Upcoming Social Security Battle Frames
You know it is coming With Bush's "mandate" the privatation of Social Security is coming (even though before the election when Kerry said in speeches that Bush would do this - Kerry was accused of...
View ArticleDemocrats Frame - Balanced Government
what ever happen to balanced government meme? i remember that when Clinton was President Every talking head and pundit in the SCLM would spout the stat that Americans overwhelming favor balanced...
View ArticleMust Read in Rolling Stone Magazine Krugman on Social Security
Krugman really shows what a sham this "crisis " is.The Fake Crisis my favorite factoidOn the day the trust fund is exhausted, Social Security revenue will cover about eighty percent of the cost of...
View ArticleCool NYC event
Concerts for Change and Cosmopolity have organized a panel discussion this Friday evening on the relationship between independent progressive groups and the DNC. (And the Brewnettes' Winter of Our...
View ArticleKatrina vanden Heuvel (editor from the nation) was on pundit roundtable on...
i was amazed that Katrina vanden Heuvel was on Chris Matthews show as part of their pundit roundtable. To me this bodes well for the emerging progressive movement. Katrina vanden Heuvel would never...
View Articlea new republican meme
one thing i have noticed in these social security debates is that every right winger manages to add the phrase (i am paraphasing here)"it is too George Bush's credit that he is couragous to start...
View ArticleGreenspan must go!
If you didn't notice yesterday the Fed Chair who rubberstamped two reckless Bush tax cuts is backing Bush's privatization plans.Greenspan Backs Private Soc. Sec. Accounts Let's look back at Greenspan's...
View Articleal franken returning to sundance channel
Just announced al franken returning to sundance channelThe televised version of "The Al Franken Show" will return to Sundance Channel in response to "audience demand," the network announced recently....
View ArticleOh my god -- Daily Kos inching closer to MSM
Amazing that within a few hours of posting a discussion thread it makes an AP storyGreenspan comes under unprecedented political fire Internet blogs, an increasingly vocal voice in public affairs, were...
View Articlesaw joe biden yesterday
I saw Joe Biden was at MOMA in NYC on saturday morning- he was walking around the museum - i was so tempted to talk (confront) him about his support of bankruptcy bill but he was going thru the...
View ArticleGOP voters get what they voted for Part 2
Just notice this in NY Times article on new Bankruptcy BillBankruptcy Bill Set for Passage; Victory for BushIn a letter to Congress two weeks ago, 104 bankruptcy law professors predicted that "the...
View ArticleReid should be planning for after Fillibuster is removed
I glad to see Reid isn't part of these compremise talks because they are a waste of time. It is funny that moderate Democratic Senators still hold out hope for "compromise". If one thing we have...
View ArticleNYC Democratic Mayoral Candidate Forum Report.
I went to a "Meet the NY Mayoral Democratic Candidates" event yesterday (sunday) put together by Downtown For Democracy It was very interesting forum and an opportunity to see all the candidates
View Articlethe Joshua Generation
this week an amazing (and amazingly scary ) article is in the New YorkerGOD AND COUNTRY It is about Patrick Henry College, in Purcellville, Virginia which is the preferred college for homeschooled...
View ArticleWhy Bloomberg will win NYC Mayor Election
Amazing you have a BILLION running a self funded 100 MILLION DOLLAR campaign .. and yet he manages to woo democratic fundraisers.Bloomberg Tries to Woo Democratic Donors Away From His Rivals in the...
View ArticleTwo special congressional elections , two iraq war vets , two democrats
It is funny but while Karl Rove slanders democrats for being unpatriotic there are two special congressional elections this year (that i know of) they are eerily similar in that BOTH democratic...
View ArticleNot the Godfather -- The Untouchables
It isn't characters from the Godfather but rather a quote for the Untouchables that should guide the democratic party. Malone: You said you wanted to get Capone. Do you really wanna get him? You see...
View ArticleBobo alert!!
I just saw bobo on Newshour doing his roundtable with Mark Shields . They were talking about the Marines that die this week in Iraq and Bush's falling approval rating. Bobo pull out the factoid that...
View ArticleVote today in NYC
just got back from voting today in Democratic Primary in NYC many of Democratic candidates end up running unopposed or extremely weak opposition in general election so the Democratic primary is the...
View ArticleIs this another bogus Terror Alert?
I am surprised the netroots crowd hasn't chimed in on this latest terror alert. It very coincidental that just as Bush's polls sag to new lows, His chief of staff is a hair's breath away from being...
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