Posting History for arubyan
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| On Nationalizing the Mid-Term Elections: Only a Strong Congress Can Stop Bush Now | arubyan | 01/15/2006 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| What Terrorists Do (and how Chris Matthews is helping) | arubyan | 01/21/2006 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Elect Laura Leyva: How you can help turn a Red State Blue | arubyan | 01/23/2006 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Here's the speech I'd give if I were running for Congress | arubyan | 03/15/2006 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Video: Bring Em Home | arubyan | 06/27/2006 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Universal "Had Enough?" Video Now Available | arubyan | 07/16/2006 | 1 | 2 | - | 27 |
| NJ-04: Carol Gay for Congress ("Had Enough?" video) | arubyan | 07/24/2006 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| LA-06: Kopplin for Congress My friend Andy Kopplin is running for Congress from the sixth district of Louisiana (Baton Rouge). Maybe you remember us: We're in the district that Rep. Richard Baker abandoned to become a million ... |
arubyan | 02/04/2008 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Louisiana: Coming soon, to a neighborhood near you | arubyan | 04/13/2006 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| Last Chance: Urge LA Governor Blanco to VETO SB 33 | arubyan | 06/05/2006 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| NJ-07: Video: Stender for Congress | arubyan | 07/07/2006 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| House, Senate, Gov. Elections: What the papers are saying | arubyan | 10/27/2006 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| (POLL) Iraq Not An Issue in '08? [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
So suggests Newsweek's Fareed ... |
arubyan | 11/05/2007 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| LA-06: Kopplin on Climate Change & Energy Andy Kopplin is running for the Dem nomination for Congress from Louisiana's 6th CD (Baton Rouge). You know the district: Republican Richard Baker abandoned it to become a million ... |
arubyan | 03/05/2008 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Obama On Race: His Work is Cut Out For Him I've been saying it since before anybody else: race excites the base . This election (as so ... |
arubyan | 03/18/2008 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Alito Hearings: Boring and Pointless | arubyan | 01/12/2006 | 3 | - | - | - |
| 2006 Elections: Hang together or hang separately | arubyan | 02/09/2006 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| Democrats' dilemma: Which corrupt Republican should you support? | arubyan | 05/31/2006 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| They want endless war; we want to end the war | arubyan | 06/23/2006 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| Urgent Action Needed On Stem Cell Bill NOW | arubyan | 07/11/2006 | 3 | 7 | - | 6 |
| PA-08: Murphy for Congress (A "Had Enough?" video) | arubyan | 07/20/2006 | 3 | 1 | - | 7 |
| Battle Lines Being Drawn: Nobody's Right If Everybody's Wrong | arubyan | 08/28/2006 | 3 | 4 | - | 75 |
| Don't We All Deserve Levees That Work? When most people talk about the destruction of New Orleans, they think of Hurricane Katrina.
But it wasn't the hurricane that did it: it was the failure of the levees. And what happened in New ... |
arubyan | 05/10/2007 | 3 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Scooter Libby & Fred Thompson: A 30-sec Video Takedown The Libby commutation is bad on so many levels...
...not the least of which is his association with Fred Thompson. Here's something I pounded out last night that (I hope) will taint Thompson's name ... |
arubyan | 07/03/2007 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| VPOTUS & The Black Cat Affair No one knows exactly when the cyber-thieves struck first against the VP, or more accurately, everyone around him. There was no consensus on whether or not they had struck in concert. But, in ... |
arubyan | 12/29/2008 | 3 | 2 | - | 49 |
| Happy Gustaversary: One Year Later, We're Fine It was one year ago today that Baton Rouge was hit with Hurricane Gustav, a monster hurricane with sustained winds of over 90 mph. "X" marks the spot where we live on the map below... |
arubyan | 09/01/2009 | 3 | - | - | 29 |
| The "End Bribery of Congress" Amendment and How to Pass It [Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
In ... |
arubyan | 02/15/2011 | 3 | 1 | - | 27 |
| I'm through getting mad -- now I just want to get even | arubyan | 02/21/2006 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Mardi Gras: Getting In the Mood | arubyan | 02/24/2006 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Why you should care who gets elected mayor of New Orleans | arubyan | 05/18/2006 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Research request: How often did each congressman vote with GOP? | arubyan | 06/18/2006 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Iraq War: The Long View Lots in the news today about Democratic tactical maneuvering (translation: "infighting") in Congress, re: the war: Senate Democrats (translation: "Biden") want to pass a measure ... |
arubyan | 02/23/2007 | 4 | 3 | - | 18 |
| Romney's Mormonism Speech Fails to Deliver Willard Milton Romney had a pretty steep hill to climb when he made that address Thursday morning on his Mormon religion at the Bush Presidential Library in Texas.
Bottom line for Romney: he had ... |
arubyan | 12/06/2007 | 4 | 2 | - | 9 |
| The “Watchdog Press” Don't Hunt No More I've always felt that the job of government is to keep an eye on business and the job of the independent press is to keep an eye on government. So when I see ... |
arubyan | 04/29/2008 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| “That One?” He Won the Debate. (POLL) I can only remember a couple of other moments in debate history that sent a similar spike of electricity slicing through the humdrum monotony that these debates usually devolve into. George H.W. ... |
arubyan | 10/08/2008 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| The Economy: More Like a Poker Game Than a Restaurant (POLL) Recently, while I ... |
arubyan | 10/25/2008 | 4 | 2 | - | - |
| Who Will Win the Battle of the News Cycles? | arubyan | 09/25/2006 | 5 | 8 | - | 9 |
| Video: Has Bush Lost Control Of Iraq? | arubyan | 09/29/2006 | 5 | 6 | - | 17 |
| ISG Report Aftermath: Where Are The Dems? (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
It is a real tragedy that no Democrat can/will lead on ... |
arubyan | 12/08/2006 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| The Shared National Sacrifice Act of 2007 (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Bush speaks! And there you have it: The Iraq war is " |
arubyan | 01/11/2007 | 5 | 3 | - | 11 |
| Bush & Petraeus: Troops Dying For Their Vanity (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
General Petraeus is going to give his September report next week. And/But ... |
arubyan | 09/06/2007 | 5 | 6 | - | 12 |
| Congress Click 'n' Call: New App Makes It Possible [Yesterday I posted a comment to a diary on the Dodd filibuster of the FISA bill. I'd like to expand on that here, ... |
arubyan | 12/18/2007 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| LA-06: Kopplin For Congress Andy Kopplin is running for the Dem nomination for Congress from Louisiana's 6th CD (Baton Rouge). You know the district: Republican Richard Baker abandoned it to become a million ... |
arubyan | 03/04/2008 | 5 | 2 | - | 10 |
| How Do You Win Pennsylvania? So who wins Pennsylvania? Or more importantly, HOW do you win Pennsylvania? What will it take to win over those voters who, as one Dem consultant put it, " |
arubyan | 04/01/2008 | 5 | 2 | - | - |
| Noonan: There's a New (Old) Meme in Town [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
There's a new meme in town ... |
arubyan | 08/08/2008 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| It was 7 years ago this week... My name is Ara Rubyan and I live in Baton Rouge. Some of you know me as arubyan . I've been blogging here for 3 years (tomorrow!) and I've had a ... |
arubyan | 01/13/2009 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| On Alito, Democrats Must Remember The Lion In Winter | arubyan | 01/13/2006 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| Who needs pics of Bush & Abramoff when you got Bush & Bremer? | arubyan | 01/29/2006 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 4 |
| You, me and everyone we know are all residents of Louisiana | arubyan | 03/31/2006 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| The Hamilton Project: Robert Rubin's latest policy initiative | arubyan | 04/16/2006 | 6 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Another "Had Enough?" Video: McNerney for Congress | arubyan | 07/06/2006 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 7 |
| Go Viral: Take the “Bite Me” Pledge - End the War | arubyan | 01/25/2007 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| Not One Dime: How To Abramoff-Proof Politics Adam B's excellent diary looks at a an intriguing solution to campaign finance reform : vouchers + anonymous ... |
arubyan | 02/07/2007 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| “Governor, you're no Mahatma Gandhi.” (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
So it's going to be Joe Biden.
Or not. |
arubyan | 08/14/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Gustav@ Baton Rouge: 9/1/08, 8am [cross posted -- with 4x updates -- at E Pluribus Unum ]
In ... |
arubyan | 09/01/2008 | 6 | 6 | - | 7 |
| Rahm Emanuel's Awesome Power [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
... |
arubyan | 11/07/2008 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| When You're Walking Thru Hell, Keep Walking I'm sick to death of how the HCR effort has gone so far.
But I will not allow the present circumstances to discourage me and neither can you.
You know, a certain Senator would get no greater ... |
arubyan | 12/16/2009 | 6 | 3 | - | 64 |
| Throttling the money out of politics: A breathtaking plan | arubyan | 01/19/2006 | 7 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Republicans: A party of cultists | arubyan | 06/28/2006 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| It Can't Happen Here? Think Again. | arubyan | 09/21/2006 | 7 | 12 | - | 9 |
| PredatorGate Update: The Redder They Are, The Harder They Fall | arubyan | 10/03/2006 | 7 | 2 | - | 8 |
| Top Ten High-Impact Diaries from arubyan (2006) Using jotter's methodology , I compiled a Top 10 list of my own highest-impact diaries at Daily Kos in 2006.
All of these diaries made jotter's daily list ... |
arubyan | 12/30/2006 | 7 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Grand Illusion: Rudy's Leadership on 9/11 (Cross posted ... |
arubyan | 03/02/2007 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| Islamic Fundamentalism: If You Can't Beat Em, Join Em? Winning the war of ideas against Islamic fundamentalism isn't going to be easy. But when are some people going to realize that we can't win it if we become more like them?
Case in point: |
arubyan | 04/03/2007 | 7 | 3 | - | 22 |
| Who Decides When A Vote Is Meaningful Or Not? Which votes are meaningless and which (if any) make a difference? And who decides that anyway?
On one hand, you have the recent toothless war supplemental bill that lacked any kind of timeline and ... |
arubyan | 05/27/2007 | 7 | 1 | - | 11 |
| How To Win The Democratic Nomination [originally posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
... |
arubyan | 11/04/2007 | 7 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Are You in the Detroit/Ann Arbor Area Tomorrow? If so, I encourage you to attend the premiere, on U-Mich campus, of a new film: Life is for the Living , a documentary about the people, the ... |
arubyan | 03/11/2008 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| Black Skin Eddie Izzard : All that people care about is the look, because there's figures on this. 70% of what people react to is the look, you know, |
arubyan | 03/12/2008 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| Democrats: Turn the Page Already (POLL) I've been out of town for the last several days visiting family. So I've followed the DNC meetings only somewhat and the Puerto Rican primary even less. I've been reading a few online blogs. And it ... |
arubyan | 06/02/2008 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| The Black Cat Affair [Note: This is the first draft of a treatment that I'm writing. I'd appreciate your feedback on it. Feel free to offer suggestions on structure, pacing, political shading, even technical details, |
arubyan | 12/27/2008 | 7 | 5 | 2 | - |
| “So let us begin anew...” [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
Most inaugural addresses have a pretty short shelf life. They don't endure past the ... |
arubyan | 01/08/2009 | 7 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Urge your Senator TODAY to vote NO on Alito | arubyan | 01/16/2006 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| 2006 Elections: Congressional Oversight of the Executive | arubyan | 02/16/2006 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Stem Cells: Something for Everyone, A Comedy Tonight! | arubyan | 07/17/2006 | 8 | 7 | - | 89 |
| (Video) Vote Republican: Because Jesus Hates Democrats | arubyan | 10/06/2006 | 8 | 3 | - | - |
| We'll Die In A Lake Of Fire Unless You Vote Republican | arubyan | 10/09/2006 | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| (Video) What we'll lose if Net Neutrality dies | arubyan | 10/30/2006 | 8 | 5 | - | 10 |
| Our Iraq Exit Strategy: The Once and Future Strongman? (Cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Is it possible that Iraq may again, sooner rather than later, be ruled by ... |
arubyan | 11/27/2006 | 8 | 4 | - | - |
| 2008/DOA: Welcome To My Nightmare I really believe that the US attorney story has nothing to do with the tamping-down of investigations into Republican corruption.
I think Cheney is moving the chess pieces into place to ... |
arubyan | 03/07/2007 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Date Certain: Wake Me Up When September Ends So Obama and Clinton voted against the Iraq war supplemental, as did Pelosi.
But not Murtha : |
arubyan | 05/25/2007 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Top 10 October Surprises (POLL) From the home office in Sedona, Arizona: The Top 10 October Surprises in this year's campaign: |
arubyan | 09/28/2008 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| How to Stop the Flow of Money Between Corporations & Politicians Bob Herbert:
While millions of ordinary Americans are struggling with unemployment and declining standards of living, |
arubyan | 02/13/2011 | 8 | - | - | 80 |
| I'm looking for two committed activists | arubyan | 02/17/2006 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Historical precedent for Gitmo suicides | arubyan | 06/12/2006 | 9 | 5 | - | 2 |
| NH-02: Hodes for Congress (A "Had Enough?" video) | arubyan | 07/12/2006 | 9 | 2 | - | - |
| Obama: A Bigger Maverick than McCain -- or Palin (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
Republicans loooooooooooove to ask "Who is Obama, really?" ... |
arubyan | 10/23/2008 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| Detroit: Answer the Call (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ] |
arubyan | 11/20/2008 | 9 | 4 | - | - |
| We Haven't Hit Bottom Yet (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ] |
arubyan | 11/24/2008 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| Why bin Laden is still walking free | arubyan | 01/20/2006 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| I favor the separation of Church and War | arubyan | 02/05/2006 | 10 | 8 | - | - |
| Rep. X voted w/GOP "95% of the time..." Source? | arubyan | 06/19/2006 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Bush free from torture prosecution, c. 11/26/97. Why then? | arubyan | 10/02/2006 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Political Science 101: It's All About "67+290" (cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
Let's stipulate that if the Democratic majority in Congress intends to ... |
arubyan | 05/29/2007 | 10 | 8 | - | 44 |
| LA-06: GOP Poll Shows Cazayoux Beating Jenkins According to Eric Kleefeld an internal GOP poll shows Republican Woody Jenkins is in danger ... |
arubyan | 04/03/2008 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Hillary's Ultimate Closing Argument to SDs Shorter Hillary Clinton: "Barack can't win in November because I will destroy him long before that. So you should give me the nomination, because you know I'm your only chance at the White House." |
arubyan | 04/24/2008 | 10 | 1 | 1 | - |
| What I'd Do Next If I Were Obama In short, I wouldn't make any big changes in my message. Obama's core message, the change he wants to deliver, is "One America." So whatever he says and does at this point should be focused on that. |
arubyan | 04/25/2008 | 10 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Howard Dean Talks to My Son My son is a huge fan of Hillary Clinton and took it pretty hard when she lost to Barack Obama. He's even threatened to vote for John McCain. Well, Saturday the DNC and Howard Dean brought their cross- |
arubyan | 07/20/2008 | 10 | 22 | - | 37 |
| Palin: Yet Another Corrupt Alaska Republican (POLL) [cross posted at E Pluribus Unum ]
If you're a public servant in Alaska I guess every day is ... |
arubyan | 10/22/2008 | 10 | 1 | - | - |
| Bush: "You’ll all be dead by the end of this year." (cross posted at E Pluribus Unum )
It was a morning, not unlike this morning, at a stateside military base not ... |
arubyan | 01/14/2008 | 11 | 8 | - | 32 |
| Obama & the Role of Emotion in Politics (Poll) One of the arguments I often get into with my Republican friends (and also with my friends who are backing Hillary) is that Obama is all about...well, here's how one of them put it (I'll let you ... |
arubyan | 05/16/2008 | 11 | 5 | 1 | - |