Hilda Solis Gets a Vote (in Committee at 5) Today. Imagine That. (UpdatedX4)
A statement in a Los Angeles Times article entitled “Hilda Solis Deflects Republican Questions Over Union Issues” is pretty incredible: “Republicans are concerned that Solis, a strong supporter of...
View ArticleThe Detachment of the Potomac-Area Economy from Reality
While much of the country is experiencing high levels of unemployment and many states are bordering on Bankruptcy, the economy in Northern Virginia is booming. When the economy is collapsing and we are...
View ArticleWe Owe it To Our Country--A Guide to Organizing County Parties for 2010
Capacity is sitting out there, waiting to be utilized. Organizing for America has a plan, but until we know that plan and get plugged into it we need to figure out some way to boost our electoral...
View ArticleF*** it! Recovery.gov has gone live! (With a Grammar Update!) (Non Grammar...
THE FREAKING REC LIST?!?!?! This is I think my FO(U)RTH [thank you grammar/spelling pedants!] diary! Thank you so much guys! I'll keep em coming. We all know that the place-holder splash screen has...
View ArticleBlue Dogs, EFCA, and K-Street's Interests
Today on Greg Sargent's blog he published a post entitled "Blue Dogs to House Dem Leaders: Hold Off On Employee Free Choice" acknowledged that: Blue Dog Democrats in the House have asked House Dem...
View ArticleSecretary Clinton in Asia: A New Dawn for Smart(?)-Power, Day 1 (Good...
Part 1 I took the time to write out the transcript from Hillary Clinton's appearance on the show 'Awesome'--a music and news morning show in Jakarta, Indonesia hosted by Luna Maya and Agnes Monica....
View ArticleJennifer Brunner= Obama (Updated)
Change versus experience. Establishment versus grassroots. Aura of inevitability versus underdog. Sound familiar? The race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio is shaping up just like...
View ArticleGillibrand's 'Bubba' Boo-Boo
Today, it was announced via Glenn Thrush of Politico and to members of Kirsten Gillibrand's list that "Bill Clinton will host a March 11th fundraiser in Manhattan for his wife's successor Kirsten...
View ArticleHillary Was Right: Obama Endorses Mandates? (Update with link to story)
Simply huge news on health care reform, from Ezra Klein: [T]he Obama administration will provide most of the money -- though not all -- and the governing objectives and Congress will be asked to hammer...
View ArticlePraying More for our President than Himself: Obama Meets with Lula da Silva
Today, President Barack Obama met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office. Brazil has managed to weather the economic storm due to its sound fiscal and monetary policies,...
View ArticleRep. King is Now Against EFCA
Representative King (R-Seaford, NY-03) has come out against the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), citing that "'our country is facing its most severe economic crisis in 75 years' and under this severe...
View ArticleACTION DIARY: SAY NO TO Ohio's Sarah Palin (Updated X1)
Say it ain’t so, Strickland. Speculation has mounted that Ohio Governor Ted Strickland is seriously considering selecting State Rep. Jennifer Garrison (D-fense of Marriage Act) as the next Lt. Governor...
View ArticleGovernor "My Man" Mitch Daniels Dismantling Indiana Government
Indiana State, municipal and local governments are under threat from Governor Mitch Daniels and radical State Senate Republicans. On April 28th, the midnight deadline to pass the budget was not met...
View ArticleIndy Star Covers Wellpoint 'Going on the Offensive'
Cross posted at Blue Indiana I woke up a little groggier, and a little later than normal and flipped immediately to the Opinion Page, and then to Business. I then begun to read the headline of the...
View ArticleOH Senate-Rob Portman Mocked as Poster Boy of Bush Economy
Yesterday, the Ohio Democratic Party launched RobertPortman.com, a parody of RobPortman.com, the official campaign website for the architect of the Bush economy. As the Cincinnati Enquirer's Howard...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Human Rights Campaign Speech LIVE BLOG (Updated with Action!)
IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THE RALLY TOMORROW IN WASHINGTON D.C. Click here. Yay rec list! Thanks guys! Now I remember why I worked so hard to get this guy elected... Tonight, President Barack Obama will...
View ArticleStacey Abrams is Raising a Lot of Money to Protect Voting Rights. Good.
Stacey Abrams is Raising a Lot of Money to Protect Voting Rights. Good.Lately there has been some criticism of voting rights hero Stacey Abrams, including from some people (like this one) who can’t...
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