Diaries up for rescue tonight:
- David Grossman's Breakfast with Grover Norquist gives a first-hand account of a recent talk by the well-known conservative, and reflects on how some of the strategy he outlined can be adopted by Democrats.
- The American Prophet's Rice's Brain: The making of a President speculates that Condi may be being groomed as a possible 2008 presidential candidate, complete with a "maverick" makeover to distance her from the neocon fiasco of which she's been a central player.
- gjohnsit's History Repeating: The 2nd Anglo-Afghan War looks at Afghanistan's war-torn past as the target of imperialistic powers and concludes we are repeating the pattern: invasion is a piece of cake, maintaining stability and order ... impossible.
- Mash's A Mother Tortured reports from a teach-in on a leftist mother from Honduras who was imprisoned and tortured in the 1980's.
- Republic Not Empire's RI-Sen: Chafee is Dead Centered provides an in-depth analysis of the closing vise in which Chafee is trapped - too liberal for his primaries, too Republican for the general election.
- shirah's Talking Liberally - Being Heard gives solid advice on how to discuss issues without alienating those on the other side - and perhaps changing some minds.
- Tom Kertes' It's the Organizing, Stupid: Why organizing matter discusses the difference between campaigning (short-term) and organizing (long-term), and argues that the Democratic Party needs to get back to the long-term approach.
- Hesiod's Dems must take credit for the Iraq troop drawdown -- or lose. advocates shouting from the rooftops that Bush caved to Democratic Party demands to begin an Iraq withdrawal.
- Woodhouse's One L.A.: Street-level Politics is a first-hand account of a weekend meeting in Los Angeles of an interesting progressive grassroots organization.
- Vyan's Why Insurgent Amnesty may be inevitable grapples with the question of how much the U.S. should be able to dictate terms - including stances on amnesty - to Iraq as the country struggles to bring stability to its system.
- Kingsmen6's My first day lobbying relates how one lone Kossack citizen took matters into his own hands and went lobbying his U.S. Senators' staff, urging anti-rendition stances on his representative. A compelling and informative account of simple constituent action.
- Progressive States' Reforming Failed Tax Strategies gives an invaluable rundown on various tax strategies, those that have proven effective and those not so much, as well as upcoming legislation that could alter the "corporate welfare" landscape.
- Nulwee's They Do Vote in their Own Self Interest: Identity, Location, Lies deals with race, economics, the American dream and politics in an amazing tour de force. Highly recommended.
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