This really seems like the Bush/Gore debacle all over again: Mexico’s conservative presidential candidate Felipe Calderon declared victory on Monday in a bitterly contested election result as official returns showed him ahead of his left-wing rival. Calderon said his lead was now “irreversible” because he had an advantage of more than 400,000 votes over Andres […]
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 […]
Wow the right wingers are out to try and lie their way into another seat in Congress. Notice this post appearing at the top of Wizbang’s political page: Also notice the time of that post is 12:03 am. Considering I am writing this at 12:50 am I can only assume they are set to eastern […]
Senate Blocks Alaska Refuge Drilling By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a measure that had been put into a must-pass defense spending bill in an attempt to garner wider support. Drilling supporters fell four votes short of getting the required 60 votes […]
For more proof that the iron curtain never fell and now surrounds America, you have to look no further than Deborah Davis. She is a 50 year old mother of a son serving in Iraq. She lives in Denver and leads an ordinary middle class life or at least she did. On December 9th, she […]
The Associated Press is reporting that al Qaeda’s leader in Iraq, Al-Zarqawi, may be amongst the dead from a gun fight that erupted between our forces and insurgents held up in a house in Mosul. This of course would be an expected victory for Bush. There is a problem though. We have heard these rumors […]
Today we celebrate Veteran’s Day. It is a day to honor those who have served for our great country. The best way to honor those veterans would be to insure they have a life time of excellent health care and benefits. Showing them that their country truly cares about them and the service they have […]
In the first of what is hopefully many good signs to come tonight, Tim Kaine defeated Republican Jerry Kilgore for the top job in the state of Virginia. This was one heavily watched race by analysts as they feel it will set the stage for next years mid-term elections. Kaine got his victory with 51.2% […]