NEW EXIT POLL NUMBERS FROM DRUDGE
Drudge just updated his exit polls ... Edwards is still ahead in Oklahoma and is 14 points ahead in South Carolina: AZ Kerry 46, Clark 24, Dean 13. MO Kerry 52, Edwards 23, Dean 10 SC Edwards 44, Kerry...
View ArticleWhy Wes Clark is a Bad Choice for VP
A lot of folks have been pushing Wes Clark for VP lately, and I can see why. His resume is impressive. He's a general, a leader. He has a lot of foreign policy experience. But he would be a horrible...
View ArticleCNN: McCain Rejects Kerry
CNN's top story on its "Inside Politics" page today is entitled "McCain rejects Kerry's veep overture":http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/11/kerry.mccain.ap/index.html I wonder which "Democratic...
View ArticleNader Backs Edwards for VP!?!?
I have long supported Edwards for VP, so imagine my shock to hear that Nader--who like many of us, I've grown to dislike--has just publicly backed him, urging Kerry to pick Edwards because he's...
View ArticleCNN: Edwards is Top VP Choice For Kerry
Here's the link, from the front page of CNN.com:http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/29/poll.veep/index.html Apparently a new CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll asked voters for their reactions to several...
View ArticleKeyes is out of senate race!!!
Wonkette has just reported that "Democrats on the Illinois state election board have successfully shot down Marylander Alan Keyes' bid to represent their state in the Senate." Here's the...
View ArticleVote in the Hardball Poll NOW!
On MSNBC, Chris Matthews just showed the results of the Hardball "Who Won the Debate?" poll ... and said that while the results aren't scientific, they're like an election and suggested that it...
View ArticleHelp Get Out The Message That KERRY WON TONIGHT
I signed up for the Kerry Media Corps team, and I just got an email from the Kerry campaign. They're asking us to contact news organizations to make sure they report the truth--that Kerry WON the...
View ArticleFreep this poll!
On MSNBC they're giving you a chance to rate specific lines in the speech ... right now Kerry is in the lead on every line, but I just got the link from Free Republic so the Repugs are going to be...
View ArticleLet's Work Together To Hold Bush and Cheney Accountable: HELIEDTOUS.COM
"The bigger the lie, the more it will be believed." -- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Chief Over the past four years, Bush and Cheney have learned that the best way to cover up their record of...
View ArticleDON'T LET THE G.O.P. STEAL THIS DEBATE!
I know that everyone here saw the same debate that I did, and came to the same conclusion: JOHN KERRY WON DECISIVELY. Kerry was better than ever, while Bush was loud and repetitive. KERRY WON. We're...
View ArticleFederal Judge Finds Intimidation of Native Americans in South Dakota
Yesterday, Tom Daschle filed a lawsuit in federal court against John Thune, the South Dakota Republican Party, and several unknown Republican operatives who were intimidating Native Americans in order...
View ArticleFaux News just called Ohio for Bush
Let's hope there's some litigation or absentee ballots or something. :( I've looked at the numbers myself and they look bad. At this point our best bet is a 269-269 result, as Kos said. And that's...
View ArticleKerry is no Nixon or Reagan
The cat's out of the bag. Rumors have been flying for the past few days that Kerry is planning to run again in 2008, and now Cam Kerry has come out and publicly acknowledged that it is "conceivable"...
View ArticleDisorganization in Ohio
I just read a really interesting (and disturbing) post on The Leiter Reports, recounting one volunteer's experience in Ohio working on the Voter Protection Program. It reminded me a lot of the stories...
View ArticleI'm NOT A Member of the DEMOCRAT Party
... and neither are you. We're members of the DemocratIC Party. But that's not what the Republicans call us. If you listen closely to a Republican speak--anyone from George W. Bush to Tom DeLay to...
View ArticleIt's Time To Go Nuclear
The cat's out of the bag. As TyroneSlothrup just reported in his lastest diary, Bill Frist and the Repugs in the Senate have decided to get rid of the 60-vote requirement to end a filibuster on...
View ArticleCross-dressing leads to homosexuality?
When I first saw this news story, I thought it had to be a joke. It's not. It turns out to be a sad but true look at how the right-wing thinks about sexuality. The saddest quote:"It might be fun...
View ArticleKerry Stands Up and Fights
A lot of folks on this board have wondered why Kerry has suddenly fell silent, and are itching for the Dems to stand up to Bush. Kerry just stepped up to the plate and is making a challenge to Bush...
View ArticleRoberts is No Liberal
There are a lot of good reasons not to go full-out against a Roberts nomination. The hope that he's a "liberal" isn't one of them. That's why I was shocked to read Kos's latest post this morning. He...
View ArticleChris Matthews: Jim Webb Pays Bloggers to Slam Felix
Last night, on Hardball, Chris Matthews tried to turn Felix Macaca's racism and embarrassment over his heritage against Jim Webb.Hotline On Call has the scoop:VA SEN candidate Jim Webb (D) was on...
View ArticleThe RNC's New Racist TV Ad Against Harold Ford
I know a lot of us don't like Harold Ford. He does sound a lot like a Republican most of the time. But right now our chances to take control of the Senate depend on Ford beating Corker in Tennessee....
View ArticleGOP Race-Baiting May Cost Us The Senate (4TH UPDATE)
As Markos noted in his front pager today, the momentum is shifting away from Harold Ford in Tennessee. He's now behind by two points, instead of up by two. If he loses, our hope of winning the Senate...
View ArticleWhat Paul Wellstone and Harold Ford Have In Common
Both Paul Wellstone and Harold Ford voted for the Defense of Marriage Act. You know, the law that does the exact same thing as the constitutional amendment that Ford supports now? When I worked for...
View ArticleMarkos, Wipe That Smirk Off Your Face (UPDATED)
So today Markos decided to call the Tennessee senate race, declaring that the race is "all but lost". Markos, you should be ashamed of yourself. Our candidate is within five points, he is fighting...
View ArticleIn Defense of Bill Clinton
I've never liked Bill Clinton very much. After the 1994 election, he lost any will to fight for major progressive reforms. Instead, despite a huge lead over Bob Dole in 1996, he repeatedly gave in to...
View ArticleRacism in South Carolina Could Cost Obama The Nomination
MSNBC's First Read has a powerful new piece about racism in the South Carolina primary. In the piece, they point out that:Obama is getting just an astoundingly low 10% of the white vote in the...
View ArticleSupport the new Net Neutrality Bill!
Today Ed Markey introduced a new House bill to stop ISPs from filtering or prioritizing Internet traffic, and he needs our help to make this bill a law.ISPs are increasingly coming under pressure from...
View ArticleBush Has Rights Too
Like many of us, when I saw elishastephens's diary last night, I flipped to C-SPAN to watch Congressman Kucinich introduce Articles of Impeachment against Bush. Like most of us, I agreed with almost...
View ArticleUPDATED: New McCain PAC Ad Calls Obama a Muslim
While the McCain campaign blasts Obama for not taking public financing, his 527s and PACs are raising unlimited money to trash Obama with bigoted lies. The latest, an ad from the National Campaign...
View ArticleOil Industry Funnelling Money to McCain
Within days of McSame's decision to endorse offshore oil drilling, oil industry money started to pour into his campaign. Big oil was so eager to get as much money as possible to McCain that they broke...
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