Why Jim Webb Is A Conservative
First, Markos's post and others shoot down the idea that Jim Webb is a conservative. But let's stipulate one thing: many GOP supporters genuinely believe Jim Webb is a conservative. It's not just spin...
View ArticleMadame Speaker
What we have here is a historic event. And a pitiful press corps. Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman our democratic system has placed in a national leadership role. She is now third in line...
View ArticleThe Ridiculousness and Danger of Primary Season on Daily Kos
Oh, boy, it's ramping up, isn't it? Primary season. I want all y'all to look around at your fellow users and size them up for tastiness and nutritional value. 'Cause we're gonna be eating our own...
View ArticleThe Most Amazing Column Ever
I realize this piece was mentioned a couple of times yesterday, but ... not with the force necessary. For this truly is one of the most amazing columns ever. I literally laughed and nearly literally...
View ArticleForget Best and Worst, Who's the Most Interesting 20th Century President
There was always that talking point in the 2000 race: "People would just rather have a beer with George Bush than Al Gore." To which I always thought, "Are you insane? Why would I want to have a beer...
View ArticleBREAKING: Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller Don't Exist!
In a shocking discovery sure to rock the Internet, it was reported on the prominent Massachusetts television station WGBH that Chris Bowers and Matt Stoller don't actually exist. Turns out, it was all...
View ArticleBeat the Press Corrects ... will they Correct the Correction? (update: yes)
Beat the Press rapidly descends from ... well, usually it's from tragedy to farce, but they were already at "farce" ... where do they go from there?They issue a correction on their "blog," and they get...
View ArticleDemocratic Majority Bigger than Any GOP Majority post-1994
I don't think it's sinking in enough with the Beltway pundits, how large a victory the Democrats have achieved. So, here's a fact that everyone should know, use, spread, and just generally...
View ArticleRichardson schools Bush Admin on diplomacy
This is just pathetic. The Bush Administration has a foreign policy touch that rivals the gentleness of Lennie, the giant from Of Mice and Men who could barely touch anything without killing it. Even...
View ArticleRight Wing Blogs Go Completely Insane (even for them)
Wow. Just ... wow. I don't know if it's the Democratic takeover, or the complete unraveling of their pet war, or just the final stages of a congnitive dissonance so bad as to induce utter insanity, but...
View ArticleSorry, This New Primary Calendar Is a Disaster
Kos is wrong. I'm not normally one to get all argumentative, but, on this one, Kos is endorsing the path that makes worse the very things he wants to avoid.This primary calendar makes the early states...
View ArticleGore/Kerry v Bush/Dole: Or, Democrats are Just Better
I took a job with John Kerry. Let’s get that fact out front, in the clear, etc, etc ... I’ll explain why I did it in a bit, but that’s not my main point here. My main point is this: when my wife and I...
View ArticleAn Email from Ned Lamont
Hey, some of you know that I'm now the Online Communications Director for John Kerry ... it's an odd experience going from chatting about politics as an activist/commenter on Daily Kos to chatting...
View ArticleBeyond Iraq
Today, the Senate votes on the future of our country’s failed foreign policy. So it seems fitting that today sees the launch of a new effort, a high-profile attempt at building a new foundation for our...
View ArticleHelp Wanted Sign Is Out
I come from these pages, so when I'm looking for someone to help, I come back to these parts ...My boss, John Kerry, is not running for President. But he is running a national campaign. More to the...
View ArticleGAO Report: Violence On Civilians UNCHANGED
Why should The Report Formerly Known As Petraeus be allowed to frame this entire September debate? It's written by the White House, with "input" from General Petraeus and many others, and we all know...
View ArticleWhat Happened From John Kerry's Perspective
Alright, I’m the Online Communications Director for John Kerry, and I wanted to jump in here to let all of y’all know about what happened yesterday at the University of Florida event. JK himself wanted...
View ArticleRep. Patrick Murphy: Why I support Barack Obama
I know how heated the primary wars have gotten here, and I first came here in October of 2002, so, believe me, I lived through the same wars last cycle.But with all of the charges flying here online...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Asks For Help
I'm John Kerry's Internet Director (and a Kossack since 2002, btw)Sometimes the Bush Administration just outdoes itself and gives us another stark reminder of not just what a disaster the Bush Iraq...
View ArticleJohn Kerry's Statement on FISA
Hey folks, Senator Kerry is still working in the Senate so he can't do this himself, but I wanted to post his statement on FISA. Sorry for the short diary, but we've got a lot going on today, and I...
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