Once again Chuck Schumer has told the Democrats in Connecticut to go to hell. He was asked this morning if the DSCC will stand behind the primary winner rather it be Lieberman or Lamont. Schumer would not say that and instead said he would not speculate because they are supporting Lieberman in the primary. What […]
The New York Times has a great write up about YearlyKos today: If any more proof were needed of the rising influence of bloggers — at least for the Democratic Party — it could be found here on Friday on the Las Vegas Strip, where the old and new worlds of American politics engaged in […]
After two straight weeks of Russert pandering to the right, we finally get a week with a Democrat on Meet the Press: Joe Biden Hans Blix Round Table: John Harwood & Gwen Ifill Then on Stephanopoulos we get a special treat when Al Gore joins him for his first sit-down in over three years. Then […]
John has a video up of Olbermann tonight where he calls out O’Reilly again. This is a well deserved calling out (they all are) and proves that O’Reilly could care less about the memory of our fallen soldiers when it comes to proving a point or trying to win an argument: Olbermann: The bodies at […]
Howard Dean appeared on The Daily Show last night to help get the word out about the Democrats plan and strategy to take back Congress this fall. He is working his 50 state strategy hard and I agree that the key to taking back Washington has to start at the local level. It is worth […]
Can we say OUCH: President Bush’s approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections. The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush’s standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His […]
Something short of a miracle happened in Senate yesterday. An amendment to the Iraq Supplemental Spending bill was passed forbidding any money be used for permanent bases in Iraq. The amazing part is that this amendment was introduced by a Democrat – Joe Biden. Think Progress points out that the House has also taken a […]
Wow Bush sure does know how to pick them: Key Democrats denounced Terrence Boyle on Capitol Hill Monday and Tuesday, after a Salon report revealed that the controversial judge, nominated to one of the nation’s highest courts by President Bush, violated federal law on conflicts of interest. As the debate over Boyle heated up, the […]
The Ohio Senate race will be incumbent Republican Mike DeWine against Democrat Sherrod Brown.
The phase 2 report into the pre-Iraq war intelligence failure is still being stonewalled by Senate Intelligence chairman Pat Roberts: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel’s inquiry into the Bush administration’s handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would […]