October Surprise - 8:30am, Nov 2, 2012 (w/poll)

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Tuesday February 21, 2012 · 9:03 AM PST

2012/02/21 · 09:03

A scant 96 hours before the first voters go to the polls on Tuesday November 6th, the Labor Department will release October 2012 employment numbers.

While many factors will drive the outcome of the presidential, congressional and down ballot elections this fall, the Employment Situation report will undoubtedly move some late breaking voters towards or away from the president and his party.

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102 votes Show Results

What will the unemployment rate be on election day 2012?

102 votes Vote Now!

What will the unemployment rate be on election day 2012?

9.0% or greater

7 votes

8.9%

2 votes

8.8%

0 votes

8.7%

0 votes

8.6%

0 votes

8.5%

1 vote

8.4%

2 votes

8.3%

6 votes

8.2%

7 votes

8.1%

6 votes

8.0%

13 votes

7.9%

26 votes

7.8%

7 votes

7.7%

8 votes

7.6% or lower

17 votes

"I Didn't Eat Any Dog Food"

hegemony57

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Sunday January 09, 2011 · 9:37 PM PST

2011/01/09 · 21:37

Huh?

Follow me over the fold to learn why these six words are directly relevant to yesterday's assassination in AZ.

In a world where the entire professional right, from E. Erickson to J. Boehner to R. Limbaugh to G. Beck to N. Gingrich to S. Palin and back again has been mouthing variations of the same deeply dishonest catechism ...

I didn't shoot Gabrielle Giffords

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

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Monday October 25, 2010 · 9:37 AM PDT

2010/10/25 · 09:37

For the past several weeks (or is it months?) the right wing republican challenger running against my NY-19 district incumbent, John Hall, has been targeting web ads at Hudson Valley voters when they browse the DK site.

Now perhaps this isn't the best use of Hayworth's campaign dollars ...

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100 votes Show Results

Should DK accept web ads supporting candidates opposed to progressive and/or Democratic Party values?

100 votes Vote Now!

Should DK accept web ads supporting candidates opposed to progressive and/or Democratic Party values?

Yes

67 votes

25 votes

I don't know

5 votes

Other (with explanation in comments)

3 votes

Why America Needs a Draft (w/poll)

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Wednesday June 23, 2010 · 11:22 AM PDT

2010/06/23 · 11:22

I have been arguing for a reinstatement of the draft, without exceptions, for a very long time. Through the years my main argument for universal military service has focused on a simple equation that might reduce the likelihood of war.

The idea is that when the entire population (including the sons and daughters of lawyers, doctors, legislators and captains of industry) of a certain age is required to serve at least two years in the military, the political class will have a strong disinclination to pursue policies leading to wars of convenience. That their children and grandchildren could (would) be in the line of fire might focus their minds on the human consequences of their decision.

A similar notion has been behind legislation advanced by Congressman Charles Rangel over the years.

I still believe this to be a strong reason for the draft, but in an article in today's NYTs, a rationale was proposed that at least equals the one I've been advocating.

Follow me over the fold for more discussion on this critical issue.

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270 votes Show Results

The US military should

270 votes Vote Now!

The US military should

remain an all volunteer fighting force

70 votes

be a mix of professional soldiers and draftees

103 votes

disbanded

15 votes

reduced by half and limited to a defensive doctrine

59 votes

an imperial force of professional soldiers

15 votes

some else

8 votes

Top Kill: How BP and the MSM will spin "success" (w/poll)

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Tuesday May 25, 2010 · 9:09 PM PDT

2010/05/25 · 21:09

No one wants TOP KILL to work more than I do. No one!!!

Say what?!?!

I'm an atheist that's what. I don't believe in deliverance. But in sharp contrast to what I think I know, since April 20th I've been doing a weird godless version of praying for deliverance from the Deepwater Horizon calamity.

So okay, I'm sure there are millions just like me who will be rooting for the success of TOP KILL when BP goes for it in the next few hours. So maybe nobody wants it more than I do, but there are plenty who want it just as much.

And I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want TK to succeed!!!!

Period.

End of story.

However, and this is a big however, we should be fully prepared for how BP, the oil industry and its lobbyists, their political lackeys and the MSM will spin the sh*t out of the story if TOP KILL succeeds in plugging the well.

But there is more to consider so please follow me over the fold for the rest of the story ...

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61 votes Show Results

Since Yesterday The Obama Administration Has

61 votes Vote Now!

Since Yesterday The Obama Administration Has

Lost another day

16 votes

Pretty much held steady as she goes, which is fine by me

8 votes

Recognized the political and communications failures and raised their game

17 votes

Continued to step on their assorted body parts

9 votes

Seemed aloof and out of touch

10 votes

Other (please comment)

1 vote

WTF are Steven Chu and David Axelrod Doing!?!?!?! (w/poll)

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Monday May 24, 2010 · 9:39 PM PDT

2010/05/24 · 21:39

I really can't believe what I heard tonight on MSNBC.

I missed the 7pm EST Hardball and saw Rachel at 9pm so feel compelled to comment on Dr. Chu's comments before I light into Axlerod who I just now saw (at midnight) on the Matthews rebroadcast.

What the f*ck is the White House thinking?

Do they understand the magnitude of this unfolding disaster?

Do they realize that they look and sound like the keystone cops, or worse, the Bush Administration?

Please follow me over the fold for some tough (really tough) criticism of the Obama Adminstration's response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster from a long time supporter, and very hard working campaign professional, who's had the president's back since early '07.

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385 votes Show Results

The Obama Administration's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Has Been

385 votes Vote Now!

The Obama Administration's Response to the Deepwater Horizon Disaster Has Been

Pitch Perfect

25 votes

Too hard on BP

0 votes

A little too easy on BP

48 votes

All hands on deck, we are in control

20 votes

A fucking mess

106 votes

A double fucking mess

172 votes

Other (please comment)

14 votes

Another Knee Operation - Is 3rd Time the Charm?

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Friday May 21, 2010 · 2:25 PM PDT

2010/05/21 · 14:25

Last summer I penned a diary about a medical procedure that gave me back functioning knees and a new lease on daily life.

Unfortunately, the story has a less than happy second act.

I'm now just 36 hours post-surgery and wanted to catch you up on my multi-year knee odyssey in the hope that others will find a way to get themselves properly healed.

hegemony57

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Wednesday May 19, 2010 · 5:13 AM PDT

2010/05/19 · 05:13

There is no real need to recount the many reasons why Tom Friedman has been justly ridiculed on this site.

His record of numbingly wrong headed ideas and seemingly endless list of silly pronouncements in the Times and lightweight fictions like The Lexus and the Olive Tree have been well catalogued.

But just as an incompetent batsman flirting with the Mendoza Line might make solid contact with the ball every fifth at bat, this morning Mr. Friedman hit one in the gap.

Follow me over the fold for an explanation ...

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73 votes Show Results

In response to the gulf oil spill President Obama has

73 votes Vote Now!

In response to the gulf oil spill President Obama has

Struck exactly the right tone

5 votes

Missed a great opportunity to lead us into a post-carbon future

46 votes

Been way too hard on BP

1 vote

Been way too easy on BP

7 votes

Delegated responsbility like a seasoned executive

5 votes

Been preoccupied with the political fallout

3 votes

Other

6 votes

Money. Sex. Power. Love. Happiness. (w/poll)

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Tuesday March 30, 2010 · 12:02 PM PDT

2010/03/30 · 12:02

So David Brooks thinks he might know something about what makes people happy.

As is standard in his "pseudo-social-pysch" columns, Brooks takes one part second hand data, one part ideological spin, one part goofy insincerity, one part cant, one part pomposity and throws them together into a barely readable word gruel.

However, as with chimps writing Hamlet, today he is on to some interesting ideas about the connection between wealth and happiness.

My happiness is most increased by

66 votes Vote Now!

My happiness is most increased by

Money

6 votes

Power

1 vote

Sex

10 votes

Friends

28 votes

Sports

1 vote

Dkos

2 votes

Other (please explain)

18 votes

Limbaugh Recants Global Warming Denial!!!!

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Friday February 19, 2010 · 5:50 AM PST

2010/02/19 · 05:50

In a strikingly unexpected about face a galaxy of right wing superstars, including Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, issued a joint press release today that has pundits across the political spectrum stratching their heads.

The statment declared that the group, formerly staunch global climate change deniers, was now "1000% sure that Global Warming* was not only real, but undoubtedly caused by industrial human activity!!!"

*known in some far left circles as Climate Change

Follow me over the fold for the startling details ...

hegemony57

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Monday December 21, 2009 · 9:30 AM PST

2009/12/21 · 09:30

As "Health Care" reform has zig-zagged in a dizzying journey from the White House to the HoR to the Senate (with major detours to Death Panel Way, Teabagger Alley and Netroots Civil War Lane) we've seen progressives shifting between tactical support, outright opposition, enthusiastic support and all variants between and outside these polls.

Now that we're at the final legislative hour, I was hoping to get a picture of where the DK part of the netroots stood.

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76 votes Show Results

If I were a current Senate or House member I would vote

76 votes Vote Now!

If I were a current Senate or House member I would vote

Yea

33 votes

Nay

43 votes

Not Voting

0 votes

Lieberman Blames Weiner (w/poll)

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 11:17 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 11:17

Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Hypocrisy) is on the cusp of having the last laugh in the great health care "reform" effort of 2009.

As we approach the final denouement, Joe's strategy and last minute tactics (histrionics) appear to be paying off big time.

According to the NY Times ...

The measure, which had been gathering momentum among Democrats, was suddenly derailed on Sunday when Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, the independent from Connecticut who caucuses with his former Democratic colleagues, went on national television and threatened to join Republicans to defeat the health care measure, President Obama’s top domestic priority.

On Monday night, Democrats emerged from a tense 90-minute closed-door session and suggested that they were on the verge of bowing to Mr. Lieberman’s main demands: that they scrap a plan to let people buy into Medicare beginning at age 55, and scotch even a fallback version of a new government-run health insurance plan, or public option.

With that, Senator Lieberman said Tuesday that he may now be ready to vote for health-care legislation. "We’re heading in the right direction," he told reporters.

Over the fold for the salt in the wound ...

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137 votes Show Results

Liberman has

137 votes Vote Now!

Liberman has

outmaneuvered Harry reid

5 votes

outmaneuvered the WH

2 votes

outmaneuvered progressives

0 votes

outmaneuvered Dkos

2 votes

all of the above

64 votes

sealed his fate in 2012

61 votes

other

3 votes

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October Surprise - 8:30am, Nov 2, 2012 (w/poll)

"I Didn't Eat Any Dog Food"

Short diary w/poll: Why are ads for a REPUB congressional candidate plastered all over my DK screen?

Why America Needs a Draft (w/poll)

Top Kill: How BP and the MSM will spin "success" (w/poll)

WTF are Steven Chu and David Axelrod Doing!?!?!?! (w/poll)

Another Knee Operation - Is 3rd Time the Charm?

Thank You Tom Friedman - Really, Thank You

Money. Sex. Power. Love. Happiness. (w/poll)

Limbaugh Recants Global Warming Denial!!!!

Health Insurance Reform Poll w/ Mini-Diary

Lieberman Blames Weiner (w/poll)