Court Throws Nader off PA Ballot
There have been a number of good signs in my native state recently, most notably that RoveCo. is no longer prioritizing advertising there. Now we have this:A state court knocked Ralph Nader off...
View ArticleDid CBS nix the Florida poll entirely?
As was discussed at MyDD, Atrios, and here in the dKos diaries yesterday, there were rumors that a CBS News/NY Times poll had come back with Kerry up 9, but had been sent back due to its...
View ArticleNew New Jersey Poll: Kerry safely ahead
The obligatory apologies if this has already been posted, but a search didn't turn up anything. Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind Poll released to day shows Kerry up 45-38 (47-40 with...
View ArticleThe Reign of Witches
This showed up in my inbox today; I haven't seen it here yet and thought it stunningly appropriate:Thomas Jefferson, from a letter he sent in 1798 after the passage of the Sedition Act:"A little...
View ArticleThe Irrational Voter
The below is an edited and expanded version of a posting I had made on Political Strategy last week. This "extended edition" appears in part because I wanted to tie in a few of the very good diaries...
View ArticleHey George Soros, Hire Me!
One of the items that really caught my eye in reading Don't Think of an Elephant was the statistic that 80% of talking heads on TV originate from the various conservative think tanks. (I don't know...
View ArticleThis is not a Diary
I have hesitated to get involved in the debates over what is and isn't appropriate to post here on dKos. Kid Oakland and others seemed to be covering that territory nicely (perhaps more stridently...
View ArticleSome Want Recount in Ohio After Bengals Beat Browns 58-48
(Nov. 29, Kossian Wire Services) - Reports are emerging from Ohio concerning possible irregularities in yesterday's shootout between the Browns and Bengals in Cincinnati, which the Bengals won 58 to 48...
View ArticleHoward Dean at Stanford: To Chair or not To Chair? [Updated: now w/poll]
[editor's note, by sdf] Okay I've added a poll now.This is an edited repost of an entry I put up the other day at Political Strategy. I hesitated at first to put it up here, since it is more reporting...
View ArticleBeat Santorum Site Up
After a discussion on the late night Eschaton-thread, well-regarded Eschaton commenter Thersites has set up a "Beat Rick" blog (that's http://beat-santorum.blogspot.com) with the goal of centralizing...
View ArticleNYT Bureau Chief: Are We Lapdogs for the Bush Administration?
[Cross-posted at Political Strategy] Yes, you read that right. At a panel discussion Monday at Stanford University on "Adversarial or Deferential Journalism: Press Performance in the Post-9/11 Era,"...
View ArticleJustice Department "Concerned" about Reid's Remarks
From the AP StoryWASHINGTON - The Justice Department is edging into the Senate controversy over judicial nominees, writing key lawmakers after Democratic Leader Harry Reid publicly referred to an FBI...
View ArticleADL Blasts Novak Comment as Abhorrent
[Apologies if this already appeared, but the diary search feature didn't turn up anything] As was reported (here and here) at dKos over the weekend, Robert Novak compared Democratic resistance to the...
View ArticleADL Blasts Santorum
The rapid response from the Anti-Defamation League (pushed by the urgent emails from several of us Kossacks) to both the Novak and Santorum Nazi references has been impressive. They have posted their...
View ArticleI Voted to Raise Taxes Today
The election of the Guvernator showed that despite being a solid blue state, Californians are still easily seduced by a man who promises that they can have their cake and eat it too. (Thankfully,...
View ArticleRove Blasts dKos 3.0
In a speech to the Cheeto Munching Basement Dwelling Fighting Keyboarders Association (CMBDFKA) this morning, Bush adviser Karl Rove made the following remarks:
View ArticleBush's Biggest Lie
[Cross Posted from Political Strategy. I hesitated putting it up here, since it covers achingly familiar ground, but wanted to add my thoughts on the Politics of Demonization ...] Awfully...
View ArticleAP Headline: White House Won't Comment on Rove, Leak
The AP already has a story up on today's press gaggle (diary at top of recommended list here), and they drill Scotty (and his masters) something good:WASHINGTON - For two years, the White House has...
View ArticleBush Refuses to Comment on Rove
I'll delete this if it's already up, but I didn't see it. From the just released AP story:WASHINGTON - President Bush said Wednesday that he will withhold judgment about top aide Karl Rove's...
View ArticleCasey Increases Lead over Santorum
[The usual apologies and I'll delete if this has already been posted, but a quick search did not turn up anything.] A new Quinnipiac poll is out this morning:Pennsylvania Treasurer Bob Casey Jr.'s...
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