Despite his faults, Chris Matthews strikes just the right chord on occasion.  Witness his grilling of  Politico's Jonathan Martin re: their seemingly cozy relationship with former Vice President Dick Cheney.  Matthews rightly points out that what Politico is doing is NOT reporting, but merely regurgitating when they breathlessly parrot Cheney's ( Read more... )

If you believe, as I do, that the Congress should pass a robust public option as part of health care reform, NOW would be a good time to rattle the cages of your Congressional representatives, both in the House and the Senate.  While the 'opt-out' provision of the proposal is not the preferred version for most progressives, it likely is the most ( Read more... )

Behold the willful ignorance and hypocrisy that the Republican Party foments and thrives on!
In an age when information is ubiquitous, it's astounding to me that these people are able to completely avoid it at every turn.  You've just GOTTA love the guy  (3:55) holding the "Joe Wilson for President" sign....who then turns around and states "I'm NOT  ( Read more... )

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While I won't even get into the sheer hypocrisy and dishonesty of 'selling' this candidate's credentials while they knew full well she was completely unprepared, I just wanted to share this video clip from Fox News exposing the GOP infighting already underway ( Read more... )

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On 7 counts, that is.  The longest serving Republican in the U.S. Senate.  Representing Alaska.

Oh, that's right......my mom told me to never kick a man when he's down.

"Mr Stevens, could you please stand back up for a moment?"

As the following video clip shows, Senator Stevens wanted his verdict BEFORE the election on November 4th....which just goes ( Read more... )

This is an excellent montage of remarks by Colin Powell and other news footage that explain the rationale behind Gen Powell's endorsement earlier today of Barack Obama. While conventional wisdom says that most endorsements don't really matter in the final analysis, I suspect this one may be different. Only time will tell.

Dear friends and colleagues:

I'm making one final plea before election day for contributions to my Act Blue pages.  The political atmosphere is very favorable for Democratic candidates.  The NYTimes reports that “analysts now predict a Democratic surge on a scale that seemed unlikely just weeks ago, with even some Republicans in traditional ( Read more... )