OHIO is Not the Only Voting Rights Battleground: Disenfranchisement in Washington State

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Friday December 17, 2004 · 4:41 PM PST

2004/12/17 · 16:41

The momentum in the hand recount of the Washington Governor's race seemed to be shifting toward the Democrat, Christine Gregoire. All of a sudden a judge disenfranchised at least 573 Washington voters in Democratic King County (what a surprise). The presidential race in Ohio is important, yes, but it is unwinnable. We still can assure that the will of the voters of Washington State is carried out. All who concern themselves with voting rights in Ohio, you should concern yourself equally with voting rights in Washington. Please visit the two diaries I have linked, and recommend them. We all owe it to the 573 disenfranchised voters of King County not to ignore them.

Looking to 2005: New Jersey Governor's Race

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Thursday November 25, 2004 · 6:47 AM PST

2004/11/25 · 06:47

Now that McGreevey is gone, the 2005 New Jersey gubenatorial race is wide open, which might be good for the Democrats. McGreevey's sex scandal was the least of his problems, for he and his administration were corrupt. I can only guess that more scandals like the Charles Kushner-call girl fiasco would hurt him in the next year.

But that's all irrelevant now. For the Democrats, acting governor Richard Codey seems like a viable candidate. It also seems like Jon Corzine might give it a shot.

On the Republican side, Doug Forrester has already began overtly campagining. Forrester ran for Senate in 2002, and was leading in the polls against Torricelli, until Torricelli dropped out in disgrace. Lautenberg took the departing senator's place, and trounced Forrester by 10 points. Forrester is promising to clean up Trenton (he is already advertising on television), but this guy's pitch is phonier than John Kerry duck hunting in Ohio. Forrester is going to be the biggest obstructionist if he ever gets to Trenton.
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What's wrong with the media, and how we can fix it

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Wednesday November 24, 2004 · 12:18 PM PST

2004/11/24 · 12:18

All of us hear conservatives moan and groan regularly about the "liberal media." Yet with the growth of cable news channels, the media, at least in television, has become firmly conservative.

The Issues:

Liberalism and conservatism are not simply two ways of approaching a problem. The core disagreement between liberals and conservatives and Democrats and Republicans is about what our problems actually are. This fact is evident upon examination of the much-maligned exit polls. When asked for the issue they found most important 72% of Bush voters and 68% Republican House of Representatives voters said terrorism or moral values. Four out of every five Kerry voters and 76% of all Democratic House voters chose Iraq, the economy/jobs, healthcare, and education. Before the election, when asked, "Who do you think will do a better job on Iraq?" Bush had a small majority. Yet in the exit polls, he got clobbered on that issue. ... Read More

Dayton on the Senate Floor:

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Tuesday November 23, 2004 · 11:04 AM PST

2004/11/23 · 11:04

Last Saturday, Mark Dayton captured the tone that is missing in the Democratic Party in the following speech. Here it is:

"I also wish to comment briefly on the Omnibus appropriations measure which is before us and to express my concern about one omission which has severe consequences for my home State of Minnesota, which is the elimination of the Senate's action to prevent Minnesota and other States from having their title I education funding cut last year and this year.

"In 2004, Minnesota was 1 of 12 States to suffer a reduction in title I funding. Minnesota schools received $12.3 million less in fiscal year 2004 than we did in 2003. We lost that $12.3 million in funding, even though our number of title I-eligible students increased by over 3,600. For this fiscal year 2005, Minnesota is only one of two States in the Nation to lose title I money, even though the number of our title I-eligible students will increase again. Read More

Pin the Tail on the Elephant

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Monday November 22, 2004 · 12:40 PM PST

2004/11/22 · 12:40

The Democrats are squandering two opportunities to gain political ground on the GOP.... Read More

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