I hope you're enjoying a weather-event free weekend. We can leave the house this time! I am in Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, previewing the Picasso exhibit. Let's…
It strikes me that sooner or later someone is going to create The Daily Show Party -- filled with people who not only know their stuff, but who are quick on their feet at countering Republican bulls***. And who won't be cringing behind polling or what the pundits say about them:
It is fair to note that this poll shows a pretty toxic environment for both parties, but it seems clear that if you are a Congressional Dem, you have abit of an edge to build from. And if you are a Congressional repub, the massive media spin (and media lock) isn't exactly getting you alot of traction. Not yet, at least.
According to Paul Krugman, irony is dead and Republicans killed it: “Don’t cut Medicare. The reform bills passed by the House and Senate cut Medicare by approximately $500 billion. This…
It's Friday of one of the strangest work weeks I've ever had. Two snowstorms in one week with two driving bans. It's hard to say TGIF since I only had…
There's been a lot of chatter on Twitter and elsewhere about the Governor's performance during the snowstorm. The critiques I've seen are the following: The governor is on a boondoggle…
One of the benefits of being snowed in this week is that I've had a chance to catch up on some blog reading, and discovered that I had missed this really good video about missing the one year anniversary of the commitment to close Gitmo.
Kavips lauds Scott Spencer's accomplishments and ideas, but is concerned that there is a better place for him in the party, politics, and in government than likely losing to John Carney. While Kavips is well intentioned, it is the losing to Carney that will air Scott's good ideas to the public, and his future in politics can wait until after the primary.
Reid found some courage today in scrapping a jobs bill that had nothing but giveaways to the GOP in it. Now he needs to use that new found courage to pass a real jobs bill through reconciliation without any GOP support. Do it, Harry. Do it now.
Does anyone remember when Mandela was released from prison? I was in Salt Lake City that day and couldn't get to a TV or radio until after the day's work.…
Via TPM: We have very little information so far. But President Clinton was hospitalized at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital this afternoon. It's not clear whether it was on an emergency basis…