| Title | Author | Published | Views | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA Today Poll: Public Opinion ALREADY Turning in Our Favor Well, that didn't take long. And the GOP knew it, which is why they fought so hard against HCR passing. USA Today ran a poll last night, or perhaps over the last couple of nights, and the results ... |
lapis | 03/23/2010 | 529 | 709 | 18 | 623 |
| Inaction on HCR means Dems lose me I'm one of those rah-rah Obama cheerleaders who "real" progressive denigrate as, well, "rah-rah Obamaphiles." Unlike some fellow activists, I do not expect the perfect president, the perfect congress, |
lapis | 01/20/2010 | 8 | 5 | - | 10 |
| Whole Foods Boycott Hits the NEW YORK TIMES Finally, the NYT "Opinionator" picks it up, including lots of he said-she said. As of 11:30pm EDT, there are already more than 450 comments to the post. |
lapis | 08/17/2009 | 60 | 56 | 1 | 42 |
| Ben Cardin Town Hall Open Thread/Liveblog I live-blogged the town hall in MD.
He's making an opening statement, trying to head off lies. Already people skeptical about everyone being able to keep their own private insurance.
Says pre-... |
lapis | 08/12/2009 | 56 | 12 | - | 28 |
| Claire McCaskill Town Hall Liveblog I watched her town hall now on cnn.com. I started in the middle, but decided it was worth liveblogging:
Says she supports a public plan.
Abortion funding not in the plan. Tort reform not in the ... |
lapis | 08/10/2009 | 26 | 34 | - | 22 |
| Specter remembers his new party -- reverses himself on Coleman I'm obviously not a fan of Specter and continue to be highly skeptical that pushing him to move to the Dem caucus was a wise choice, but his comments about Coleman were beyond the pale. If he hadn't ... |
lapis | 05/05/2009 | 82 | 20 | - | 17 |
| Wow -- Mullen Agrees with Obama (from tonight!) This little bit of gold could not be more buried in an otherwise excellent WaPo piece for tomorrow entitled "Obama Shifts the Foreign Policy Debate" . But two shockers from the piece:
1) ... |
lapis | 07/22/2008 | 7 | 28 | - | 28 |
| Prediction Thread -- WSJ/NBC Poll Margin Tonight Well, the first big post-unity poll is coming out tonight from NBC/WSJ and by all teasers, Obama is going to be ahead. The question is by how much. Just for kicks, I thought I'd start a prediction ... |
lapis | 06/11/2008 | 78 | 6 | - | 14 |
| Proud Liberal Journalists Write Open Letter to ABC I saw this link at Ben's place, and I LOVE the letter -- and the list of people who signed it. I found it interesting that Joe Conason signed on as well. Just goes to show, the ABC debate was a ... |
lapis | 04/18/2008 | 12 | 35 | 3 | 20 |
| NYT/CBS Poll: Obama Rises in Voter Popularity Looks like a poll coming out tonight from NYT/CBS is going to be positive for Obama. He is 10 pts. above Clinton in favorability.
This poll has tended to be a bit better for Obama (just like in the ... |
lapis | 02/25/2008 | 21 | 12 | - | - |
| UPDATED: Frank Rich - Brutal Column for Clinton (Added new Iowa POTUS Poll) Frank Rich has another brutal column for the Clinton campaign to face. He takes the campaign apart piece by piece, and ... |
lapis | 02/23/2008 | 553 | 481 | 14 | 40 |
| TX Congressman from Bush's District Endorses Obama Chet Edwards (and one of those Super-Duper Dems!) went with Obama today, which is fantastic. I don't know anything about him, and since he is from what Charlie Cook called the "reddest district in ... |
lapis | 02/18/2008 | 28 | 35 | - | 8 |
| If a Media Scandal "Falls in the Forest," Does it Make a Sound? Is anyone else as amazed at the media silence around the Shuster/Clinton debacle as I am? Talk about circling the wagons. The complete and utter lack of coverage by any of the major networks or by ... |
lapis | 02/11/2008 | 18 | 1 | - | - |
| Help Keep Shuster from Being Fired I was completely supportive of Team Clinton's outrage yesterday and thought the suspension was justified, but Clinton sent a letter to NBC saying that his suspension is not sufficient. It's implied ... |
lapis | 02/09/2008 | 292 | 30 | 1 | 8 |
| AZ Robocall from HRC - How is this not lying? Team Hillary is back to lying in mailers and robocalls. Apparently there are more lies about Obama's 100% pro-choice positions in CT and now a robocall in AZ, the co-retirement capital of the U.S., ... |
lapis | 02/05/2008 | 72 | 17 | - | - |
| Oprah's Baaaaaack! Let the naysayers begin to say Nay.
Apparently she is going to join Michelle at a rally in L.A. on Sunday. Superbowl counter-programming anyone? |
lapis | 02/01/2008 | 57 | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| NH Smear-peddlers for Clintons want to Kiss & Make up with Obama Supporters Like many Obama supporters, I was pretty outraged by the lies (yes, LIES) Team Clinton sent out in mailing pieces in Iowa and New Hampshire regarding Obama's 100% POSITIVE pro-choice record. Now, ... |
lapis | 01/18/2008 | 62 | 25 | - | 14 |
| Must-read post from Matt Bai at NYT: Open Letter to the Clintons Matt Bai has been blogging at NYT's "The Caucus," and he just posted a thoughtful, insightful piece ... |
lapis | 01/14/2008 | 35 | 38 | 1 | 4 |
| If Obama wins, here are two small reasons I just read two interesting anecdotes on Iowa Independent, one of which I can back up with my own, that may help fill in the picture tomorrow ... |
lapis | 01/02/2008 | 15 | 33 | 1 | 1 |
| Letterman strikes a deal with WGA! Leave it to good-guy Letterman to be the FIRST to get a deal done with the WGA so he can come back to work with his writers and not cross a picket line. I realize he has an ... |
lapis | 12/28/2007 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 5 |
| MTP Guests on Jan 6 - Request a Neutral Panel I know it's early, but I think we should respectfully ask the MTP producers not to include Carville, Matalin or any other panelists who have stated alliances to one of the campaigns on their Jan 6 ... |
lapis | 12/12/2007 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| David Yepsen Says Obama Hit it Out of the Park! (with video) I was looking around for Yepsen's take and finally found it -- he raved about Obama's speech and organization last night, and said that if he wins Iowa, the JJ event will be considered a turning ... |
lapis | 11/11/2007 | 379 | 153 | 2 | 31 |
| IL-10 Dan Seals - on the ground | lapis | 11/02/2006 | 7 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 4 Days Left -- even more motivation for GOTV | lapis | 10/29/2004 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Michigan poll: K48, B43 | lapis | 10/15/2004 | 16 | 3 | - | - |
| It's Friday -- what are your GOTV plans for the weekend? | lapis | 10/15/2004 | 15 | 1 | - | - |
| John O'Neill back on Nightline tonight | lapis | 10/14/2004 | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| F911 DVD already having an effect | lapis | 10/10/2004 | 198 | 43 | - | 8 |
| Leahy invited to VP debate | lapis | 10/05/2004 | 28 | 7 | - | - |
| Chicago Dems head to Wisconsin -- and Repubs stay home | lapis | 10/04/2004 | 20 | 1 | - | - |
| Wisconsin - Seeking the Unlikely Voter | lapis | 09/26/2004 | 38 | 59 | - | 1 |
| CNN decides to 'fact check' | lapis | 09/24/2004 | 10 | 6 | - | - |
| For the Edwards skeptics | lapis | 09/24/2004 | 39 | 53 | - | - |
| Bush's healthcare plan -- Did you know? | lapis | 09/18/2004 | 96 | 100 | - | 12 |
| Kerry op-ed in WSJ today | lapis | 09/16/2004 | 20 | 8 | - | - |
| The Dem leaks keep on coming | lapis | 09/05/2004 | 91 | 2 | - | - |
| Moveon PAC's 'Switch' ad campaign starts today | lapis | 08/30/2004 | 14 | 3 | - | - |
| Tell Kurtz -- MoveonPAC is NOT a 527 | lapis | 08/29/2004 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
| Rubin retracting his statement on Kerry and Iraq | lapis | 08/24/2004 | 8 | 2 | - | - |
| Buchanan slams Bush in new book | lapis | 08/22/2004 | 13 | 4 | - | - |
| And the next front starts - Conason has the scoop | lapis | 08/19/2004 | 24 | 7 | - | - |
| Errol Morris in New Yorker -- Creating Political Switch Ads | lapis | 08/18/2004 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Democrats Outhustling GOP in Florida | lapis | 08/16/2004 | 18 | 9 | - | 2 |
| New Bush Ad -- Spreading Democracy | lapis | 08/13/2004 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| Kucinich fantastic Kerry surrogate | lapis | 08/13/2004 | 10 | 3 | - | - |
| Bush Secrecy and Loyalty Oathes coming back to haunt him | lapis | 08/11/2004 | 15 | 12 | - | - |
| Nightline thread | lapis | 08/09/2004 | 32 | - | - | - |
| Hannity on Franken Now! | lapis | 07/27/2004 | 64 | - | - | - |
| More good trends in NV: Bush up by only 3 | lapis | 07/26/2004 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Political Junkies -- OH focus group on C-Span | lapis | 07/24/2004 | 79 | - | - | - |
| WSJ/NBC Poll -- Bush 44 / Kerry 40 | lapis | 07/22/2004 | 28 | - | - | - |
| Sign the MoveOn petition against the Hate Amendment | lapis | 07/12/2004 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Another potential contender to Obama drops out | lapis | 07/08/2004 | 11 | - | - | 1 |
| GOP Miracle in South Florida | lapis | 06/28/2004 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Obama's opponent: Divorce records to be UNSEALED | lapis | 06/18/2004 | 48 | - | - | 1 |
| State polls from MSNBC - Kerry way up | lapis | 05/26/2004 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Geneva Convention -- Yes or No? | lapis | 05/08/2004 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Obama's Candidacy -- Beyond Race | lapis | 05/02/2004 | 9 | - | - | 1 |
| A Sound-Bite World | lapis | 04/26/2004 | 2 | - | - | - |
| New Political Books Get Great Reviews | lapis | 04/11/2004 | - | - | - | - |
| Newsweek Poll: We're Winning | lapis | 04/10/2004 | 12 | - | - | - |
| Franken & MoveOn ask for our help | lapis | 04/02/2004 | 1 | - | - | - |
| FCC doesn't know when to quit | lapis | 04/01/2004 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Contest: Find Pre-9/11 Reference to AQ from the White House | lapis | 03/25/2004 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Ralph Nader Strategy | lapis | 03/21/2004 | 35 | - | - | - |
| Bush/Cheney ad - ugh | lapis | 03/18/2004 | 9 | - | - | - |
| New MoveOn.org ad | lapis | 03/17/2004 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Chuck Hagel slams Bush in CNN interview | lapis | 03/15/2004 | 20 | - | - | - |