Will Al Gore Admit He Was Wrong on NAFTA?

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Wednesday January 18, 2006 · 5:17 AM PST

2006/01/18 · 05:17

I'm among the Gore skeptics who has been pleasantly surprised with his recent turnabout from milquetoast New Democrat to barnstorming, albeit priveleged and late-blooming, populist. The guy clearly has developed a strong moral compass and a courageous sense of outrage at the Republican destruction of our republic. Good for him.

Hopefully, this is all an encouraging sign that Gore might see the light and apologize for his championing NAFTA twelve years ago, when he took up the wrong side in the NAFTA debates against Ross Perot. NAFTA was a key step in undermining of wage and labor standards in America over the last decade. Unfortunately for all of us, Al Gore bears a lot of the responsibility for that legacy. Read More

NY-Sen: Safe Seat, Stop Hillary!

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Tuesday October 04, 2005 · 11:30 AM PDT

2005/10/04 · 11:30

Senate
Clinton (D) 61 (63)
Pirro (R) 30 (29)

Clinton (D) 62 (64)
Cox (R) 30 (26)

A populist run against Hillary in the Senate primary is an awesome way to thwart her presidential aspirations. With this wide a spread in the general, a well-funded, serious progressive primary challenge is the perfect way to clearly demonstrate to the DLC and the party establishment that "the base" will not accept another New Democrat in 2008.

Lieberman : Weicker :: Feinstein : Jerry Brown?

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Wednesday September 28, 2005 · 10:24 PM PDT

2005/09/28 · 22:24

I am thrilled to expand on Kos' exciting rumor that Lowell Weicker might challenge Joe Lieberman as an independent progressive candidate:

Remember, Lieberman took out Weicker from the right, and any Weicker run would take on Lieberman on the war. Weicker is an opponent of Bush's War. Lieberman is one of its chief enablers. But really, the chances of this happening are as slight as DeLay being indicted.

Oh.

What about employing the same strategy and a similar type of candidate -- a popular former statewide office holder -- to take on Dianne Feinstein in 2006? As I've said before, DiFi must be challenged from the left in order to put a scare into the DLC, excite the base, attract the millions of populist progressive independents to the election and institute shock therapy for the Democratic establishment that has sadly gotten hooked Republican economic policy.

(More on Jerry Brown ...) Read More

Sheehan vs. Feinstein

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Monday September 12, 2005 · 2:33 PM PDT

2005/09/12 · 14:33

The aging and ostensibly Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has refused to meet with Cindy Sheehan, so Cindy dressed her down:

At this point, I don't believe that Dianne Feinstein represents her constituents (of which I am one), the people of California. Not only is she weak on the Iraq issue, she introduced Condi ("smoking gun") Rice for her confirmation hearing and she called John (Death Squad) Negroponte "a great public servant." If she refuses to be a leader on getting our troops out of Iraq, then we the people of California need to withdraw our support of her.

Cindy Sheehan is just about the perfect candidate to take down Feinstein, who is quite possibly the worst Democrat in the senate. Rumors have persisted that Feinstein will not seek re-election. Either way it doesn't matter: we have no room for a "moderate" seat. There's no good reason to have a neoconservative Democrat running from the left in a statewide California race. Cindy for Senate '06! Read More

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