Where's Joe Biden?

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Saturday March 22, 2008 · 11:49 AM PDT

2008/03/22 · 11:49

Will Biden endorse?

At this point, most endorsements are not about votes: they're about sending a signal to the other superdelegates that it's time to rally around the candidate who will finish with the most pledged delegates, the most states, and probably the most votes. This was clearly the point of Richardson's endorsement.

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Biden will endorse...

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Biden will endorse...

Obama before PA

104 votes

Clinton

10 votes

No one before June

54 votes

Only if he's offered veep

14 votes

Don't Support "24" (w/ poll)

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Wednesday May 16, 2007 · 8:13 AM PDT

2007/05/16 · 08:13

The Republican debate reminded the world again last night the way in which 24 has helped to poison the political culture of this country.

At one point, the candidates were asked how they'd respond to an absurd hypothetical situation striaght from the show. Tom Tancredo got the point (and the applause): "We need Jack Bauer," he said.

Jack Bauer is a torturer-- perhaps the most popular torturer in the history of American popular culturer. For details, you can check out this video or this article, both from Jane Mayer and The New Yorker.

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Is it okay to watch 24?

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Is it okay to watch 24?

Yes (please explain below)

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83 votes

Obama and Israel.

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Wednesday March 14, 2007 · 12:10 PM PDT

2007/03/14 · 12:10

I support Obama for president, and I was a little disappointed by his speech to an AIPAC crowd a couple of weeks ago-- not because of what he did say, but because of what he didn't say. He did not, on that occasion, judging from the reports I read, say much about the Palestinians. Obama had been sympathetic to the situation of Palestinians in the past, and this seemed like a missed opportunity.

Last night Obama made up for it.

jimrice

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Monday March 12, 2007 · 12:04 PM PDT

2007/03/12 · 12:04

I have heard some intelligent people say they're inclined not to vote for Obama because we live in a racist country, and he can't get elected. Now, I have some problems with the whole "electability" strategy, but I don't reject that line of thinking out of hand. There are probably times when it makes sense to be strategic as a voter in that way, though I think it's a risky proposition generally, and often flawed as an approach.

But with this specific line of thinking-- "you shouldn't support Obama because others are racist"-- I would go a step further: It is, effectively, complicit with racism. It is to accept racism, rather than to fight against it.

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Is it okay not to vote for Obama because other people are racist, and therefore might not vote for him in the general election?

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Is it okay not to vote for Obama because other people are racist, and therefore might not vote for him in the general election?

NO, it would be wrong to make such a calculation.

130 votes

YES, it is okay. (Please explain below.)

25 votes

"You Own This Campaign"

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 2:45 PM PST

2007/03/09 · 14:45

I haven't seen any diaries about Obama's current fundraising effort, in which the Senator is encouraging supporters to donate for the first time or to match the donations of other first time contributors. In the latter case, new donors see the handle and hometown of the person who has matched their donations-- a clever way of pushing supporters to network and create relationships.

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Friday November 10, 2006 · 8:15 AM PST

2006/11/10 · 08:15

One as-yet-under-reported story of Tuesday's historic election is the new raft of Democratic stars that have vaunted themselves to the national stage. Sure, Barack Obama's a superstar, but how about Jon Tester? Or the photogenic, guitary-playing new governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley? Or the first Muslim congressman in our history, Keith Ellison? And remember Eliot Spitzer? He's a governor now.

I'm sure there are many others-- future national spokesmen (and women), possible POTUS and VP picks. So who are the best of the lot? Who's overlooked? I've listed a few below, but I know it's an inadequate list.

Nice to see how much deeper the Democratic bench is now than the Republican.

TNR says netroots won election.

jimrice

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 9:11 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 09:11

Surprising story from Rick Perlstein over at The New Republic Online-- surprising, that is, given its location (albeit only on TNR online, not in the magazine).

Here's the kicker: "in race after race, [the Democratic victory] actually represents the apotheosis of forces Emanuel has doubted all long: the netroots."

Here's the link:

http://www.tnr.com/...

POLL: Do you want the US to succeed in Iraq?

jimrice

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Friday November 19, 2004 · 12:18 PM PST

2004/11/19 · 12:18

Please take this quick poll so I can gauge (to satisfy my own curiosity) prevailing opinion on this site.

The poll is a simple Yes or No. I explain the idea behind it in the extended entry. Read More

Specter's troubles not about Roe

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Wednesday November 17, 2004 · 7:42 AM PST

2004/11/17 · 07:42

A good article by Tim Noah at Slate about the Club for Growth and Arlen Specter:

http://www.slate.com/id/2109827/

Noah's point is that the GOP isn't hammering Specter because he's pro-choice. They're hammering him because he isn't sufficiently pro-economic-crisis.

Just another example of the Republican Party's real interests. Which suggests another way of weakening the GOP's "Values" coalition: just demonstrate their real interests. Call them on their bluff. Get the fundies to vote Constitution Party next time (or not vote at all).

Clearing Spitzer's Path

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Monday November 15, 2004 · 12:02 PM PST

2004/11/15 · 12:02

http://tinyurl.com/3hpyo

Schumer will get a position on the Finance Committee and will head the DSSC. Spitzer is the likely nominee for governor in 2006.

Schumer says he had no eye on the state house, but he advertised a lot in New York during his recent re-election campaign, even though he was cruising to victory (won by 50+, I believe).

Any thoughts on how he'll do with the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committe?

And how about Spitzer? Future president?

Democratic Governors for President?

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Thursday November 11, 2004 · 5:28 PM PST

2004/11/11 · 17:28

Governors have won, by my count, seven of the last eight elections. The other was won by a sitting vice president (over a technocratic governor from a, shall we say, politically notorious state), and the one disputed election was between a governor and a sitting vice president. Given that we won't be running a sitting vice president in 2008, should we nominate a governor? One not from MA (the other side can do that)?

And who might that governor be? (As a corollary, should Mark Warner really run for Senate in 2006? And is he charismatically challenged?)

(I assume the standard reasons given for the Governor's Advantage (TM) are familiar enough around here-- executive experience, no congressional voting record, "outsider" image, local touch-- that a parenthetical mention will do.)

The Democrats: Freedom and Opportunity

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Monday November 08, 2004 · 12:17 PM PST

2004/11/08 · 12:17

One weakness the Democrats have right now is what one might pretentiously call the meta-message. Republicans stand for lower taxes and moral values. Period. Can anyone say as simply what Democrats stand for? It's hard to do, I think, without, like Kerry, resorting to a list (health care, progressive taxation, affirmative action, civil liberties).

So here's one attempt to boil the two parties down to their respective essences. In short, the Democrats are the party of freedom and opportunity. (I know that sounds like a meaningless platitude, but trust me, I mean something specific.) It's a message that can have real content and at the same time rise above Us vs. Them and identity politics.

See what I mean below. Read More

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Specter's troubles not about Roe

Clearing Spitzer's Path

Democratic Governors for President?

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