniting an intense debate within the Democratic Party, a new analysis argues that Democrats cannot return to power by energizing liberals alone, but must rebuild their credibility on foreign policy and values issues and stem their losses among ( Read more... )

From AP: Dems Blast Bush Over Hurricane Response. FUCKING FINALLY!
Democrats, divided over President Bush's handling of Iraq, are coming down hard on his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. Some of the harshest words are coming from 2008 presidential hopefuls. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York ridiculed relief coordinator Michael ( Read more... )

Let's see, we're split on the Iraq War...
Democrats say a long-standing rift in the party over the Iraq war has grown increasingly raw in recent days, as stay-the-course elected leaders who voted for the war three years ago confront rising impatience from activists and strategists who want to challenge President Bush aggressively to withdraw ( Read more... )

I just saw the full results for that "Most Liberal/Conservative Cities" study that came out last week, from the Bay Area Center for Voting Research. The full list is available in a .doc format, but here's the top 25 for each category. ( Liberal )

I really really REALLY wish Markos would learn to shut up. Last night, he made a rather sniping post on some recent Hillary Clinton remarks and the DLC, here.
Marshall also hilariously calls the 300 elected officials at their conference as "grassroots". Um, my dictionary defines "grassroots" as: Ordinary people regarded as the main body of an ( Read more... )