Archive for November, 2006
Posted in November 16th, 2006
That’s probably a good thing. While everyone is running around trying to claim Murtha was swiftboated, let’s make this clear–Murtha was not in just one bad situation, but several. I’ll take him at face value on what he says about ABSCAM given how long ago it was, but in recent years he’s been in the […]
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Posted in November 16th, 2006
He might disagree with Dean, but he at least gets that Dean is doing a good job even while disagreeing with him. Carville has decided to take a win and use it to try and divide the party. Dandy, we can’t even get along when we win with this sort of crap. I think the […]
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Posted in November 16th, 2006
Congrats Frank, Matt and Mike. In addition, political and cultural turmoil back in the U.S. is captured in several of the eligible films, including Frank Popper’s “Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?” which documents a teacher, Jeff Smith, who ran for a Missouri Senate seat in 2004; It’ll play in Chicago over Christmas: December […]
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Posted in November 16th, 2006
Apparently the B Sample for Floyd Landis had some problems An unnamed source confirmed Landis’ claims that the lab had given the wrong number in Landis’ positive B sample, French newspaper Le Monde reported Wednesday. “The error, of an administrative nature, does not mean the positive B sample was not that of the American,” Le […]
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Instead of fighting over credit, let’s just be happy and move forward But today we’re talking about Rahm. The guy is an asshole, to be sure. But he’s our asshole. And it’s about time we had one. He’s not running DCCC next cycle so let’s start the complaining about the next guy. Get a head […]
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Okay, I want some feedback on what people think of the three candidates from this cycle: Duckworth, Pavich and Seals. The aim is to get a variety of opinions about the three candidates and their campaigns. From there, there will more open threads about whether to encourage the above candidates, discourage them, and lay out […]
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Steve Chapman always says it better than I That is the question Robert Gates and President Bush will have to confront, without illusions. If your leg has gangrene, there is nothing to be gained from postponing the amputation, and much to be lost. But it takes a grown-up to tell you that. Maybe he drinks […]
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Hastert has been known to show up at one of the better Sushi restaurants in DC so him wanting to be Ambassador to Japan seems very possible. He likes his food–and no I’m not making fun of that–I do too. Get ready for a special election in 14.
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Red State has Tom DeLay blogging. Next up Conrad Burns and Jack Abramoff. For the left wing of the left wing–think about how assanine it sounds when Tom DeLay says if we just become more right wing and move from the center we will win elections again. Then think about the mirror image. Playing only […]
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
He’s close with 41 and incredibly sane. Steve Clemmons is kidding himself that the Administration would even consider this given Leach voted against Iraq, but what the hell.
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Posted in November 15th, 2006
Confirm Bolton Because Asia isn’t adding nuclear nations fast enough. Let’s get Japan to go nuclear! In the interim, Bolton has proved he doesn’t have horns. In fact, he has answered any questions about whether he has the right temperament and diplomatic skills for the job. He has worked to build consensus on the world’s […]
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Posted in November 13th, 2006
hat tip Rich Kass is spreading Jack Roeser’s conspiracy theory that Bill Brady was a plant by the combine. Worse, he claims Burris was a plant. Because, you know, Burris never ran before. Like in 1994 and 1998. People may have taken advantage of Burris’ candidacy, but he wanted to win. Here’s another reason people […]
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Posted in November 10th, 2006
I know this has become conventional wisdom in some parts to claim too much money was wasted in IL-6, but the reality is all that money was a two way street. Republicans and their allies probably got close to $7 million spent on that race—all money that couldn’t be switched to races where their incumbents […]
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Posted in November 10th, 2006
He’s backing Hillary people–it’s not hard to figure out what he’s trying to do. Don’t take the bait, he’s burying his candidate and that’s good for the party.
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Posted in November 10th, 2006
Just add me to the signature line Memo to every Democrat by kos Fri Nov 10, 2006 at 02:06:06 PM PST Dear Everyone Who Thinks They Singled-Handedly Won the Last Election, The DNC and Howard Dean couldn’t have won this by themselves. They are not the source of all good in the world. Or all […]
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