Jane Harman - Against the Iraq Supplemental (But Not Really)
crossposted at Calitics. Update: Diary updated to include link to Harman's press release announcing No vote.OK, more than a week has passed since the Iraq supplemental vote, and I'm pretty dumbstruck...
View ArticleIraq Supplemental: Why Jane Harman's Words Matter
(crossposted at Calitics)As discussed previously:Jane Harman, unbeknownst to her constituents, was going to vote FOR the Iraq supplemental up until the last minute. She'd voted Yes on a supplemental...
View ArticleDon't HOPE Gore Runs, MAKE him Run
Do you think if there were thousands of people who sent some of their hard earned money here or here that Al Gore would take notice? And the media, for that matter? On a regular basis Al Gore diaries...
View ArticleRepubs on Hill Just Now 'Speaking Out' on Iraq: Colbert Hits a Home Run
Tired of hearing people applaud Republicans for vague language about bringing back troops, when these same Republicans opposed Democratic efforts to do things that would actually have caused that to...
View ArticleGetting a Pro-Forma Session of Congress to Happen
OK, so Alberto Gonzalez announced his resignation today. He said he won't be stepping down until September 17. And Harry Reid has apparently made some deal with Bush that Bush won't do any recess...
View ArticleGang of 8: Did they know of Secret Torture Memos?
Kevin Drum pointed out from the NY Times article today on the secret torture opinions in 2005 that some lawmakers actually knew about the existence of at least one of these opinions: Later that year...
View ArticleUPDATED: What to Do to Fight the Dirty Tricksters
[This diary is being constantly updated to improve upon it. If you have any suggestions, please share them. Check back in occasionally to see if there are any updates. X-posted at Calitics....
View ArticleThrow Dan Lipinski the Anchor(IL-03)-Give to Pera & I'll Match
UPDATE: It's 10:18 and so far there's 9 separate contributors and with $145 raised. You all rock! I'll honor the pledge through midnight pacific. If no one else chips in, then by tomorrow morning I...
View ArticleMake Me Open My Wallet for Mark Pera
If you - or your friends or family - give to Mark Pera on my Mark Pera fundraiser page by next Saturday, I'll kick in a matching donation of my own. Check it out. (I've done this kind of matching...
View ArticleMake Me Open My Wallet for Pera - Again
UPDATE: We're now up to $625 -- just $325 to go and one more whole day to get there. I want to thank those of you that donated to Mark Pera in my weeklong fundraiser for Mark that ends this Saturday...
View ArticleRE:Pera & D. Edwards: MoveOn, What are You Waiting for?
UPDATE: Since I posted the diary, I have found the email from MoveOn that asked us members to participate in their survey. It was from 9/6/07, and at the end it said We'll report back to you next week...
View ArticleCBS hosting inflammatory Letterman clip against itself
Earlier today, I wanted to see highlights of last night's Late Show with David Letterman which I unfortunately missed. I didn't go to Youtube because I thought that any clips posted there would be...
View ArticleMoveOn endorses Donna Edwards! Yeehaw! Just the Start?
Better late than never! I haven't received any email from MoveOn yet concerning their endorsement, which will really be what results in donations for her campaign, but I imagine this is forthcoming....
View Article3333 contributors by Midnite for Pera, I'll give $333. UPDATE
UPDATE: The 'IL-03:3333' mini-challenge will be extended until tomorrow midnight. The total new donors today exceeded 300 and tomorrow's total will need to keep up the same pace to get there. It'll...
View ArticleObama Organizing Fellow Program - Deadline Coming
This is the kind of effort that needs to be done to make real progressive change -- building the grassroots expertise amongst active young people. It's a win for Obama, because this will means lots of...
View ArticleHoward Dean Knows How to Play Fox's Game(VIDEOS)
Update: The whole interview is now available, and I'm swapping out the videos with 80% of the interview for the ones that have the whole thing. After viewing the whole thing, I don't feel any...
View ArticleBlue Dogs Threatening to Hold Up GI Bill [updated]
Can't the Blue Dogs see their hypocrisy? After all their free passes they gave hundreds of billions for Iraq war funding, now they are threatening to hold up Jim Webb's GI Bill because the couple...
View Article_Clinton's_ Super Delegates Can End This
Hillary Clinton has been banking her campaign for months on the idea that superdelegates (SD's) are going to come around and endorse her because she's so electible. Well, as we have seen, if she's had...
View Article"The Nearest Competitive Cong. Dist" Mapping Tool
If you are like me, and a bunch of other Americans, you live in a safely held Democratic congressional district. You know that it won't flip to Republican in a million years. So making a big effort...
View ArticleMaximizing the McCain Search Engine Optimization
Chris Bowers had an awesome action item diary on Thursday aiming to bring down McCain by making sure articles that demonstrate why he'd be a horrible president are the ones that come up at the top of...
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