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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
H a p p y I n d e p e n d e n c e D a y ! On this date in 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which announced that the 13 American states were no longer colonies of Great Britain. Codification, as it were, of the on-going battle for freedom that had begun in earnest a year earlier. (Some people date back to the Boston Tea Party in 1773.) The Declaration was...
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Blue State Rising (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Guest Post by Vikki Bandy The bill signing ceremony for SB 121 took place in Rehoboth Beach on Thursday July 2, 2009 at Camp Rehoboth. More than 150 people, including Legislators from both sides of the aisle were there to celebrate this long overdue legislation that places sexual orientation into Delaware's Civil Rights Law. The eleven year battle for equal protection in housing and employment was...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
In his weekly address, President Barack Obama celebrated the unyielding American spirit that has defined our past and will lead us into the future. Even as we face daunting challenges - two wars, a deep recession, skyrocketing health care costs, and a dependence on foreign oil, we have always overcome long odds and faced down our trials. We must remember and renew that spirit as we confront and meet...
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Progressive Values (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Two veteran political strategists, Ed Rollins and Mary Matalin are split on their assessment of the high risk political gamble of Sarah Palin to quit her office of governor before even completing a single full term. Ed Rollins' view was expressed on the CBS EARLY SHOW, in which he seems to think that Palin never really established herself as a genuine national figure on her own, but it was John McCain...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) has told associates she will not be running for re-election. Details to follow. There are also rumors on the net that she may be stepping down in a few weeks. This is very unconfirmed.
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
New Jersey has always been considered to have one of the most powerful Governors in the nation, partially due the fact that the Governor position has been the only state-wide elected state official. Well, that has changed due to an amendment passed in 2006, and this year New Jersey voters get a chance to elect their first Lieutenant Governor: The job holder's main duty would be to fill in for an absent...
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democrats.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
By David Swanson There are a million and one things that people can do to try to end the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, and to prevent new ones in Iran and elsewhere, as well as to close U.S. military bases in dozens of other nations around the world. Certain people are skilled at or interested in particular approaches, and nobody should be discouraged from contributing to the effort...
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The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gov. David Paterson today announced New York City will host the 2010 National Conference on Volunteering and Service at which some 6,000 "leaders in volunteerism and community service" will join him in trying to come up with solutions to intractable societal problems. In a press release, Paterson said he learned of the city's selection to host the volunteerism confab next June at the end...
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Red State (Free subscription) | yesterday
My latest column for the American Issues Project focuses on a surprising phenomenon: while the mainstream media keeps asking how the GOP needs to change to survive, Republican candidates are leading in a host of races around the country. In fact, if you set aside for a moment the unified Democratic control in Washington (admittedly, a heavy lift) you might think it was the Democratic party that was...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
Now that the Minnesota election contest is finally history and Senator Al Franken has received his election certificate, it is time to think about what lessons can be taken from this marathon. First, and this is mostly a Minnesota issue since other states handle things differently, there should be a process for seating a provisional winner while the parties wage eternal war in the courts. My personal...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
I like Eric Holder, and this has nothing to do with his abilities as a lawyer nor within the Obama Administration. It's just that yesterday, he had emergency oral surgery for a cracked tooth. It cracked Wednesday night, and it was operated on yesterday. The reason I bring this to your attention is that I have a cracked tooth which is having non-emergency oral surgery this morning. In fact, by the...
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Seaspook's Rants (Free subscription) | yesterday
Remember the recent story about the alleged copy of Obama's Kenyan birth certificate for sale on eBay ? Well it seems eBay kept deleting it and the seller would re-list it, but I think he finally gave up. I certainly never held any hope this was the real thing, but the thing that strikes me is that liberal moonbat Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder, billionaire and Obama appointee won't take the slightest...
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2008 Democratic Convention Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
DCW was an early Twitter adopter. We have an official Twitter feed, which you can sign up for on the right side bar, and Matt, Oreo and I also have personal feeds. We automatically send out all our posts on the official Twitter feed. But that's just us. We see the value and the import of Twitter, and have thus been following with interest how Twitter has been reshaping media. To wit: #IranElection...
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democrats.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Video: Glynn Wilson questions House Judiciary investigtor on Karl Rove WASHINGTON, D.C. — Elliot Mintzberg, chief counsel for oversight investigations of the House Judiciary Committee, answered direct questions from Glynn Wilson, Editor and Publisher of The Locust Fork News-Journal, last Friday at a press conference on corruption in the U.S. justice system. He refused to give a date for former...
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