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Hypocrisy.com | 15 hours ago by Kim
The left wing website Daily Kos predicts Democrats will “get killed” in the 2010 elections saying, “86 percent of Republicans plan on turning out or are likely to turn out. Only 56 percent of Democrats are–similarly believe they’re read more
The Death of New York Republicans
Politics By Beast | December 21st 2009 by Andrew Carden
Memo to George and Rudy: the New York GOP needs you. I am of course speaking of Fmr. Governor George Pataki and Fmr. New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, perhaps the two most high-profile NY Republicans out there. Both Pataki and Giuliani have been t read more
Open Primaries, Independent Parties, and the Authorities
The Hankster | December 21st 2009 by Nancy Hanks
Must read on Redding News Review -- Lenora Fulani explains why she did not support Bill Thompson in November's mayoral race in NYC.... ******* With more than 40% of the country being independent, opening up the primaries is an important democr read more
Stupak Ready to Pounce, Vows to Kill ‘Unacceptable’ Nelson Ab…
The Situation Report | December 20th 2009 by TheSitRep
ChattahBox Stupak Ready to Pounce, Vows to Kill 'Unacceptable' Nelson Abortion DealChattahBox(ChattahBox)— Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) is not finished making trouble for his Democratic colleagues, as the Senate's health reform bill make read more
Specter tied with Toomey in Senate race: poll - Reuters
The Situation Report | December 20th 2009 by TheSitRep
Reuters Specter tied with Toomey in Senate race: pollReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania is running even with relatively unknown Republican challenger Pat Toomey for a 2010 race that could help determine t read more
Democratic Party Divided Over Health Care - FOXNews
The Situation Report | December 20th 2009 by TheSitRep
guardian.co.uk Democratic Party Divided Over Health CareFOXNewsBy Bill O'Reilly The far left is furious that a government-run insurance concern and more Medicare entitlements have been stripped from the Senate bill. The head of the far-left D read more
The Seminal » How the White House Misjudged the Political Landsc…
there is a way jose | December 19th 2009 by Jose Castillo
« Watch: Dylan Ratigan Blasts Debbie Wasserman-Schultz For Spinning Health Care Bill Kos Rebuts Tweety’s Claim That We Aren’t Grown-Ups » How the White House Misjudged the Political Landscape By: Robert Cruickshank read more
"Representative" Government
Considerettes | December 19th 2009
Dan Perrin at RedState laments the very real possibility that Harry Reid has his 60 votes for health care "reform". Word is rampant among the Senate leadership, as well as is being reported by the Wall Street Journal, that Senator Reid has read more
Why worry about President Obama when you have Rahm Emanuel?
This Week With Barack Obama | December 18th 2009
h/t Daily KosReally, why worry about the left, but as Emanuel is so flighty, the left IS the Democratic Party. When you make statements like this, no wonder President Obama is out of touch.Turn off MSNBC. Tune out Howard Dean and Keith Olbermann. Th read more
Flaccid health bill turning ugly on backers?
The Column, Reloaded | December 18th 2009 by ericsomething
The impossible has been achieved. The proposed new health care package (Senate version) now ticks off everyone on the left and the right.Of course you knew from the jump that the more conservative people would bemoan the plan as backdoor Socialism. T read more
Va. House leaders push Webb, Warner on health bill - The Associat…
The Situation Report | December 18th 2009 by TheSitRep
Augusta Free Press Va. House leaders push Webb, Warner on health billThe Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. — The Republican speaker of Virginia's House of Delegates and its chief budget writer are pressuring Virginia's Democratic senators t read more
Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floor - The Associated Pre…
The Situation Report | December 18th 2009 by TheSitRep
New York Daily News Franken shuts down Lieberman on Senate floorThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Al Franken took the unusual step Thursday of shutting down Sen. Joe Lieberman on the Senate floor. Lieberman, a Connecticut indepen read more
NIGERIA DRIFTING TOWARDS ONE PARTY STATE
NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | December 17th 2009 by Prince
‘Nigeria drifting towards one party state’ By HENRY UMAHI Thursday, December 17, 2009 Lagos lawyer and social crusader, Mr. Chukwuanugo Ejikeme, has critically examined the political read more
ALIERO’S IN-LAW TO PRESIDENT: RESIGN AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR HEAL…
NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | December 17th 2009 by Prince
Aliero’s in-law to President: Resign and take care of your health From: TERWASE TYOBAN, Birnin Kebbi Thursday, December 17, 2009 Brother in-law to FCT minister, Adamu Aliero and Democratic Peoples Party( DPP), Senatori read more
Immigration overhaul would allow legalization of undocumented imm…
The Green Card Visa | December 16th 2009
A large group of Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow millions of undocumented immigrants to stay in the country legally if they pay a fine, learn English and meet other requirements. Republicans questioned the timing read more
Feckless Bastards
Ketchup Is A Vegetable | December 16th 2009 by Brady Bonk
I am uncertain at this point whether or not I am with Howard Dean regarding the latest version of the health care reform bill (as in, “kill the bill”). I am, as we often say in the Bonk clan, “got.” I am also deeply concerned read more
Armory Post Mortem
The Nieghborhood Retail Alliance | December 16th 2009
In this morning's NY Daily News the paper analyzes the factors that led to the defeat of the development plan: "A perfect storm of political headwinds blew apart plans to make Kingsbridge Armory a massive shopping mall, insiders said. "Events came t read more
Joe Liebermann Saves Tiger Woods From Corporate Defections
Middle Class Populist | December 15th 2009 by Brian Dawson
Image via Wikipedia Tiger Woods who seems to have more woman than Bill Clinton had cigars was about to loose almost every corporate sponsor he had! Well that was the case until today when Senator Joe Liebermann became the man of the hour and d read more
The real reason Lieberman opposes a public option
Margie Burns blog | December 14th 2009
The real reason Lieberman opposes a public option --This new poll just completed puts it in a nutshell: Fully one-third of prospective Democratic voters say they will be less interested in voting in 2010, if Congress does not pass some form of read more
The Case for Economic Sovereignty
Voyons - potsdemiel | December 14th 2009 by Jacek
The word “sovereignty” is derived from “sovereign”, which means supreme ruler. At the time the principles of Western political thought were being elaborated, the sovereign was in most cases a king, and sovereignty was understood as the king read more
The Errington Thompson Show – Special Healthcare Update (plus a…
Where's the Outrage? | December 14th 2009 by Errington Thompson
I talk with Joan McCarter from the Daily Kos about what the heck is going on in the Senate. Joan has been following the ins and outs of the Healthcare legislation with posts two or three times per day. This is clearly worth a listen. Update from McJo read more
HOT5 Daily 12/14/2009
The Unreligious Right | December 14th 2009 by David
1. "Modern Conservatism and the Need for Definition"A concise review of the development of U.S. conservatism.Representative Sample: This is by no means an exhaustive history and analysis, nor is it meant to do anything other than give a a very genera read more
ON REVENGE MISSION AGAINST YAR’ADUA, JONATHAN OVER 2007
NIGERIA BEST FORUM BLOG | December 14th 2009 by Prince
North Central govs move against Yar’Adua •On revenge mission against Yar’Adua, Jonathan over 2007 From JACOB EDI, Abuja With no hope of an early return of President Umaru Yar’Adua from his sick bed read more
Internet Blogging Democratizes Web Publishing – Interesting Fac…
About Blogging | December 14th 2009 by aurino ra djamaris
<p>The best description I've read regarding blogging is that "it's somewhere between writing a column and talk radio. In that sense, blogging is the first journalistic model that actually harnesses rather than merely exploits the true demo read more
Weekly Tracking Poll: Downward Trend Continues
LeftWord | December 11th 2009
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 12/7/2009-12/10/2009. All adults. MoE 2% (Last weeks results in parentheses): FAVORABLEUNFAVORABLENET CHANGEPRESIDENT OBAMA53 (52)42 (41)0PELOSI:40 (41)50 (50)-1REID:29 (30)60 (59)-2McCONNELL:17 (16)65 (67)+3BOEHNER:15 ( read more
Daily Democratic Party Two-Minutes Hate
The Intelligence Daily | December 9th 2009
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Mohamed ElBaradei considers running for Egypt’s President
The Chronicles from the Empire | December 9th 2009 by Sten A. Hankewitz
The former head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei, considers running for Egypt's President in 2011. Former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, is considering running for Egypt’s President in 2011, but even if he read more
Public option deader than Palin’s Presidential chances?
Self Deprecate - Political Humor & Satire | December 9th 2009 by Jason Parker
Link: Self Deprecate - Political Humor & Satire Barrie Maguire Talk about hitting them high, the Democrat’s initial public option demand may become history in the current health care reform legislative process. Seen by many as an obvious tool read more
Senate Majority Leader Reid: A True Statist?
My View From the Center | December 8th 2009 by Harvey
An insult was in order for Harry Reid after reading this lead story in Politics Daily but why stoop to name calling? Harry Reid is what he is and that is someone who either truly believes that the country is better off with a free market that has be read more
Marathon Pundit among top 20 Illinois political blogs
Marathon Pundit | December 8th 2009
Courtesy of Illinois Observer, here are the top twenty Illinois politically (or somewhat politically) oriented blogs according to Alexa. I come in at number 11.•1. Chicagoist 9,871•2. Windy Citizen 18,983•3. Progress Illinois 26,981•4. Gapers read more
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