An Excellent Pickup Opportunity in Oklahoma's First CD

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 7:25 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 19:25

Congressman John Sullivan is George Bush with an Irish surname. The son of wealthy Tulsa family, Sullivan is an unaccomplished politician whose appeal derives from an affable personality that makes him the kind of guy you'd want to have a beer with. While Sullivan's friendly demeanor is enough to endear Tulsa's influential power brokers, ordinary constituents are tired of weak representation in Washington.

Although our chances of taking down Sullivan looked bleak, an incredibly promising challenger filed at the last minute in this Tulsa-based district. Her name is Georgianna Oliver and she's ready to give John Sullivan the fight of his life.

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Sunday March 02, 2008 · 4:49 PM PST

2008/03/02 · 16:49

As many of you know, I'm a former Edwards supporter who now supports Senator Obama. While I strongly support Obama, I want more courage than what I just saw in his 60 minutes interview with Steve Croft.

Croft was in Ohio where he talked to a group of citizens in Chillicothe, a rural community that used to be a major manufacturing hub. Most of the group used to have good, secure, blue collar jobs until their own government sacrificed their well being at the altar of free trade. One man, who can't afford health care, has a wife with MS and hasn't had a good paying job since a local paper company relocated to China.

While their stories brought me to tears, the most important part of Kroft's piece was when he interviewed a socially responsible CEO of one of the few reamining paper companies in Chillicothe. When Kroft asked him about what Obama or Hillary could do to reverse the trend of job loss, he said "couragous action needs to be taken" and even brought up the "t" word..tariffs.

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Who's More Progressive on Trade?

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Who's More Progressive on Trade?

Hillary Clinton

14 votes

Barack Obama

47 votes

I Would Not Vote For Hillary In the General If...

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Sunday February 17, 2008 · 10:05 PM PST

2008/02/17 · 22:05

I was a John Edwards supporter but was gladly willing to switch to Obama when my guy dropped out. Obama had been my steady number two throughout the campaign and for a variety of reasons, I even thought about switching to him even when Edwards was still in the race.

Unlike most of my fellow Democrats, I do not think that we have two great options in Hillary and Obama. I think we have one great, once in a lifetime option in Senator Obama and a disasterous candidate in Senator Clinton. Despite all the qualms I have with Clinton as the nominee, I will definitely vote for her in the general election. Too much is at stake in the short term and while a crushing defeat would bode well for our party down the road, John McCain will do too much damage in four years.

There is, however, one (hopefully) unlikely scenario in which Clinton will not get my vote...

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I should vote for Hillary in general

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I should vote for Hillary in general

if she's the nominee, regardless

80 votes

unless she gets the nomination with the current Florida and Michigan results

60 votes

under no circumstances. a clinton loss would bode well for the party in the long run.

80 votes

Help a Conflicted Edwards Supporter...Does Edwards Hurt Obama?

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Saturday January 26, 2008 · 11:26 PM PST

2008/01/26 · 23:26

Throughout my comments I've posted lately and in my last diary, I've comitted myself to Edwards "til the bitter end." I recognize, as Joe Trippi even conceded today, that Edwards is a longshot at best. Still, however, I recognize that the populism that he represents needs to stay in the debate. Edwards is a legit third voice in the primary and represents a much needed brand of populism that Obama and Hillary have not made the focal points of their respective campaigns. But here's my problem:

Bill and Hillary completely lost any and all respect I've ever had for them. The racial politicing in SC was disgraceful but my view of the Clintons went from relative indifference to intense dislike after Hillary's disgustingly classless reaction to her third place finnish in Iowa. Every day it seems, Bill or Hillary does something to make me dislike them even more (if that's possible). I will (and want to) remain comitted to John Edwards as long as he does not hurt Obama's chances of becoming the nominee.

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My top three candidates, in order, are...

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My top three candidates, in order, are...

Edwards, Obama, Clinton

77 votes

Edwards, Clinton, Obama

17 votes

Obama, Edwards, Clinton

182 votes

Obama, Clinton, Edwards

13 votes

Clinton, Edwards, Obama

10 votes

Clinton, Obama, Edwards

13 votes

I Will Follow Whatever John Edwards Decides to Do

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Monday January 14, 2008 · 6:24 PM PST

2008/01/14 · 18:24

Hillary Clinton is a disasterous candidate and will be a horrible POTUS. Her comittment to public service takes a backseat to her ambition and I cannot stand the ammount of calculating she puts into all of her decesions. She is the antithesis of a couragous politican who would gladly sell Chelsea for a victory in November.

While I'm no fan of Hillary, I will absolutely vote for her if she is our nominee. I hope that doesn't happen but I'm nonetheless prepared for the worst.

As a John Edwards supporter who had a great deal of admiration for Barack Obama, I've repeatedly flirted with the idea of throwing my support to Hillary's toughest competetion. Needless to say, I'm sticking with my guy and will be with him until the bitter end.

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Edwards should...

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Edwards should...

Stay in the race

100 votes

Drop out and endorse Obama

38 votes

Drop out and endorse Clinton

6 votes

What College Campuses Are the Most Politically Active?

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Saturday December 15, 2007 · 3:23 PM PST

2007/12/15 · 15:23

I figured Daily Kos would be a great place to ask this question.I appologize for taking up space on the diary list with this. If you think I should delete, speak up and I will.

I'm a high school senior going through the college application process right now. I've already applied to some schools, one of which has already accepted me. My worst nightmare is to go to a school that is politically apathetic. The Washington D.C. schools, however, where I know I won't encounter this problem, don't seem like the best fits...

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Sunday October 28, 2007 · 5:33 PM PDT

2007/10/28 · 17:33

Right before YearlyKos, O'Reilly was going after this community like never before. One of his craziest attacks was in this exchange with Diane Brady of Business Week Magazine where he compared us to the KKK:

"...this is hate of the worst order. It's like the Ku Klux Klan. It's like the Nazi party."

Many of you know where I'm going with this and I don't think I'm making that big of a jump. More on the flip.

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Sunday September 16, 2007 · 1:34 AM PDT

2007/09/16 · 01:34

Many of you remember Oklahoma's 2004 Senate race that pitted then congressman Brad Carson against Tom Coburn. It was an open Republican seat that the DCCC heavily targeted. To top everything off, we had ourselves an outstanding candidate in 2nd district congressman, Brad Carson. Or so we though.

Carson, although a good man, looked too weak next to Coburn's agressive and ostensibly anti-establishment rhetoric. Carson tried to triangulate his way to the Senate and consequently only received 42% of the vote.

Carson's failures, however, has reinvigorated the state party to take down Coburn's ultra right wing twin, Jim Inhofe. Unlike 2004, we have a candidate who isn't afraid of straight talk and the word triangulate most certainly is not in Andrwe Rice's vocabulary.

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Can a Proud Progressive Like Andrew Rice Win in Oklahoma

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Can a Proud Progressive Like Andrew Rice Win in Oklahoma

No way.

8 votes

Absolutely.

21 votes

To Primary, or Not to Primary? A Mixed View of the Blue Dogs

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Wednesday August 22, 2007 · 10:58 PM PDT

2007/08/22 · 22:58

This diary is my response to Stoller's diary on the rec'd list right now. While I agree with him that our caucus needs to be more unified, I am very hesitant to jump on his anti-Blue Dog bandwagon

Last year, the Republican's decade long reign of legislative tyranny pissed me off so much that I would have been willing to support any candidate with a D in front of his or her name. I consistently lashed out at some of our most vocal "purists" for hesitating to support some of our more conservative candidates.

The recent complaints about the Blue Dogs' lack of loyalty to Pelosi's progressive agenda highlight a contentious question about the fundamental operations of our legislative branch: Should legislators vote their conscience or defer to the views of their constituents?

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What is your solution to the Blue Dog Problem?

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What is your solution to the Blue Dog Problem?

Support them in the reelection bids but pressure them through protesting, writing letters and other less drastic measures.

7 votes

A primary is the only way to go. Everyone on Stoller's list needs a well funded primary opponent.

25 votes

There is no problem. The Blue Dogs are conservative members representing conservative districts and we should leave them alone.

5 votes

Replace each blue dog with an actual Republican.

4 votes

The Social Responsibilities of Executives Go Beyond Charity.

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Tuesday July 24, 2007 · 1:04 AM PDT

2007/07/24 · 01:04

For the past week, I've been on a lovely vacation in gorgeous Aspen, Colorado. One of my best friends comes from an incredibly wealthy family and they definitely know how to roll out the red carpet for their guests.
My friend and I are very close and over the years I've gotten close to his family as well. Despite their teeming wealth, none of their five children act spoiled in the least bit and I honestly do not know if I have ever come across a more compassionate and friendly family in my life.

My friend and I are fervent progressives and so are his parents on many social issues. In most families (my own in particular), politics is rightfully viewed as a taboo topic of discussion that does nothing but instigate unhealthy conflict. In this wonderful family, however, healthy disagreement is welcomed and I engaged in plenty of it with my friend's economically conservative father.

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Saturday July 14, 2007 · 1:57 AM PDT

2007/07/14 · 01:57

As the child of two very progressive Democrats, I inherited the vast majority of my parents' political beliefs. As I got older and more interested in politics, I discovered some bombastic, conservative voices on AM radio that projected an ostensible self-assuredness that I found appealing. Eventually, however, it was this self-assured attitude that analyzed the world without an emotional focus that molded me into a committed Democrat.

The Republicans like to chide us for having a political outlook influenced too heavily by emotion. This attitude in the modern day conservative movement also intertwines with their criticisms that we are too idealistic. "Socializing medecine and providing universal healthcare is a great idea in theory, but would never work in practice" is something I hear far too often from the other side.

I proudly concede to our political foes that we are the more emotional force in American politics. The absence of an emotion-influenced outlook amongst most Republicans highlights the central difference between us and them: We have extended the maximums of our humanity into politics while they have not.

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Does Emotion Trump Reason in Politics?

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Does Emotion Trump Reason in Politics?

Yes

5 votes

1 vote

False dichotomy... There Can Always be a Healthy Coexistence of a Rational and Emotional Political Outlook

17 votes

An Issue We Cannot Continue to Ignore: First Installment in Death Penalty Watch

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Sunday June 17, 2007 · 2:27 PM PDT

2007/06/17 · 14:27

Is the progressive blogosphere apathetic towards the death penalty? Perhaps our country is simply too engulfed by Bush's fuckups to care about persisting controversies that would be around regardless. I honestly do not know. But in this age of pre-emptive war fare and , there is no doubt that the struggle to abolish the death penalty has been overshadowed.

The fight to abolish the death penalty deserves to be at the forefront of progressive politics. Below the fold is my innagural diary in what will be a weekly series discussing death penalty news across the country. This first installment will focus on my homestate of Oklahoma where we will be frying a man with terminal cancer in nine days. I invite everyone to come below the fold to discuss this barbaric injustice.

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Do you think America will abolish the death penalty during your lifetime?

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Do you think America will abolish the death penalty during your lifetime?

Yes

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