It looks like we are going to get hit with a nasty dose of rain, wind and snow tomorrow night. AccuWeather: "A superstorm will come together off the East Coast Tuesday. The ingredients for this storm are Wilma, energy from Alpha and a rogue storm forming along the mid-Atlantic coast. These system will likely remain distinct, trackable features rather than combining into one storm. However, the combined energy from these storms will create a superstorm effect along the northeastern coast Tuesday. The rogue storm will strip moisture from Wilma and direct heavy rain toward the coast. Farther inland, the moist air will be lifted up over a cold dome of air and the first major snowstorm in the Northeast will get underway late Monday night into Tuesday night. In addition to the precipitation, gale force winds will hammer the area. Winds 60 mph to 70 mph will hit the coast of New England with gust of 40 mph to 50 mph farther inland."

Attention Oregon Kossacks: I am hoping to get your opinion on the idea of Gov. Ted Kulongoski running for President in 2008. I am not form the Pacific Northwest and I know nothing about him.

I took a good look at the Democratic Governors Association today after thinking about how most recent presidents were either governors or vice-presidents. And, I am intrigued by Oregon Gov.Ted Kulongoski. I do not remember seeing him on television which is the real test of whether he would be even remotely viable. But after learning a bit about him I want to know more.

That has been the state license plate motto for years and I believe that it is true.

People talk about "Taxachusetts" and act like the Commonwealth is some sort of loopy frou-frou elitist cell somehow separate from the rest of America.

I drove down to MA last night for dinner. And as I drove to Cambridge through Saugus, Malden, Medford and Somerville I got increasingly furious.

This blog has gotten increasingly nasty in the last 48 hours.

I am still relatively new here so am wondering if this was what dKos was like during the primaries. Were disgruntled Deaniacs "troll rating" people because they supported candidates other than "Ho Ho?" Were Kerry supporters antagonizing the Deaniacs, telling them to try eating a bigger bunch of "sour grapes?"

Get a grip folks.

We lost together, as a party. You lost, I lost, Kerry lost and "Ho Ho" lost. We lost despite managing to muster the most energy and the best organization the Left has had 70 years. We tried really hard and we got it handed to us.

HELP! How many 4 Star Generals Back Kerry and how many support Bush????????????

I am writing from Maine and I am volunteering in the Portland Kerry-Edwards Headquarters.

We have a caller from the 2nd Congressional District who is willing to change his vote from Bush to Kerry if we can provide him with sources that shows that Kerry has the support of more FOUR STAR GENERALS than Bush.

Bill Clinton made this statement this morning and this person promises to change his vote if we can provide him with the sources.

Kossacks, can you help me swing this voter to our side?

[Update]:FALSE ALARM Sorry folks. As per Jaiwithani, "Just a schedueling mishap apparently. STOLEN HONOR will NOT be shown tonight, as poster to this thread are confirming right now. Please remain calm - we beat Sinclair. Stolen Honor is dead for the forseeable future. We have other media travesties to worry about at the moment." [editor's note, by BartBoris]The Time-Warner Cable Guide on digital cable was wrong; "Stolen Honor" did not air. I appologize. GOTV.

Kick ass Kossacks!

Joe Lockhart just used the "Furious George" meme on This Week!

I will add links to the transcripts when they are available.

Sorry to post a short diary.

The diary that had the web address for downloading "Going up River" is down.

Dou you know what it is?

Last night, the Dark Lord Cheney mentioned El Salvador as a shining example of a successful transition to democracy. I think that we need to fill in the reality gaps of Cheney's tale.

Can you help me point out how this is another example of Bush Co's distrubing disconection from reality? Do you know of any articles or websites that would help?

I am a bit shakey on my recent Latin American history but I know that things were really nasty down there in the 70s and 80s. As far as I know, the Reagan and Bush administrations took the side of Right Wing Death Squads.

I am a bit surprised the Bush supporters have not conducted a more blatant of campaign anti-Semitism or anti-Catholicism against Kerry. It is a tribute to how far we have come in the last 35 years.

Yet, those strains of hate run very, very deep in the American WASP psyche.

But it seems that even the Rethugs are afraid of the backlash that would result if these themes were deployed.

Alternatively, they have deployed axiomatic memes that function at the level of the unconscious.

I just got back from a town hall meeting with John Edwards in Lewiston, ME.  It was great fun and the crowd was pumped.  Former Maine Governor, Angus King (I) was there and he heartily endorsed KE04.  He had voted for Bush in 2000 but he said that he had to speak out against Bush because he "couldn't take it anymore."

During the Q&A time from a girl 12-14 years asked Edwards what the campaigns position was on the draft.  Edwards answered emphatically, "There will be no draft in a Kerry Edwards administration."  He went on to lay out the campaign's plan to boost the size of the active duty military.

John O'Neill is on Hardball, hawking a new line that John Kerry was a traitor who negiotiated secretly with the North Vietnamese.

O'Neill has been driven to wage a 30+ year war to destroy John Kerry.

People say that O'Neill's drive to destroy Kerry comes from his repressed guilt over the atrocities he committed in Viet Nam.

Kerry and Edwards are smart, though guys.
Kerry is a ballsy guy who knows how to take calculated risks. If you know his bio, you know that this is how he plays sports, flies airplanes and runs campaigns.

This is not Dukakis 2004.

They are doing a true rope-a-dope.

I heard Al Franken interviewing Obama yesterday. Franken was asking him questions about the Republican convention. These were real grapefruit sized, softball questions. They could have easily into turned into attacks on Bush. But, Obama would not swing at them.

When asked about Bush's acceptance speech Obama actually complimented Bush on it. He said that although the first 50 minutes of Bushes speech were pretty lame, the last 15 minutes were  actually moving.

I have seen Obama for years in Chicago. He is an excellent politician, especially at the grassroots level. And, he is nobody's fool. He knows how to attack hard when necessary. If he is holding back, it is for a reason and part of a larger strategy.

I think that the point is to let Bush lumber about throwing all kinds of nasty chimp poop. Over time, this poop will stick to Bush and make Kerry look aggrieved. Then, Kerry can hit back so it counts without driving up his negatives.

The point of counter-attacks is not to get revenge but to win.

Kerry cannot beat Bush by being hideously nasty. The "Bush Family" is the best there is at negative campaiging. And, he fundamental rule of military tactics is to fight on grounds of your own choosing.

It takes real balls to absorb the kind of abuse that Kerry has and continue to hold his fire until he knows that it will draw blood. But, this is what Kerry is doing; it's his MO and why he is considered a great "closer."

We need to inform ourselves about Kerry's past tactics and not wring our hands. We have been looking for knock out punches and revenge hits since the RNC. I have been plenty guilty of this during the last week. I am going to stop. All of you should too.