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I know, it feels stupid to even contemplate it, let alone type it. Things have been awful, and Bush's stewardship has been as awful as could be. But, the New York Times today reports that Iraqis--

Caveat: 'Undecided' leads the race by a wide margin. Gore/Clark fans may commence fighting over that vote. Caveat II: I'm also unsure of Elon University and its methodology, so this poll ...

It has become conventional knowledge around these parts that voting "yes" for the appropriations measure this past week was an act of caving, cowardice, corruption, and complicity. In fact, even ...

Seriously, it's one of the best diaries I've read here in weeks, and it's getting criminally ignored. Yes it's kinda long, but well worth the read. Anyhow, here's the link so you can go check it ...

Oh man. Just when Hillary Clintonlooks like an unstoppable juggernaut, that pesky Iowa reminds folks that it matters, just as John Edwards and Barack Obama still matter. The shocking, ...

Since this is the big dividing line between the two leading primary contenders in national polling and fundraising, it's only fair to see where most Kossacks actually stand on the issue. In order ...

Hotline the other day linked to a story hosted (unfortunately) by the AEI. However, the story itself is based on exit polling, and includes some fascinating numbers. Basically, some exit ...

Washington (GNS) With Rudey Giuliani staving off multiple scandals, many observers have begun to look ahead to a Republican presidential primary contest without the former New York mayor. And ...

The standard definition of electability for a Democrat goes something like this: Governor White Socially moderate to conservative Non-ideological to hawkish on foreign policy and the use of ...

George W. Bush is the worst president in the history of the United States. He lacks human decency, intellectual capacity, and the common sense of a goat. He has been one rolling wave of disasters ...

This diary is going to piss a lot of people off. Well, that's too bad. Because I am in full-on gadfly mode. Because, dogmas need to be debunked. More below the fold.

That Joe Lieberman is a sycophantic, unprincipled weasel who licks the boots of power is now a matter of bi-partisan agreement. Today, mindful of how history has judged others and how it will ...

Just in case anyone doubted that Fred Thompson is a ruthless s.o.b. who'll cut out the heart of anyone standing between him and the White House, today's story from the New York Post (yeah yeah, but ...

New York (Geek News Services) NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell reacted swiftly and sharply to the revelation that the Bush Administration had illegally spied on American citizens by fining ...

I've tried to avoid writing primary 2008 diaries for a whole host of reasons (the foremost of which is that they're grossly premature). But Barack Obama's website is featuring something ...

Cross-posted at OMS. Yesterday I examined the numbers behind ...

Goodness knows I never thought I'd submit a diary defending John Edwards, but the AP has sunk to Fox News level of discourse here. In a twist, of course, they play hometown ref in favor of ...

The name of Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States is Mahmud Ali Durrani. The English translation of his name is "Tony Snow" I believe. He recently gave an interview which calls to mind ...

Blah blah handshake blah blah snub blah blah passed me a note in study hall. For those that were paying attention to Bush's (thankfully) final State of the Union Address, there was a moment when ...

Do you want to know what all of the internal fighting, struggle, sweat, and debate amongst Democrats is going produce? 'Advisory' guidelines. Yep. We get to pass a bill that gives Bush advice.

Hillary Clinton produced a very worthy health care proposal yesterday that drew praise from pundits as diverse as David Brooks and Ezra Klein. We should give her props for that. However, her ...

Over the weekend and into this week, there was a lot of excited chatter and angst over the Democratic response to Bush's inevitable veto of the supplemental funding bill and various candidate ...

In the FP story where mcjoan felt compelled to give theblaz's dead horse one more kick in the ribs, it became abundantly ...

Apparently Senate Republicans didn't get the memo that Barack Obama only cares about making sure that everyone gets along. Obama's unabashedly pro-family and progressive amendment to the ...

Kent Conrad is Chair of the Senate Budget Committee. He also is the only current Senator from a Red State to vote against the Iraq War Resolution. And he's a deficit hawk. In other words, he's ...

Behind the scenes in Washington, the Progressive caucus has killed a proposal that would have let Congressional Republicans triangulate by pretending to vote against Bush but that would not have ...

The big lesson that everyone seems to have learned from New Hampshire is that polls simply can't be trusted. And that, thus, nobody really knows who's going to win Nevada. That's nonsense. ...

In case anyone needs motivation to GOTV in 2008 Senate races, Joementum is here to give it to you. His latest treachery, courtesy of CNN, below.

No recap is needed for the horrid mess that was the McClurkin fiasco (I'm sooooo sick of even typing that moron's name). It reflected poorly upon the Obama campaign in any number of ways, depending ...

For those outside of Iowa, Barack Obama and Chucky Grassley, who has been embarrassing Iowa since 1974, have been sparring over Iraq. Well, not exactly. They've been sparring over talking about ...

Kumbayah. Why can't we all get along. Going along to get along. This kind of b.s. has been thrown at Barack Obama for over a year now by his critics (when they're not complaining that he's ...

Much ado has been made about Hillary Clinton's vote for Kyl-Lieberman and her fairly hawkish Foreign Affairs article. If you read that Foreign Affairs article closely (and one must always read ...