Prediction -- Racism will trip up the GOP in the general election campagin.

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 5:32 PM PDT

2008/03/12 · 17:32

I realize that this is not a news flash by any stretch. However, if Obama is the Democratic Party candidate for President, which it looks more and more likely, some Republicans or their supporters will not be able to stop themselves. Someone, perhaps many someones, will make stupid racist remarks that will not only backfire, but expose even further the racist tradition that tragically exists in the Republican Party. The unfortunate, recent comments by Geraldine Ferraro clearly demonstrates the political minefield of the politics of race in this country.

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Wednesday February 06, 2008 · 10:20 AM PST

2008/02/06 · 10:20

During the general election it is conventional wisdom that large voter turn out for a party helps that party's candidates up and down the ticket in state and local races. Has anyone seen any stories or analysis of what impact the large Democratic Party turnout is having during this primary season down the ticket? Clearly it shows large support for democratic presidential candidates, and perhaps it is good indication that a Democratic will be elected to the White House this November. But beyond that tea leaf, I was wondering what influence the large turn out was having on state and local races across the country currently? Any observations?

Obama's bridge between generations.

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Saturday January 26, 2008 · 8:56 PM PST

2008/01/26 · 20:56

One of the passages from Obama's speech tonight that sent a historical wave of awe over me was his story of women who supported Thurmond that now campaigned for him (quote below). If that doesn't represent how this nation has changed, I don't know what has. I suppose nearly anything is possible. If he can get more people to cross this bridge with him, America is in for a historic change. I hope and pray.

"When I hear that we’ll never overcome the racial divide in our politics, I think about that Republican woman who used to work for Strom Thurmond, who’s now devoted to educating inner-city children and who went out onto the streets of South Carolina and knocked on doors for this campaign. Don’t tell me we can’t change."

Obama / Clinton Tied . . .

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Saturday January 19, 2008 · 3:35 PM PST

2008/01/19 · 15:35

in the all important delegate count. According to the latest information on the MSNBC website to date, Obama and Clinton have won 37 total delegates each. I am so tired of all the MSM announcing Clinton's victory in Nevada as a winner take all event. This is true in all the primary states to date and in both the Democratic and Republican race for the most part. Although this morning one news TV program, can't remember which one as I changed channels so quickly, did a nice job explaining why Romney campaigned in NV, because of his Mormon advantage in the state and the all important delegate count. How can we get the msm to report the primary race accurately? It is delegates won which matters. In NV with 90 percent of the votes counted, Clinton won one more delegate that Obama, 13 to 12, hardly a major victory.

Just to clarify, I'm not anti-Clinton or pro either, I'm just feed up with how the American people are being told about the results of each primary.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...

A "Second Civil War" -- Daily Kos vs. DeLay?

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Sunday November 11, 2007 · 6:16 PM PST

2007/11/11 · 18:16

In a new book (THE SECOND CIVIL WAR: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America. By Ronald Brownstein. The Penguin Press), reviewed by Alan Brinkley the NYT (Nov. 11, 2007), the author argues that "Democratic Internet activists" along with New Right Republicans like DeLay are responsible for the "extreme partisanship" in American politics today. More below:

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Saturday November 10, 2007 · 3:05 PM PST

2007/11/10 · 15:05

An interesting article posted on TomDispatch.com by William Astore, lieutenant colonel, retired (USAF). Astore has a doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (1996). He suggests that the Bush administration for some time has prepared a myth to cast blame for the so-called failures in Iraq on, "weasely politicians" (are there any other kind?) and a "media who undercut us by focusing on the negative."

More below:

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Saturday October 13, 2007 · 3:04 PM PDT

2007/10/13 · 15:04

There is an amazing story in the NY Times today about a quite serious debate going on among students and faculty about, not only on how the war was fought, but the responsibility of commanders to speak up against decisions they know are wrong.

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Friday September 07, 2007 · 4:18 PM PDT

2007/09/07 · 16:18

The Chicago Tribune reports today that Rep. Weller has extensive land investments in Nicaragua, which are not fully listed in documents that he is required to file. More below:

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Saturday December 16, 2006 · 9:03 PM PST

2006/12/16 · 21:03

Just like in Vietnam, US soldiers eventually joined the anti-war movement. History repeats. In a story that will come out in The Nation, over 1,000 soldiers have signed an internet a petition to their congressional representatives to withdraw US troops from Iraq.

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 10:00 AM PDT

2006/09/24 · 10:00

There are so many stories related to the War in Iraq that makes one's blood boil with anger at Bush's "little" war of choice, one does not know where to begin. Here is another one I read in the Chicago Tribune, online this morning, from the Washington Post.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/...

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2008 Election, A sinking feeling

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Wednesday March 08, 2006 · 12:29 PM PST

2006/03/08 · 12:29

I've been home this week, spring break at the community college where I teach history. The free time has allowed me a chance to catch up on the news and read DKos more than usual, which is both good and bad. The good is that I've been inspired by the great amount of work people have done here all across the country. However, the bad is, the nagging sinking feeling that I have had for some time about the 2008 Presidentital election, which has sunk to a new low. More below: Read More

Can't the Bush Admin. just follow the law? -- A Rant !

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Friday December 30, 2005 · 2:34 PM PST

2005/12/30 · 14:34

To modify and borrow a phrase from Rodney King, if the Bush Admin. would just use the system and abid by the laws in place, I could almost (albiet granted the manufactured and unjust war which helped create the situation we are in) support the administration's efforts to fight terrorism, which is indeed a real threat. Read More

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