If You Want To Leave The Party, Here Is The Deal

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Tuesday January 31, 2006 · 9:01 AM PST

2006/01/31 · 09:01

The failure of the Alito filibuster is a dark day for the Democrats, no doubt. Alito is so bad, so unfit for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, that every Democratic senator should have supported the filibuster. So the Democrats (who control zero branches of government) lose another round to the Republicans (who control them all), and we have the inevitable ranting about leaving the party and going Green or Independent. Maybe to teach the Democrats a lesson, maybe something else. I don't know. I can't fathom the logic. Read More

What Democratic Runner-up Should Run in 2008

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Thursday December 01, 2005 · 6:27 PM PST

2005/12/01 · 18:27

I got an email from Gary Hart today. Gary Hart. How about that. I hadn't thought about that guy for awhile. Turns out he was just raising money for John Kerry (who emails me on almost a daily basis for the same reason). It got me thinking that if people are so keen on resurrecting former Democratic nominees to run in 2008 (Gore, Kerry, and my choice, Michael Dukakis) why not see who is interested in the runner-ups. Thus my poll. I think I've got all the living ones.

Minnesota Senate Race Daily Kos Poll

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Wednesday November 23, 2005 · 2:00 PM PST

2005/11/23 · 14:00

I don't know where I'm at for this one. I was pretty down on Amy Klobuchar for awhile because she is a Minneapolis liberal with little or no outstate support. She seems to be raising a lot of money, though, and may be our best bet. Wetterling is just ok. Ciresi, if he's in, is just ok. Ford Bell seems to be running a Pennachino-esqe campaign.

All I know is that Mark Kennedy is a going to be a lot stronger than anyone thinks and we had better get our shit together.

Minnesota Governor DailyKos Poll

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Tuesday November 22, 2005 · 1:47 PM PST

2005/11/22 · 13:47

I had originally thought that Mike Hatch was the clear choice for the Minnesota Democrats (aka DFL) to run for Governor against Tim Pawlenty. He will have been the Attorney General for eight years (a good jumping off point), and has a very high profile. The more I hear about Hatch, though - in the news, from people who used to work for him - the more he seems like a big asshole and maybe not the guy we want. Is that justified? Who do people like in this race?

Which Former Democratic Nominee Should Run in 2008?

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Monday November 21, 2005 · 12:59 PM PST

2005/11/21 · 12:59

For some reason, there are a lot of people on this site who think that Al Gore deserves another chance to be the Democratic nominee for president in 2008. There are others, albeit a smaller group, who think John Kerry deserves another chance. I wonder if some other former nominees are getting left out of consideration. Thus my poll.

What would you rather have: the presidency or congress?

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Friday November 18, 2005 · 6:38 PM PST

2005/11/18 · 18:38

Bill Clinton receives a lot of criticism on this site as someone who sold out and co-opted Republican ideas, and whose capitulations and moral failings caused the Democrats to lose their long-held control of the House of Representatives. My response to these Clinton critics is: when were things better than during the Clinton years? Was it better to have majorities in congress, but to have Reagan or Bush 1 as president? Were those the good old days? Are we comparing Clinton to Carter, Johnson or JFK? Is this really the same country as it was 20, 30 or 40 years ago?

Sherrod Brown Must Fire Jerome Armstrong

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Thursday October 27, 2005 · 5:53 AM PDT

2005/10/27 · 05:53

I think everyone knows the history here: Sherrod Brown says he's not running for Senate from Ohio, Paul Hackett decides to run, and then Brown changes his mind. It was a shitty thing for Brown to do (he could have just said "maybe") but Hackett is has come to terms with it, and we all can too. Now Brown is running ads on progressive blogs, including DailyKos, and calling for party unity and a clean campaign. That's fine too -- party unity and clean campaigns are generally a good thing. In my opinion, its a little ballsy for Brown to be calling for unity and a clean campaign after his change of heart, but I'll take his word for it that he means it. Read More

No 22nd Amendment = Bill Clinton still president

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Friday August 19, 2005 · 8:03 PM PDT

2005/08/19 · 20:03

Ok, this diary is really more about Al Gore.

I like Al Gore. He is a good man and would have made a good president. A number of people on DailyKos seem to like him so much they think he be the Democratic nominee in 2008. I am not one of those people. Read More

Pro-War Democrats

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Wednesday August 17, 2005 · 9:24 PM PDT

2005/08/17 · 21:24

For a long time I subscribecd to the "Pottery Barn" theory on Iraq, figuring that just abandoning Iraq woud be worse in the long-term even with the mounting casualties in the short-term. I have just recently changed my mind. Maybe it would be worth sticking around if Kerry had been elected and we actually tried to do things right. But Bush has shown that he doesn't have the first clue about nation-building (a concept he mocked as a candidate) and its just not going to get fixed as long as he is in charge. Read More

How long until we turn on Hackett?

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Friday July 29, 2005 · 9:55 PM PDT

2005/07/29 · 21:55

There have been a lot of diary entries and comments in the last few weeks calling out the Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for the Patriot Act, CAFTA, and the energy bill, and also those who have been affiliated with the DLC. There has been a lot of talk about primary challenges and running these people out of the party. Read More

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