Archive for the 'Democratic Party' Category
Not A Dime
Posted on January 21, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under DCCC, Democratic Party, health care | Leave a Comment
The DCCC just sent me a fundraising email. Meanwhile, health care is apparently dead. This is very simple: If the Democrats can’t pass substantial health care reform now, they don’t deserve a single penny in their campaign funds, they don’t deserve a single organizer working for them, and they don’t deserve a single vote for [...]
Promises, Promises
Posted on January 21, 2010 by andrew- Filed Under 2010 Massachusetts Disaster, Democratic Party, health care | Leave a Comment
I couldn’t bring myself to vote for this particular incarnation of the national Republican Party under any circumstances. The good news is that I live in Washington. Would I vote for a local Republican as our mayor? Sure. This is such a one-party town that my protest vote can’t possibly amount to anything more than [...]
Some Progressives Get It
Posted on February 25, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under DC enfranchisement, Democratic Party | Leave a Comment
As long as I’ve been taking potshots at big-name progressives who don’t understand the DC voting rights issue this week, I should note the ones who get it right. Specifically, Matthew Yglesias nails the utter failure of the national Democratic Party in this post. This is why I vote for the Statehood-Green Party candidate in [...]
Another Pushback Against President Douchebag
Posted on May 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton | Leave a Comment
Biden’s “bullshit” is the fun one, but this one does a bit more to prove my earlier point: This time around, the Democrats aren’t going to take any Republican crap lying down.
Hillary, today in Rapid City, South Dakota, defended Obama from President Bush’s apparent comparison of him to Neville Chamberlain, Ken Vogel reports.
She told reporters:
President [...]
Good News Comes Out Of Our Shameful President’s Shameful Attacks
Posted on May 15, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 elections, Barack Obama, Democratic Party, George W Bush, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Rahm Emanuel | Leave a Comment
Barack Obama responded almost immediately to President Douchebag’s appeasement nonsense (as I would have noted in my previous post had that been the point I was making at the time):
“It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel’s independence to launch a false political attack,” [...]
A Bit More Cause For Concern Than You’re Willing To Acknowledge
Posted on May 9, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Democratic Party, campaign fundraising | Leave a Comment
John Aravosis cites Ben Smith in telling us not to worry about Hillary’s big donors’ threats to cut off funding to Democrats should she lose:
Ben Smith makes an excellent point as to why the Democrats should emit a large yawn at childish threats from Hillary’s donors to boycott the fall congressional races if Herself isn’t [...]
Hillary vs. The Netroots
Posted on April 18, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton, MoveOn | Leave a Comment
I like to think I’m usually pretty good at judging the likely impact of these things, but I’m honestly not sure about this one.
First, I’m not sure whether the media outside of liberal blogs will care enough to turn this into a big deal. But even assuming they do (bashing the liberal activists + bashing [...]
Harry Reid, Savior?
Posted on March 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 democratic primary, Democratic Party, Harry Reid | Leave a Comment
Dana Goldstein at TAPPED points to a home-state (Nevada) reporter’s discussion of the Democratic primary with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. When asked how Reid can be sure the Democrats will have a nominee before the convention, the senator answers:
“No, it will be done. I had a conversation with Governor Dean (Democratic National Committee Chairman [...]
