Ten Questions Mitt Romney *needs* to be asked tonight
Everyone is putting out diaries giving advice to Obama.I'm taking a different tack here, listing ten questions that Mitt Romney needs to be made to answer (if that's possible--I would expect him to try...
View ArticleForeign Policy Debate: A Romney gambit to watch out for
In debate #1, Romney surprised everyone, including the President, with a hard tack to the center. President Obama wasn't ready for it, and looked flustered, and turned in a poor performance. (Which...
View ArticleObama back over 70% in 538 forecast
292 EV (Actually, 291.6)http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
View ArticleWhat Richard Trumka et al need to say: Voting for Romney=SCAB
We all remember the brilliant speech that the AFL-CIO's Richard Trumka gave at the 2008 DNC, blasting the notion that any union member should vote against Barack Obama because of his race.That speech...
View ArticleIf you're seeing pornographic ads on Daily Kos, a likely fix
Earlier today, I was browsing Daily Kos, and happened to the diary Dick Morris: Obama Blew It. No sooner did the article load than the various GOTV ads on the top and the side of the page were...
View ArticleRegarding the Fiscal Bump: It's simple, really
I'll make this short and sweet:* Negotiations are ongoing. The parameters of the negotiations will change Jan 1, and may change again in March or so.* Until a deal is done, everything that is said...
View ArticleLes Miserables parody: Speaker of the House
Lots of things going on this weekend. Bowl season the end of the year. A film version of the musical Les Miserables is now playing in theaters (unfortunately, none of the lead actors in the film...
View ArticleAnswers to the drone question
Today, the political world has been fascinated by Rand Paul's filibuster of the Brennan nomination to the CIA, over Eric Holder's weasly comments on whether and when drone strikes on US soil would be...
View ArticleThe Silver Lining
Obviously, tonight sucked. But as the saying goes, crisis provides opportunity. 2016 is two years away. And other than this sentence, I promise (in this post) not to mention Hillary, pro or con.
View ArticleYou wanna negotiate? Let's negotiate.
First off, where I stand on the Democratic nominating contest: I’m in the will-vote-for-the-nominee camp; either Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton is far preferable to Donald Trump—no contest. On...
View ArticleWhat if it were John Kerry leading the Democratic race?
Imagine a slightly alternate universe—one in which Hillary Clinton, after serving one term as Obama’s secretary of state, shocks the political world and announces her retirement from politics....
View ArticleA thought experiment, on the possible end of democracy.
Here’s a thought experiment for you:What if someone—with the power to make it happen—came and said to you: “Vote for me, and I’ll make sure the Republicans never win another election. Vote for me, and...
View ArticleI Am the Very Model of a Very Stable Genius Type
With apologies to Gilbert and Sullivan….I am the very model of a Very Stable Genius typeI’m reinventing politics, and you all should believe the hypeBecause I am the President of the most bigly...
View ArticleWalMart closes over 60 Sam's Club stores nationwide
...abruptly laying off the workers therein, in some cases. In more than a few locations, workers showed up for work to find the doors locked.www.businessinsider.com/…On one hand, I won’t shed many...
View ArticleIndicting Nunes: What misconduct does the Speech and Debate clause protect?
There is a strong feeling upon many of us, that at least some of the Congressional Republicans—in particular, Congressman Nunes—have crossed the line from rough-and-tumble partisan politics to criminal...
View ArticleWatch out, folks: It's rat-****ing time
We’re six months out from the November election—and already the you-know-what has started. Nobody knows (at least nobody who posts here and who can talk!) what will happen in the next six months: how...
View ArticleDo you know what else can't be pardoned? Crimes against humanity
A lot of the discussion around Robert Mueller’s investigation of Trump and his various co-conspirators is the possibility of presidential pardons undermining the investigation. So far, it hasn’t...
View ArticleAmendment XXVIII
The 28th Amendment to the Constitution, should simply say:Payment, disbursement, transfer, collection, or taxation of Money or any other fungible thing of Value, shall not be considered to be Speech...
View ArticleYes, you should be worried about the judge's bizarre behavior in the Virginia...
The first case resulting from Robert Mueller’s investigation to go to trial, is that of Paul Manafort in Virginia. (He will also be tried on similar charges in DC after the conclusion of this trial,...
View ArticleWhat if there is a 50-50 split in the Senate?
I’m not talking about what happens if there is a 50-50 floor vote on Kavanaugh; we already know the answer to that.I’m talking about the question of what happens if the Democrats gain a single seat in...
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Local Sinclair TV station refers to "Criminal Intelligence Agency"
Despite being a rather liberal city, much of the mainstream media in this town is conservative; and that includes our local Sinclair affiliate, KATU-TV (Channel 2). Today, while glancing at their...
View ArticleDid Congressman Nadler spill some beans on the train, and if if true, good...
The Mightly Wurlitzer is busy blasting, with all ranks and stops, a supposed scoop by Molly Hemingway of The Federalist. According to her, she sat within earshot of Congressman Jerrold Nadler has he...
View ArticleMight we see a new POTUS before the end of the year?
This is ENTIRELY conjecture at this point, but the proverbial hounds appear to be more and more closing in on the DOTUS. Which means—it might be time for the GOP to cut their losses.After all, on Jan...
View ArticleIs the media trying to goad Hillary into the race?
(Or is something else afoot)?Hillary Clinton, our 2016 nominee who so far has given no indication of interest in a 2020 campaign (and has explicitly said that she’s NOT running), did get in the news...
View ArticleCongratulations to Joe Biden, winner of Tuesday's debate
Now that it’s been two days since Tuesday’s debate, and it’s now apparent who the winner is—it’s good old Uncle Joe. While Biden’s performance on the stage was not particularly impressive, he avoided...
View ArticleThe argument we should NOT be having
Tomorrow is the Iowa caucuses, as the first delegate-awarding fixture of the 2020 campaign season gets underway. At this point, it’s unclear who is going to win Iowa—or the nomination. Sanders and...
View ArticleSo wazzup with the polls, and should we be concerned?
This evening, the 538 polling average moved about 2 points or so in the direction of the Mango Menace; at the time I write this it stands at a net -6.4% (dis)approval rating, with 51% disapproving and...
View ArticleYo Bernie: Who are you callin'"establishment"?
First off, disclosing my biases. Warren is my first choice, and I will vote for whoever is the nominee. If it’s Bernie, I will cast that ballot proudly. (If it were M*****l B*******g or T***i...
View ArticleAbout those Tara Reade allegations
There’s been a lot of articles on the Tara Reade sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden today. Quite a few of ‘em are crapola, either treating Reade’s allegations as the gospel truth, or...
View ArticleRat-f*cking season is upon us
It is now six months before the election. Trump is trailing in the polls, covid-19 and his incompetent (if not worse) response to it has tanked his glorious economy, the GOP is behind in the generic...
View ArticleHow Trump Might Try to Steal the 2020 Election
Actually, there are many ways that Trump and the GOP might try and steal the election, and none of them are an excuse for anyone to sit on their hands and not vote. But here’s one possibility… and a...
View ArticleNow that Trump has finally worn a mask...
...it is time to consider how our politics will be affected going forward.I expect, in roughly this order:* Ann Coulter, or some similar sheepdog of the right whose job it is to keep the flock together...
View ArticleOh Captain! My Captain! Whitman's famous poem, revised for Donald Trump
Since tonight begins the finale of Tom Six’s cinematic “masterpiece”, The Human Centipede 4: Trump Sequence (or as it more commonly known, the “2020 Republican National Convention), some poetry is in...
View ArticleSince there have been a plethora of "we're doomed!!!" diaries of late...
My advice is: relax. Pay attention to the polling, in particular the polling aggregates. I like 538, some others prefer RCP. Don’t sweat individual polls that look bad, outliers happen and are a...
View ArticleI Am The Very Model Of a Rigged Attorney General
Y’all know the tune…I Am the Very Model Of a Rigged Attorney GeneralI run the show at Justice where corruption is perennialI know the tsars of Russia, from Peter down to Vladdy PI’ve even seen the...
View ArticleShould the Dems sit out the Cone-firmation hearings
Josh Marshall of TPM thinks that the Democrats should essentially walk out of the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett: You can’t insist a process is illegitimate while granting it legitimacy,...
View ArticleAre the Republicans plotting a "legislative coup" to steal the election?
Josh Marshall has an interesting take on the recent SCOTUS ruling out of Pennsylvania, turning back a GOP attempt to ban counting votes received after Election Day: talkingpointsmemo.com/…In the case...
View ArticleAll About the Likes (Meghan Trainor parody)
The following is dedicated to Matt Gaetz and all the rest of the MAGAts now whining that their follower count has gone down that large number of QAnon trolls have been booted off social media.Without...
View ArticleShould we decline critical care to Covid patients who refused to be vaccinated?
This is not a nice post.This is, in many ways a terrible, horrible post. Any time we have to talk about rationing, about triage, about making decisions as to who lives and dies, that’s not a nice...
View ArticleOh noes! The beltway press agrees, the Dems are going to get clobbered
There is a big media narrative, often echoed in diaries and comments here (sometimes for legitimate arguments, other times for trolling and morale-busting from the usual suspects), that the Dems Are...
View ArticleWhy Trump's lawsuit re presidential records should be thrown out
As you have no doubt heard, the former guy is now filing the suit seeking to block the National Archives from giving Trump Administration records to the House Select Committee investigating 1/6. No...
View ArticleShakespeare's Birthday: I am the V'ry Model of an Avonic Stratfordian
[The stage of the Globe. It is the 26th of April, the birthday of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, a playwright, and he is present at a party in his honour, along with a host of INVESTORS, ACTORS, STAGEHANDS, and...
View ArticleOn the homeless crisis, the political peril for Oregon Democrats, and what to...
A recent set of polling recently conducted by Oregon Public Broadcasting revealed some bad news for Democrats in the state, in a gubernatorial election year: voters are not happy, and many are blaming...
View ArticleNobody Wants To Sell Cars Any More! A parable
This story, as told, is a work of fiction. All resemblances to any living persons is a coincidence, yadda yadda. The standard disclaimer found in the cover of any (modern) fiction book, on the end...
View ArticleSo.... what is going on with the polls, exactly?
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Starting about 3-4 weeks ago, there were lots of stories floating about in the media about the ebbing of the blue wave. However, for most of those weeks, it...
View ArticleYoung Voters Saved our Asses Tonight. Now Democrats Must Repay Them
The conventional wisdom, going into this evening, was that Dems were going to get their butts kicked. The polling averages all showed significant GOP leads. Certain blue-state governorships, and a...
View Article"Rich Men North of Richmond" is racist trash, and should not be used to prove...
Hoo boy.Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich, who is often right about many things but has a few unfortunate blind spots, apparently donned the sleep mask and covered his eyes writing a piece on...
View Article"Rich Men North of Richmond" is still racist trash, but how to handle folks...
Last week or thereabouts, in the midst of Donald Trump getting indicted for the ten thousandth time, the ongoing war on Ukraine, fires and storms and other products of global warming, and the usual...
View ArticleThree questions that Presidential horserace polls need to ask
It seems every time there is a public poll with Trump leading Biden for the 2024 presidential election, there is a lot of “Biden Is Doomed” coverage in the noozmedia, and suggestions that Biden should...
View ArticleIt's Judge McAfee, not Fani Willis, who should be removed from the Atlanta...
I’ve praised Judge McAfee before, and he seems (despite his Federalist Society history) to be, at least in terms of his courtroom demeanor and his reputation, to be a fair jurist. And I’m not going to...
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