A Modest Proposal for 2012

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Tuesday February 26, 2008 · 4:45 PM PST

2008/02/26 · 16:45

Markusd just posted a diary about Republicans voting in the Texas primary. Markusd, of course, is entitled to be offended by Republicans "crossing over"; cross-over voting in our open primary has been a bane for Democrats for decades. Indeed, it explains why Texas has such a unique "hybrid" system for delegate selection.

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"You Don't Owe the Clintons Anything"

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Saturday February 23, 2008 · 1:50 PM PST

2008/02/23 · 13:50

At the community Obama Rally in Galveston, Texas on Thursday, Houston City Councilman Ron Green pleaded with Galveston Democrats who might be on the fence, saying words to the effect of "You Don't Owe Bill Clinton Anything."

Although the words of a third-tier surrogate in a fourth-tier city in Texas may not be of much import to Democrats in other parts of a America, it explains the context of a lot of today's exchange between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama over mailers.

JimTXDem

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Thursday July 05, 2007 · 6:30 PM PDT

2007/07/05 · 18:30

If one has a compelling message and a powerful vision, one can build an e-empire on the Internet. Kos did it. Atrios did it. But even without such niceties as "reasonableness" or "sanity", one can become a minor Internet celebrity.

Take for example my friend and e-sparring partner, Adam T. Yoshida.

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amusing

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creepy

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Craig Thomas diagnosed with leukemia

JimTXDem

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Thursday November 09, 2006 · 11:05 AM PST

2006/11/09 · 11:05

CNN is reporting that Senator Craig Thomas (R-WY) has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Read More

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 6:06 PM PST

2006/11/08 · 18:06

For those of you who are trivia buffs, I just realized that St. Crispin's Day (October 25 on the Julian calendar) fell this year on Election Day (November 7 on the Gregorian calendar). (See this calendar converter)

What an appropriate irony for us "band of brothers."

Shakespeare's famous speech from King Henry V below the fold. Read More

Exit polls, fraud, etc.

JimTXDem

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Tuesday April 05, 2005 · 11:07 PM PDT

2005/04/05 · 23:07

I am, like a lot of Kossacks, kind of getting tired of repeatedly being barraged by exposure to the US Count Votes article claiming that a non-fraudulent explanation for the discrepancy between exit polls and election results is highly unlikely, some even going so far to imply Kos is burying the story. Let's talk for a moment about probability.
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Tom Friedman is SHOCKED

JimTXDem

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Sunday March 27, 2005 · 4:52 AM PST

2005/03/27 · 04:52

I would very much like to commend Tom Friedman for using his column this week to speak out on the need for a real alternative energy policy. That said, I have to condemn him for being such a silly person. Read More

Will Schiav-o-rama hurt the GOP's fundraising?

JimTXDem

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Thursday March 24, 2005 · 1:53 PM PST

2005/03/24 · 13:53

My impression from speaking with my parents (both doctors), is that they are decidely not pleased with Schiav-o-rama. Oh, yeah, they're both Bush voters (my stepmother insists on calling herself an independent and not a Republican; this is one of the longest running jokes in the family).

Doctors are traditionally a Republican-leaning bloc, often for economic reasons. They don't like big government (and trial lawyers) telling them how to do their jobs.

Will legislative medicine - which is what this is all about - ultimately make doctors think twice about opening up their wallets during election season? Should it?

Your thoughts...

As Schiav-o-rama continues, Bush pushes privatization

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Wednesday March 23, 2005 · 5:40 AM PST

2005/03/23 · 05:40

CNN and Gallup have a new poll out showing support for Social Security privatization continues to fall despite the media's focus on Schiav-o-rama:

In the CNN/USA Today/Gallup survey of 909 adult Americans taken Friday through Sunday, 40 percent approved of President Bush's approach to Social Security and 53 percent disapproved. The question had a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3 percentage points.

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Tuesday March 22, 2005 · 6:17 AM PST

2005/03/22 · 06:17

I've been, like many Americans, following the Schiav-o-rama now for the last few days. Regardless of your viewpoint, it's a passionate debate that involves contentious ethical and legal issues.

In other words, it's bound to generate more heat than light, and in fact is almost certainly being trumped up to divert attention from real issues. Read More

Base Instincts (or, Gimme Some Candy!)

JimTXDem

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Monday February 14, 2005 · 10:57 PM PST

2005/02/14 · 22:57

I'd like to make a comparison, briefly, between the Democrats.org team site and the GOP.com team site.

The most obvious difference, the one that stands right out, is that the GOP site makes it abundantly clear that being a GOP team leader actually has some real benefits. Read More

CNN: Bush, Clinton condoned Iraqi oil smuggling

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Wednesday February 02, 2005 · 7:39 PM PST

2005/02/02 · 19:39

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/02/iraq.oil.smuggle/index.html

Both the Clinton and Bush administrations were well aware that Iraq was illegally exporting "hot oil", and tolerated it for national security reasons.

Rep. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is also quoted as saying that the U.S. was complicit in the UN's oil-for-food debacle.

Somewhere a freeper just exploded, I am sure.

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