Just Be Yourself: Unity Diary
Sun Jun 08, 2008 at 07:18:34 AM PDT
Democrats have spent a lot of years trying to be all things to all people. We're a party made up of a rainbow coalition, so to a certain degree, it's understandable. But Hillary's historic speech yesterday showed me something - something I was probably originally taught in kindergarten - in life, as well as in politics, the best way to make friends and influence people, is to just be yourself.
It's race v. It's gender. Or is it generational? (w/ poll)
Sat Mar 15, 2008 at 11:21:46 AM PDT
A friend just sent me a "Sorry to see Barack imploding" email. Is this a bad news cycle for Barack Obama, you bet it is. Is it an implosion? Well, no. Explosion of the media, yes. But on a deeper level, we all have seen the battle lines being drawn in this country over race, even within the Democratic Party. Why? Is the generational gap just as big of a player in all of this?
Hello? Gore, Pelosi, Dean, ANYONE?? (w/ poll)
Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 09:10:46 AM PDT
As a registered and voting member of the Democratic Party, I am screaming to the high-ranking members of the Democratic Party: we have a problem, and y'all need to address it!
Crisis: Why Clintons are the Worst Thing that Ever Happened to the Dem Party
Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 11:40:27 AM PDT
I'm having a real day of crisis. Here's the crux of it: News is coming out that a fairly substantial portion of the Democratic vote in both Ohio and Texas was Republican cross over for Hillary - i.e. the Rush Limbaugh edict to "keep the Dems from nominating a candidate" strategy. But I'm not angry at the Rethugs. I expect these things from them. Therefore, they don't disappoint me. However, the Democratic Party finally gets the most inspirational and transformational candidate since 1960 - one who has brought voters out in record numbers, converted some Republicans, drawn heavily from Independents, increased the youth vote by a staggering amount, has a 50-state campaign strategy, fund-raised the largest numbers in the history of Presidential politics - 90% of it from US, THE PEOPLE and not corporations or PACs or lobbyists, someone with a 21st century face, history and ideas - and do they rush to embrace him as our Ronald Reagan? No, they mutely stay in the shadows, allowing Hillary Clinton to throw US, THE PEOPLE, and the Democratic Party in general, under the bus of history.
