Which race do you most want to win on Tuesday, June 6?
Sat Jun 03, 2006 at 05:31:28 PM PDT
Title says it all. Some of the possiblities are:
Francine Busby in the CA-50?
John Tester in the MT-Senate primary?
Phil Angelides in the CA-Governor's race?
Marcy Winograd over Jane Harman?
Another race that's not on my radar screen?
For me, without question it's Francine Busby. As GOP-leaning as this district is and with as much money as the NRCC has pumped into it, the win would be really sweet. The national press coverage about Democratic prospects in November would be even sweeter: the coverage would make more people believe it's possible to achieve significant Democratic gains, which in turn makes is more probable that those gains will be achieved.
In contrast, while I'm voting for Angelides over Westly, I'd vote for either over the Governator. Your thoughts?
Interesting & appalling Administration document on Iraq
Tue Feb 07, 2006 at 06:36:30 PM PDT
A correspondent on a non-political board who has flipped his position on Iraq gave me a link to the Bush Administration's November 2005 overview of policy and progress in Iraq.
Administration Iraq Document
After sifting through the propaganda parts, one almost doesn't know where to begin the critique. It is, as they say, a target-rich environment.
notes on event with Wesley Clark
Sun Feb 05, 2006 at 11:16:37 PM PDT
Notes from an event for Wes Clark
Yesterday [Feb. 4, 2006] I went to an evening reception for Wesley Clark, former commander of NATO and former (2004) candidate for the Democratic nomination for president who finished third behind John Kerry and John Edwards.
my translation of Bush's SOTU address (parody)
Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 09:18:34 PM PDT
transcript of President Bush's State of the Union Address-1/31/06
Excerpt:
I offer you a false dichotomy on the war on terror: either do it my way or support isolationism. We are on a mission to end tyranny in the world, attempting to save our freedoms abroad by incrementally diminishing them at home. We are fighting terrorism in Iraq and we can not retreat while leading. Whatever you may think of the bad decisions that brought us to where we are in Iraq, your only alternative to defeat is unquestioning support of the bad decisions we're making now.
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