Hero Worship and Language Enforcement at Daily Kos (Updated)
There's a remarkable schizophrenia at work in the Daily Kos community. It's not uncommon in progressive circles, and it's been historically responsible for the destruction of progressive coalitions...
View Article10 Remarkable Details of Tonight's Democratic Race
Congratulations to the Obama campaign for their surprisingly decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses tonight.Given the unprecedented turnout, and the mobilization of the youth vote and independents for...
View ArticleA Substantive Obama Article: Judge Him By His Laws
Since the sort of journalism that focuses on our candidates' legislative accomplishments are few and far between, I want to draw attention to this excellent, concise Washington Post piece from former...
View ArticleClinton on the Attack: Obama Said Gambling Hurts Poor
An interesting turn of events. Clinton is now attacking Obama for past statements that gambling can have a devastating effect on poor communities, in an attempt to pet large casino owners and gambling...
View ArticleWhen I Vote I Think of Their Lives
It's easy to get wrapped up in the small stuff. Primary season is heated, and we're all entranced to some degree by polls, the horse race, the snubs and the flubs. Trivia and the politics of...
View ArticleIn Honor of the NBA Finals: Bill for VP?
(No not that one...)One name that has been barely mentioned among the many persons offered up to be Barack Obama's running-mate is the one that may offer the most surprise and the most upside. He's...
View ArticleSarah Palin as Marge Gunderson
When I woke up this morning and checked the internets just a little after 8 am PST and found that John McCain had chosen Sarah Palin as his running mate, this was the first image that came to mind:Easy...
View ArticleA Special Message from Joe F'in Biden
"We've gotta give them light."On Oct 31, 2008, the weekend before a majority of US voters elected Chicagoan Barack Obama to be the 44th President of the United States, Americans lost another great...
View ArticlePollster Hall of Shame
On a night of galactic triumph, there needs to be one clearinghouse post for the most godawful polling calls of the 2012 cycle.Time to gloat, Kossacks! Who blew it bigtime? Suffolk, Rasmussen,...
View ArticleObama Hits a Symbolic Mark: 51-48
While diaries are being penned to calculate polling error and sort the wheat from the chaff, a crucial detail is being neglected: votes are still being counted nationwide.In fact, provisional ballots,...
View ArticleDems 2016: Imagining an Expanded Field
Remember when we had plenty of choices? Unlike many here at Daily Kos, I have not settled on a preferred candidate in the 2016 primary. Despite what may be clear choices between the current...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Calls for More Debates. Is the DNC Listening?
"Senator Clinton believes deeply that political debates are a vital part of our democratic process." After 18 debates through early February, approaching an important Wisconsin primary, Hillary...
View ArticleCalifornia Makes More Progress on Criminal Justice & Election Reform
Governor Brown has some more papers to sign. Please encourage him to do so! State and local elections matter, and it's good to live in a state with healthy Democratic majorities in both houses of the...
View ArticleBiden Dove, Clinton Hawk: Lessons Out of the Past
Biden on the left and Clinton on the right, in more ways than one. Despite the very moving personal reservations beautifully articulated by Joe Biden on last night's Late Show with Stephen Colbert (a...
View ArticleA Biblical case against Planned Parenthood? It's a non-starter.
As we all know, despite wage stagnation, devastating impacts from climate change, instability in global markets and mass migrations due to drought and armed conflict, the GOP has placed the destruction...
View ArticleJohn Kasich: No Food Stamps, Unless You're White
Taking food out the mouths of babes. (Just not the white ones, natch.) Mother Jones has a must-read piece out today describing how Governor John Kasich has systematically increased food insecurity in...
View ArticleOregon Sheriff John Hanlin Fought Obama on Gun Control
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of three years ago, Douglas County, Oregon sheriff John Hanlin got a little nervous that his gun enthusiast buddies might face a little friction in...
View ArticleJerry Brown Signs Racial and Identity Profiling Act into Law
It just made sense. Victory!And not a little surprising since Governor Brown once said it would take an "act of God" for him to sign AB 953 – which may be the most progressive statewide racial...
View ArticlePennsylvania PPP Poll Suggests Important Trends to Watch
A new poll by Democratic pollster PPP (Pubic Policy Polling) confirms two troubling trends that have emerged since late summer in state polling of the general election.One is the weakness of Democratic...
View ArticleFormer Escort Claims David Vitter Got Her Pregnant, Asked Her to Abort
Pro-Life, with "conditions". Louisiana goes to the polls one week from today to decide who will be their next governor, and the shoes are beginning to drop for Republican Senator David Vitter. Former...
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