Unsolicted Advice for the President
It's now clear that we have momentum coming out of the DNC. The question is how best to exploit this. From the clips I heard President Obama is doing very well in FL. I think the time is ripe for a...
View ArticleThis Message: I APPROVE!
Sure Obama is ahead. He's been ahead the whole time; that's the big cat the media didn't want to let out of the bag. While the fresh polls are tonic, what really quenches the thirst is the juicy,...
View ArticleYou Know You're Having Fun When You Can Talk About Aliens Attacking Florida.
You know the Obama campaign has seen the polls and is having fun when they respond to one of Mitt's absurd comments by saying it's as likely as "Aliens will attack Florida". When you start ridiculing...
View ArticleIs it possible to step back and look at where we are?
As I read euphoric diaries about how the conventions proved what we have been saying all along and the response "out there" seems to actually reflect that for a change, my academic, scientific,...
View ArticleNew Pennsylvania Voter ID AD compares love of country with possesion of Photo ID
After fumbling on the previous Pennsylvania Voter ID AD, which to say the least was little more than a donation to a consulting firm stocked with GOP Staffers, the Corbett Administration is spending...
View ArticleRepublican Efforts in 2012 Equals 1933 German Election
The parallels between the G.O.P. efforts in 2012 and the National Socialist Democratic Action Party efforts in 1933 are striking. I think we can agree that Bush II was analogous to Hitler. Gitmo is...
View ArticleRomney’s Stonewalling—Why Is He Getting Away With It?
When Nixon was in the midst of the Watergate investigation, Nixon refused to release tapes of Presidential conversations that Democrats believed would prove his guilt, and that republicans believed...
View ArticleMaybe Indiana? (with poll)
Like many other Kos readers, I am obsessing this week about pressing our advantage and running up a big win rather than just squeaking by. I dreaming of big coattails and also building our structural...
View ArticlePresident Obama Leads Six Points, 52% to 46% Says New CNN Poll
A new CNN Poll shows a "significant" new lead of 6 points for President Obama who is now leading Romney by 52% to 46%. According to a CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday, 52% of likely voters...
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Republican Party's Base Is By and Large Elderly White People Arguing With...
Unlike those who thought Clint Eastwood and the whole RNC convention were a distraction, Paul Krugman found these to be highly informative clues about the base of the Republican Party, reports Bonnie...
View Article9/11 and Politics... A Request for One Day Off from the Campaigns
Tomorrow is 9/11... and I personally hope that neither Governor Romney nor President Obama go to Ground Zero to offer remarks. I am a political person, but I'd like to keep tomorrow as clean of...
View ArticleSo Much For Keeping GW Out of the Election. NYT Op-Ed Shows GW Repeatedly...
A NYT op-ed slated for publication tomorrow indicates issues GW will again arise, just in time for the election. http://www.nytimes.com/... It appears GW was warned not just by the August 9, 2011...
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A "Both Sides Do It" Pedagogical Failure: Romney's Race-Baiting versus...
The school year began a few weeks ago. As is my charge, I am teaching several courses on American politics. This is a fun time time to be leading these seminars because the presidential race provides...
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Wait a Minute!!!! Hold the Phone! Just one Cotton Pickin Frickin Minute!!!
GOP Tea Party To Boycott Scott Van Duzer's Restaurant. FOR WHAT? Please share this: I cannot believe how sick the GOP Tea Party really is... Boycott Scott Van Duzer’s restaurant… FOR WHAT? If these...
View ArticlePutin Says Mitt Romny's Criticism Supports Russian Position Against U.S. Led...
The Associated Press reports Vladimir Putin: Mitt Romney helped Russia by calling it top foe. In yet another example of Mitt Romney's foreign policy incompetence, he has undermined the US position in...
View ArticleSacrifice Zones and more from Moyers and Hedges
Bill Moyers and Chris Hedges on Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’ There are forgotten corners of this country where Americans are trapped in endless cycles of poverty, powerlessness, and despair as a...
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Obama Nightly News : Bouncing, The Late Edition
Welcome, friends. The purpose of this regular series is to promote enthusiasm and action among Daily Kos members. Romney will very likely out-fundraise President Obama. However, we believe that we can...
View ArticleFaux-Christian Politican Panderers on Fox News Bash Obama over "God"
Today on Fox News, a panel of psuedo-Christians took aim at President Obama over his call to American citizens to observe a moment of silence and perform community service in honor of September 11....
View ArticleHey, Mitt, this is a real crisis so PLEASE STFU!
Seriously, Mitt. You're way over the line here. First you agreed not to politicize 9/11 and broke that agreement so badly in your speech today that even Faux Noos cut you off in the middle. Now we've...
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