Oversimplifying somewhat, there are two basic reasons for the White House and the Democratic Congressional leadership to be open to accepting ideas/requests for changes from individual or groups of Congressional Republicans to a bill they are trying to move....
At the cafe we are fortunate enough to be able to read Dean Baker regularly. But if you are looking for a nice summary, for others as well as yourself, of his explanations of the stock market and housing bubble bursts, and how...
What I'm hearing is Bonior declines when people push him, saying it's time for a younger generation to lead the labor movement charge for the feds. He has reportedly been pushing Mary Beth Maxwell, about whom I know very little. ...
Overheard in downtown DC this morning: "They should just put Obama's likeness on the dollar bill and get it over with." (spoken during a conversation in which the ubiquitous presence of his likeness these days was alluded to.) ...
There were <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2008/12/the-note-120508.html">rumors</a> floating around earlier today that Caroline Kennedy might be selected to replace Hillary Clinton as New York's next Senator. I am among the many who have a really high opinion of Caroline Kennedy and would be delighted...
Turnout is very high. We have about 2500 registered in our precinct, which has been trending Dem and went about 60-40 for Kerry. 700 voted prior to today, either absentee or early voting. At 6 am the line extended another...
I had a minor "incident" while doing doorhangers today in suburban northern Virginia. A mid-40s male was doing yardwork out front as I approached the driveway in the early evening darkness. The mid-40s female listed as also living at the address--previously identified...
Josh, your 10/20, 7:15 pm blog entry <a href="http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/238576.php">"Palin 5.0"</a>, as I read it, is misleading and unfair to Palin. The blog entry reads simply and in full: "Palin calls reports of hollered threats at rallies 'atrocious and unacceptable.'" ...
I'm wondering if the Obama campaign has considered doing some TV ads that have Obama standing with police officers, fire fighters, emergency medical folks, etc. as they talk about why they and their organizations are supporting Obama? At the...
Takes one who's attended them to know about them, evidently. From today's WashPost, page C3: "Defending his veep pick Sarah Palin yesterday, Sen. McCain twice made withering references to the sort of critics who hang out at 'Georgetown cocktail parties.'... For...
McCain's already on record as supporting the bill the Senate is scheduled to take up tonight. (If Obama has also said he's voting yes, please feel free to disregard the rest of this post. I haven't heard news to that effect.) Suppose...
(text of email sent this AM to one of my senators. I left a voice message for him and for Majority Leader Reid to the same effect, as succinct as I could make it.) Senator: I am a strong supporter who...
Of course, we know that tomorrow and Wednesday, with the Congress out of session because of the Jewish holiday, the markets will calm down. So the thought of Congress taking another vote on today's or a revised proposal before Thursday...
Recognizing the Republican gambit is to get one debate, at least, nixed, or else try to raise the bar on Obama's performance and lower it on McCains if it does go through by trying to force Obama to argue for going ahead with...
Dear George: For years I have regarded you as a true conservative in most respects. In my view the most important and valuable personal quality of the true conservative is what I would describe as passionate sobriety. This year, at...
Rove: John, we're going to you. Remember, when you see the ball coming to you and you get nervous, just keep saying your special word over and over again...POW. POW. POW. POW, and you'll be fine.Rove: Ok, now Jail Bait, you go over...
Obama used the former rather than the latter phrase last night and I heartily approve. Consistently in his public life he has talked about complementing our famed American individualism with the promise that we have to make sure that all...
--Washington, August 21 In a stunning development, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain has chosen Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili as his vice presidential running mate.A beaming McCain said "Mikhail and I are a couple of daredevil guys who speak from...
I am delighted that Senator Kennedy will be honored at the Convention and only wish I could be there to add to the rousing, sustained ovation he will so deservedly receive.His is one of the most prolific records of legislative achievement in Senate history. Regardless...
The US agreement with Poland on missile interceptors that Rice is going to sign seems particularly ill-timed. It accomplishes the worst of both worlds--it is clearly a provocation to the Russians. But it does nothing to address the current situation in...
