LONG TERM solution in Iraq
I find it really tragic that everyone is so into this debate about how to handle the Iraq disaster moving forward. But Iraq is a huge, huge problem. It will not be solved in "4 to 6 months". It won't...
View ArticleThe Iraq debate is meaningless
Finish the job in Iraq!Leave Iraq now!Cut and Run!Lie and Die?Phased redeployment!Three states?Flip a coin for all I care. Just get on with Energy Independence
View ArticleWhy I Reject Hillary Clinton
This morning on NBC's "Today" show, Sen. Clinton was asked about her 2002 vote and offered a slightly evolved answer. "Obviously, if we knew then what we know now, there wouldn't have been a vote,"...
View ArticleObama Is Smarter
"I know that even a successful war against Iraq will require a US occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. I know that an invasion of Iraq without a...
View ArticleClinton's Win in Nevada: A Mirage
Some exit poll statistics from yesterday in Nevada:59% of voters were female 68% of voters were 45 and older 36% of voters were older than 59 15% of voters were black
View ArticleObama To Visit NYC Area On Monday
Barack Obama just officially announced that he is making his way to what is conventionally considered Clinton territory. He'll be at The Meadowlands on Monday at noon:IZOD Center at the Meadowlands 50...
View ArticleMy NJ Obama vote goes to Ron Paul?
So i voted at 6:30 AM. i get in the booth and i can only vote on the R ballot. Why? Well, clearly because I am a Republican.
View ArticleImagine: 3 Weeks and 11 months
Three weeks from today we could be watching Hillary Clinton concede the nomination to Barack Obama. Think about this. What would do to see this? What would you give to see Barack Obama win this...
View ArticleChange The World. Now!
I have supported Barack Obama's campaign for over one year now. Back then I was convinced that either Clinton or Gore would have to carry him on the ticket as Vice President. By November, I convinced...
View ArticleWho's Younger Than Barack Obama?
Barack Obama will be 47 years old in August. Let's play, "Who's Younger Than Barack Obama?"Brett Favre, 1969 Jon Bon Jovi, 1962 Mariah Carey, 1969 Michael Jordan, 1963 Tom Cruise, 1962 Larry Page &...
View ArticlePennsylvania Voter Registration Deadline - 2 Weeks!
Pennsylvania votes on April 22nd. But Pennsylvania will be won in the next two weeks. Because Pennsylvania's primary is closed to registered Democrats only. This is likely a disadvantage for Barack...
View Article[Updated] KNOW THIS: PA is a CLOSED primary, unless...
Pennsylvania votes on April 22nd. But Pennsylvania will be won in the next two weeks. Because Pennsylvania's primary is closed to registered Democrats only. This is likely a disadvantage for Barack...
View ArticleThe Obama PA Project: 1 Week Left
Pennsylvania will be won in what is now the next SIX (aka 6) days. I wrote a diary last week to help call attention to this, often confusing, rule.This is because only registered Democrats can vote in...
View ArticleKNOW THIS: It is not over!
Does this campaign feel like Terminator 2 to anyone? Hillary Clinton is not done yet. Barack Obama has not won yet. And she has every right to continue to campaign because she has not lost yet. We do...
View ArticleJim Webb: Vice President
So it appears that Senator Jim Webb from Virginia will be releasing another book next week: A Time to Fight: Reclaiming a Fair and Just America. Interesting timing, no? Interesting title? So what's...
View ArticleMcCain's Issues - Part 1: Iraq Strategy
Over the next several weeks I plan to examine the specifics of Senator John McCain's plans for his potential Presidency as described on his web site. We know the generalities, but I thought it would be...
View ArticleLIVEBLOG: Libertarian Debate on CSPAN [Updating...]
This is high comedy. C-SPAN is now carrying the Libertarian Presidential debate.Yes, Mike Gravel is there. Oh baby!UPDATE: So who is winning? I say Jingozian, Kubby, then Gravel. Barr is laying low.
View ArticleConfront John McCain at Upcoming Town Halls
I have many concerns about a McCain Presidency and since it is a real possibility that he will be our next President I think we should confront him directly on the important issues in this election....
View ArticleBill Clinton: 'my fight was over on April 9th'
Ah, those history books. They can be damning. As noted by PoliticalWire, Bill Clinton claimed that his primary in 1992 was over in early April. Scroll south for the quotes...
View ArticleWhy Jim Webb will be Vice President
I do not think that Jim Webb is the best Vice Presidential candidate in a perfect world. However, in the scope of an election against John McCain, Jim Webb is the best option.Today on George...
View ArticleDebunking Experience
ex·pe·ri·ence (ĭk-spîr'ē-əns): Active participation in events or activities, leading to the accumulation of knowledge or skill: a lesson taught by experience; a carpenter with experience in roof...
View ArticleCNN: Obama and a White Woman?
Barack Obama and Scarlett Johansann? Could it be? Could the black star secretly be trying to land the hot young white movie star? Well, the National Inquirer CNN is all over it.
View ArticleMake Your Official Final VP Predictions Here
Who will Barack Obama choose to be his Vice President?
View ArticleSarah Palin's *Actual* Resume
There is a post today about Sarah Palin's resume. While funny, it's not quite as funny as her actual resume. So over the jump is the actual resume of a United States Vice Presidential candidate.
View ArticleOne More Way To Help Obama
Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers. You spend enough time singing to the dkos choir but with 10 (TEN!!!) weeks to go, this is a perfect time to get your views our there for public...
View ArticleThis Is What I'm Organizing For Obama
We are a community of writers. And our greatest talents are our writing skills: we know the arguments and we know how to frame them. But here and elsewhere online we are preaching to the choir with...
View ArticleCheck Out What I'm Organizing For Obama
We are a community of writers. And our greatest talent is our writing skills: we know the arguments and we know how to frame them.So please know this: Everyone here agrees with you already. I urge...
View ArticleYES YOU CAN: Write Letters To The Editor!!!
I urge you to take 5 minutes and, instead of making your case in a dkos comment, write a letter to the editor of your local newspapers. These letters reach thousands of eyes every single day. We are a...
View ArticleTime For Action: Help Obama in your Local Papers!!!
Instead of making your case in a dkos dairy or comment, write a letter to the editor of your local newspapers. These letters reach thousands of people every single day. Including undecided and leaning...
View ArticleCanvassing PA - Lessons Learned
This is not a mushy diary about how I converted seven 96 year old white Republican women on the spot on a Sunday afternoon. It is just some advice for all you who canvass or who will canvass. Since...
View ArticlePA Canvass: "Our vote doesn't matter, Obama will win"
Today was my fourth weekend in a row canvassing in Bucks County, PA, which is a Philly suburb. It landslided for Hillary Clinton in the primary and we're helping to make sure Obama wins it in 3...
View ArticleWhen Was Your First Time?
For me, it was 'the day after' in 2004. That was the first time i ever wrote about Obama in an email. And it's because I didn't really do politics. I didn't care. I didn't watch 2004...
View ArticleStop Healthcare Scamming Me
For two years I was told that Democrats cannot filibuster because it's kind of extreme or something. I was told that we needed to elect a Democratic President to make any difference. I was told that...
View ArticleHealthcare Failure, By Design
I believe that the Democrats in the US Senate have rigged the health care bill to fail from the beginning. Here is why.
View Article2400 PAGES??!?!!
This 1,900 page2,100 PAGE2,400 PAGE TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED PAGE!!!! bill will bankrupt our country!!!! ...so says Congressman John Boehner.
View ArticleI am Republican. And this is my life.
I live in eastern Pennsylvania. North of Philadelphia. I have four kids. I am 51 years old and I always vote Republican. But not only that, I also apply the larger Republican platform and values to my...
View ArticleLIVEBLOG: Specter v Sestak debate (PA-Sen)
Good debate tonite between Arlen Specter (Whatever-PA) and Democratic Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA).Sestak is significantly behind in most polls. How nice of Specter to give him an hour debate at 7pm...
View ArticleLet's Go Yank-ees! Yank-ees SUCK!
I've been to a few Mets/Yankees games in my day. Always high intensity. We fans go back and forth chanting for our team. When our team does something (anything), you chant even more. It's not a Nets...
View ArticleWrite A Letter To The Editor
I've seen diaries recently implicitly or explicitly asking what can be done to help tip the balance in the next 2 weeks. One idea: write a letter to your local paper. Guaranteed that an undecided...
View ArticleI Drove To Ohio Today
Funny story, not really, but I was supposed to be in the Bahamas this week. Hurricane Sandy screwed that up. So I drove to Ohio today - Youngstown. A seven hour drive to help with the ground game in a...
View ArticleRomney Mocks The Impacts Of Climate Change
Hey Eastern Seaboard (yes you Virginia! North Carolina, New Jersey, and Georgia, And Florida, Long Island and Connecticut. And Delaware), Go. Screw. Your. Self. Climate change is bullshit and I...
View ArticleLast Week: 20% Chance Sandy Hits East Coast
Last week: 20% chance Sandy hits east coastToday, according to Nate Silver: 23% chance that Romney becomes the next President.Feeling lucky? That means, GET OUT THE VOTE. All weekend and into Tuesday...
View ArticlePresident Mitt Romney
President Mitt Romney. How does that sound? Stomach hurt a little? Get a chill down your back? Then GOTV to the bitter end.
View ArticleResign.
If I had done nothing, they say 2 million people would have died. Or more. It would have been terrible.Many people didn’t act fast enough. I don’t want to embarrass them by saying their names.Last...
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