Archive for the 'elections' Category
TPM: How You Can Help Give Joe Lieberman the Boot
Watch this video from Talking Points Memo: the goods are around the 3:23 mark, but the whole 6 minutes and change is worth watching:
As Marshall points out, after the election the Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee makes recommendations for committee assignments: those already in office usually keep their assignments, but that’s at the committee’s discretion. [...]
Read More..>>LEADING RIGHT WING BLOG CALLS FOR EXECUTION OF GOP LEADERSHIP
Red State is perhaps the most prominent of the blogs on the conservative side of the blogosphere (even if their server runs so slowly you’d think they picked it up at the Sears Bargain Basement):
RedState is the leading blog for right of center online activists. Established in May of 2004 by Ben Domenech, Mike Krempasky, [...]
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Photo courtesy of Neo Joe and the lake
Report: Reid to strip Lieberman of committee chairs today :
While the nation is abuzz over rumors of who President-Elect Obama will appoint to his cabinet, and as we await news from the remaining Congressional races, some encouraging news — or at least an encouraging rumor. Sam Stein [...]
Obama Victory Good for Pennsylvania
Obama and Casey are very close:
The pair met in ‘05 in Philly, where Obama did a fundraiser for Casey. He did two more in ‘06, the year Casey beat Republican incumbent Rick Santorum.
Then Casey, while almost every prominent Pennsylvania Democrat backed Hillary Clinton, endorsed Obama last March and traveled with him during the primary [...]
Philly Bits: It’s a Mandate, Bizotch!
Ray has great stuff today.
One of the most important is this catch: Novak is pretending Obama doesn’t have a mandate:
Novak yesterday:
When Franklin D. Roosevelt won his second term for president in 1936, the defeated Republican candidate, Gov. Alf Landon of Kansas, won only two states, Maine and Vermont, and Democrats controlled [...]
Harry Reid is Obsolete
Via Pach at FDL, citing politico (that’s a mouthful):
Asked if Tuesday’s election results give his party a mandate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid just told Politico: “This is a mandate to get along, to get something done in a bipartisan way. This is not a mandate for a political party or an ideology.”
OK, this is [...]
Ralph Nader Loses His Shit, Calls Obama “Uncle Tom”
This was so egregious, even the unctuous and duplicitous Shepherd Smith was gobsmacked: his stunned reaction is priceless.
Once upon a time, Ralph Nader was a crusader for consumers and ordinary Americans. To be honest, I don’t hold his spoiler role from 2000 against him. No, where I get off is his disgraceful attempts to [...]
Read More..>>Kick Lieberman Out of the Caucus
Image taken from daily Kos, from Zina Saunders, who does fantastic work. I couldn’t find the original.
Aravosis at Americablog has a concise and comprehensive list of Liberman’s broken promises:
1. He endorsed the Republican presidential candidate, with the clear intent to leave his Senate seat by becoming McCain’s VP or a cabinet secretary. He was going [...]
Phone Calls for Today
In the wake of Obama’s victory, I will be making some phone calls today.
For instance, I need to know what Joe Lieberman will do now.
Or John Boehner, who I wrote about last week: will he be calling Obama “President Chicken Shit”, or has he come up with a more respectful title? For that matter, does [...]
Philly Voting Problems
Daily Kos:
If you are in Philadelphia, PA and you click the box for Obama, and then click straight Democratic ticket, it will cancel out your vote for Obama. No one is quite sure why, but it’s happening . I [...]
