If no filibuster then...

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 3:15 PM PST

2006/01/18 · 15:15

a sacrifice is required. From my previous entry poll, 87% of the responders support a filibuster (http://www.dailykos.com/...). I think it will hold to within 10%, that is 75% of our "base" support the use of a filibuster even if the (or because of) GOP uses the Nuclear Option. If our party ignores us, there must be some consequence. The simplest is to support a primary challenge, all of us. Perhaps we should start pondering now?

Baby Jesus, I pray for the Nuclear Option

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 11:25 AM PST

2006/01/16 · 11:25

I see an ineffectual party that is flailing about and is on the path of losing in 2006. The party has not taken advantage of ANY of the scandals besieging the GOP, from Katrina to the corruption scandal, the party's message has been weak and scattered. Events are the prime mover in politics. If a party can not capitalize on these events as they happen, they will not obtain power. Read More

Kill the filibuster till 06

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Friday January 13, 2006 · 11:14 AM PST

2006/01/13 · 11:14

Provoking the Nuclear Option and killing the filibuster till 2006

Events are the prime mover in politics. The party out of power must seize every opportunity to use these events to their advantage. A while back I thought the timing for a codified "contract" from the Dem leadership was perfect. The timing was right due to Katrina. Katrina was a collective experience that left an imprint upon Americans, this imprint is what I call event markers. Event markers are imprints formed with large events (i.e. JFK, Vietnam, Iranian Hostages, 9/11, Katrina) that are collective to Americans. These events are rare. These events usually cause cognitive dissonance (mental distress from conflict of cognition and one's actions) in those who have supported the power structure. These events are perfect for political re-alignment. Had the leadership come out with a codified platform within two weeks of Katrina, event markers would have been imprinted, Katrina=Bush Democrats=serious change. Well, in my opinion, they blew it.
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Nuclear Option is Good

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Wednesday January 11, 2006 · 7:28 AM PST

2006/01/11 · 07:28

I believe that Alito should be filibustered NO MATTER WHAT.
A while back I argued that the timing for a codified "contract" from the Dem leadership was perfect. The timing was right due to what I call "poli mental markers". Poli-markers are memory imprints formed with large events (i.e. JFK, Iranian Hostages, 9/11, Katrina) that are collective to Americans. These events are rare. These events usually cause cognitive dissonance (mental distress from conflict of cognition and one's actions). These events are perfect for political re-alignment. Had the leadership come out with a codified platform within two weeks of Katrina, poli-markers would have been imprinted, Katrina=Bush Democrats=serious change. Well, in my opinion they blew it.
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CODIFY A DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, NOW!

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Thursday September 15, 2005 · 10:26 AM PDT

2005/09/15 · 10:26

We progressives have been reactionary. When are we going to take action that is not predicated on some prior action from the GOP? Why are we not defining ourselves as the actual moral agents within the American political culture? Why have our "leaders" not put forward a platform based upon that definition? Why haven't we progressive's in the blogisphere drafted such a platform?

The Democratic Party must codify such a platform for 2006, or we will be reacting to the GOP as we have done for the last five election cycles. It is IMAGE. Our image has been defined by the GOP, and we have been acquiescent. Knowing what we stand for is not enough, it is a passive form of identification which invites derision. However, a codified platform based upon ideals (while not explicitly spelling each one out) with an emphasis upon solutions, defines the GOP as a failure. Such a platform, by stated solutions, declares that we need such a drastic change because of a primary malfunction of the GOP. It defines the progressive ideals as solutions, while at the same time, framing the GOP incompetence. Read More

Time to shut down this Government

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Thursday September 08, 2005 · 12:15 PM PDT

2005/09/08 · 12:15

Perhaps it is time the Republican Federal Government is shut down. This one party government has been a disaster for America. The republican mismanagement at all levels has resulted in failure and mind numbing incompetence. It may be time for the Congressional Democratic Caucus to procedurally shut it down, funding only the most essential aspects, to keep America safe from future colossal failures. This drastic measure is needed to stop the hemorrhaging, an emergency operation to preserve the very life of America. Since we cannot, nor will not, change the Constitution to hold immediate elections, it is best to take away the tools the republicans use to strike America. May God truly bless America until the republican one party rule is over.

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