Expand Vote By Mail beyond Oregon?
I thought I would get this conversation started here on Kos. I recently had a slot as a guest columnist for the Seattle Post -Intelligencer and did a piece on expanding Vote By Mail beyond Oregon....
View ArticleAttack of the Footless Terrorists
Today President Bush outlined a foiled plot of Al Qaida's to highjack a commericial airplane with shoe bombs and fly them into the US Bank Tower in L.A. Sounds scary right? Re-read my first sentence...
View ArticleKos is Wrong about Open Primaries - Here's why....
Why I share everyone's frustration with the Cuellar/Rodriguez race, I think taking aim at Open Primaries is exactly the wrong thing to do. I have been working in Oregon Democratic politics for 10...
View ArticleThe New Bush Meme - Blame the Iraqis
Here is the thing, Bush's visit yesterday was the perfect set up for getting the heck out. Mark these words and then see what happens in the next six months. You see the script was set yesterday and...
View ArticleThis has NOTHING to do with the Page System
Watching this news today I began to see the same meme pop up a number of times from Republican leadership and their bloviating minions: "We need to take a hard look at the Page system and make sure we...
View ArticleRegarding Hastert Resignation...from Speaker or from Congress?
I want to get something clear here. When democrats, repubicans and the media are talking about "Hastert Resignation" are we talking about resignation from his leadership position or resignation from...
View ArticleFoley, Iraq, Abramoff - It All is Not Going to Matter in November...
All of these thing are not going to matter in November cause the Republicans still count the votes. We all know Gore won in 2000. But he never took office. We also know that there were a ton of...
View ArticleSo what happens AFTER November 7...
First off let say kudos to everyone who is busting their arse right now for the candidate of their choice. Here in Oregon I am putting my time into the Governor's race and trying to take back the...
View ArticleBreaking per Olberman - Military Newspapers call for Rumsfeld Resignation!
Per Olberman right now - editorial coming out on Monday night. They call for Rumsfelds resignation.
View ArticleVote by Mail - How it Works - the Mechanics
This is Jeremy Wright. Campaign manager for the 1998 Vote by Mail initiative and political advisor to two Oregon Secretaries of State. I have noticed Kos pushing VBM which is great and I also noticed...
View ArticleOh for Chrissakes - Carville at it AGAIN - Shut up you fool!
"I would describe his leadership as Rumsfeldian in its competence." Carville talking about Dean. More after the jump...
View ArticleThe McCain Doctrine = Brilliant Framing
The best thing about Edwards speech this morning was the framing of the Iraq War Escalation as the "McCain Doctrine". Brilliant framing and if we all use this phrase in the next year as the miserable...
View ArticleTo Hell with this Non-Binding Resolution Crap...
Get some intestinal fortitude Dems and cut the damn funds! Tonight in the wake of this ridiculous speech that was nothing but a bunch of platitudes hiding what was in essence a last ditch effort to...
View ArticleMy Email Conversation with Jeff Kuhner from Insight Magazine....
We all know the story by now. Insight Magazine basically goes for a "twofer" and smears Obama and Hillary with one story. Fox News picks it up and off we go. It has been well documented that Insight...
View ArticleI just got a call from the DCCC...Withhold funds from THEM
So I am sitting here seething about the latest report that the Dems in D.C. (not to be confused with the real Democrats outside of D.C. I have come to the conclusion that they are two different...
View ArticleDems in D.C. wont Defund the War? It's time for us to Defund Them.
Building on my diary yesterday about receiving a call from a DCCC fundraiser about a hour after I heard the terrible capitulation news. And building on Meteor Blades point about continuing the fight...
View ArticleToday the War (and the Surge) Became Ours
I read with some interest Representative Louise Slaughters' diary and her attempt to still pin this debacle in Iraq on the Republicans in Congress and Bush. Sorry but those talking points were true...
View ArticleMy Evolution: From Activist to Observer
Over Thanksgiving my mother asked me a regular and common question in our household – "So which campaign are you going to get involved with this year?" My reply "None" She looked a little surprised but...
View ArticleKos - They didn't Capitulate and they didn’t Cave
This is a response to Kos's most recent post on the Dems actions in Congress. The reality is that the Dems didnt capitulate and they didnt cave. Why?
View ArticleObama is becoming the “Black Candidate" -An Analysis - UPDATE
Obama is becoming the "Black Candidate"....which is exactly what the Clintons want. Obviously there is alot of talk right now about race and racism on Daily Kos and it is understandingly upsetting...
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