Things are getting interesting in the land of half term governors: Republican leaders are angry with Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) for jeopardizing their chances of winning the Senate. Murkowski’s decision to mount a write-in campaign risks splitting the Republican vote between two candidates and could cost her party a safe GOP seat. “I am bothered […]
Chris Matthews proved again tonight that he in no way should have the job he does. First off he gets into with Alan Grayson, who is supporting the plan for the House to pass the Senate bill and then “patch” it through reconciliation. Matthews accuses Grayson of not being from the “real world” and instead […]
Booman hits a tone of truthiness that won’t sit well with the blogosphere: James Kirchick likes to crow about how the Netroots don’t matter. There are a few former (Republican and Democrat) office holders that might beg to differ. But, Kirchick is right about one thing. If Obama listened to the Netroots’ advice all the […]
Last year when the netroots were going after Joe Lieberman for being a Republican in Democratic clothing, the wingnuts attacked us for it. They couldn’t imagine how we could attack a Democrat like that. So why aren’t these same people going after the people putting ads out claiming McCain is a liberal?
Chris Dodd posted a video on YouTube thanking the netroots for supporting him yesterday. Chris Dodd is the one owed a thanks for standing up for the rule of law and shooting down the administrations abuse of that law. If only other Democratic presidential candidates, who are in the Senate, decided to take the issue […]
David Rhodes claim that the Nevada Democratic Caucus caved to pressure from MoveOn and the netroots is just plain wrong. Harry Reid and Tom Collins have released the letter they sent to FOX regarding the decision. TPMCafe has the full letter, but here is the money quote: To say the least, this was not a […]
Here is a man that was supported by the netroots and has become victorious in the first battle: James Webb, a former Reagan administration Navy secretary who left the Republican Party over the Iraq war, won the Democratic nomination Tuesday to take on GOP Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) in the fall. Webb […]
I’m working hard today on getting the WordPress system set up for my future move to a dedicated server. For your time being here is some afternoon reads: John at AMERICABlog has been getting some nasty e-mails over the JCS letter. Glenn notices something I had also noticed. The right wing blogs were quick to […]
