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Ah you make me remember that

artappraiser — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 01:46:13 +0000

Ah you make me remember that TPMCafe had this very same problem when they switched from Scoop to Drupal, I believe it was worse then--the Drupal they used had no indents at all, just left margin in line. Everyone was complaining about the switch, Andrew Golis (now @ Yahoo) as his first assignment was to take care of the Cafe audience software complaints and put back in features they had with Scoop that they wanted in the new Drupal, only then he would get to work on the content. Maybe he remembers what he had done to get the features it eventually had (especially because there was a lot of bitchin' and Marshall cared a lot more about the Cafe back then.)

Seems to me that feature

Michael Wolraich — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:17:09 +0000

In reply to So are you saying you like

Seems to me that feature shouldn't be too hard to add to dagblog display pages.

Ha. Easy for you to say. The secret to dagblog's cutting edge technology is that I hardly code anything. I do almost everything by snapping together third-party drupal modules. So if you can find a drupal module to do that, I'm all for it, but I don't think they've got it.

Welcome back, btw.

So are you saying you like

acanuck — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:33:07 +0000

In reply to Ingenious yet stupid at the

So are you saying you like the idea, Genghis, or what?

Actually, when people were talking about lining up rulers to the screen, I recalled using some program (can't remember which) that had a grabbable, movable red line near the left-hand side of the page, which you could pull to any point in order to line things up (like pix or text boxes). Seems to me that feature shouldn't be too hard to add to dagblog display pages. The line could even snap to grid, removing any chance of reader confusion. In long, involved, multi-party discussions (and that's dagblog's specialty), that would actually help sort out participants' replies.

Just a suggestion.

In case you missed David

artappraiser — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 02:09:15 +0000

In reply to Follow the Drinking Gourd

In case you missed David Kurtz's take (like I did until now,) you should check it out:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/12/seminal_moment_1.php

I doubt that this

anna am — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:32:42 +0000

In reply to Interesting take. I find the

I doubt that this wrecked economy of ours is going to recover in the next two years. And, if unemployment is reduced at all, it'll be by near negligible amounts.

He's a one term president. The only thing that could save him now is a war or a new terrorist event, which could be local and homegrown. Timothy McVeigh seriously helped Clinton's stature out.

As a supporter, still, I

Oxy Mora — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:59:47 +0000

In reply to This is the best debate I've

As a supporter, still, I think your point on a "valiant uncompromising stand" is a very perceptive one. To do that seems to require more risk than his DNA allows. So I'm not counting on it even though it would make me feel better about him.

Obey, great comments. I do

Oxy Mora — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:38:32 +0000

In reply to Interesting take. I find the

Obey, great comments. I do think the Tea Party will provide Obama ample opportunity to throw the base some red meat.

The economy certainly matters

Michael Wolraich — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:09:12 +0000

In reply to Interesting take. I find the

The economy certainly matters more than anything else, but that doesn't mean that the Democratic base doesn't matter. If liberal voters stay home or vote for third party candidates, it can influence elections, as Al Gore learned. It doesn't matter whether they stay home because they feel betrayed or because they do not feel that Obama represents their interests; the point is that he needs their votes.

So he really does have to wear both hats. He has to compromise and work with the other side, but he also has to give'em hell sometimes. I think that Reagan was pretty good at that. He had to work with Democrats in order to accomplish anything, but he nonetheless earned the eternal adoration of the Republican base for taking strong stands on causes they believed in.

The only thing that matters

Atheist — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 18:11:25 +0000

In reply to Interesting take. I find the

The only thing that matters in '12 is that unemployment is down, foreclosures are down, and growth is up.

And as in '96, Obama and the Republicans will get credit, regardless of deservedness.

Interesting take. I find the

Obey — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 17:56:19 +0000

In reply to This is the best debate I've

Interesting take.

I find the whole left-Obama relationship somewhat dysfunctional. He and they are always in Love-Betrayal-Recrimination mode. Which leads to a lot of heated words. Ultimately, the left needs to realize that he does not represent them, and that organizations like Democratic Alliance need to put on their big-boy pants and make their own funding decisions instead of looking to daddy to tell them what to do. And Obama needs to realize he has no claim on their loyalty. When they agree on issues, they can work together. But Obama can't wear both hats of Progressive Leader and Facilitator of the National Dialogue. The facilitator is by definition in the center, and the progressive movement cannot be in the center. Him trying to juggle those two hats is what has led the national dialogue to keep nudging rightwards. Or at least, it's one of the dynamics.

Beyond that, I don't think he needs to throw any red meat at the left to win in '12. I don't think that matters. He can trash-talk the left to death and it won't matter. IF, that is, the economy is back on track. The only thing that matters in '12 is that unemployment is down, foreclosures are down, and growth is up.

And I, as well as others around here, are attacking Obama from the left not because of some sense of 'entitlement' as regards his attentions, but because doing more progressive stuff - stimulus, cleaning up the banks and mortgage markets, stopping the disinflationist trend - is what will bring the economy back. It is not because he is OUR president more than anyone else's. If the dems aren't going to get killed in '12, he needs to clean up his act. Being nice to the right and being mean to the left won't mean shit either way in the next election.