Bush Campaign Contributors and Iraq Contracts
In a November 3 Slate column, http://slate.msn.com/id/2090636/ Daniel Drezner claims that the Center for Public Integrity "has no evidence to support its allegations" that the contracting process in...
View ArticleDean's SEIU-AFSCME Double Play
Today's Wash Post story about how Dean went from barely on the radar screen to getting the endorsement of these two unions. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28253-2003Nov11.html It talks...
View ArticlePositioning the Candidates
Kos' and theoria's stories on defining and positioning the Democratic party contain and generated plenty of good ideas. In 2004, however, is the Democratic party is going to be defined by our candidate...
View ArticleDean's New Stump Speech Kicks Ass
Watching Clinton's speech at the Harkin Steak Fry a couple of months ago reminded me of the man's awesome political talent. At the time, I thought that none of our 2004 Presidential candidates measured...
View ArticleDoes Saddam's Capture Change Your Vote?
There's a lot of discussion about how this event will change the election prospects of Bush, Dean and/or others. Does it change any candidate preferences among the dkos community?
View ArticleNew FBI WMD Alert?
According to the FBI, we should now be worrying about people with almanacs. The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books...
View ArticleTomorrow's ARG NH Tracking Results
Most likely, tomorrow's NH results will show another dip for Dean and a gain for Clark. Why? Since 2/3 of the ARG tracking results are same from one day to the next, Dean's 2 point drop in one day...
View ArticleRasmussen and why I dislike tracking polls
I dislike trackers because their rolling average of past results (past 3 days) hides the larger variations in daily results, making it harder to know what's really going on. Clark's recent move in the...
View ArticleKerry slam of Agriculture Dept. surfaces
From the Des Moines Register Reports surfaced Friday that Kerry once said the U.S. Agriculture Department should be abolished or scaled back to help "reduce the size of Washington." "Get rid of the...
View ArticleDecent Dean Story from Nedra Pickler!?
This one looks okay to me. Mostly straightforward coverage of positive aspects of the Carter visit and Judy Steinberg Dean's appearance at the Davenport rally. There's is one example of overzealous...
View ArticleDean Media Blitz After Debate
I just received an email from Joe Trippi saying that Howard Dean will be on Letterman tonight! Howard and Judy will appear earlier tonight on ABC Prime Time Thursday. I don't know if this will work for...
View ArticleWho will Joe endorse?
The AP's Lolita Baldor (Nedra's alter ego?) reports that Lieberman is about to drop out of the race. Will he endorse anybody? Who?
View ArticleSpitzer on Democrats and the Free Market
The March 22 TNR has a "must read" article by Eliot Spitzer and Andrew Celli (subscription only, unfortunately) about the role of government in the free market. They present a strong argument that I...
View ArticleKerry needs better joke-writers
On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart made fun of a Kerry joke about gas prices, which went something like this: The way gas prices are going, George Bush and Dick Cheney are going to have to car-pool...
View ArticleRep. Hostettler detained at airport with 9mm Glock
According to CNN, Republican Hostettler claims that he "completely forgot" that the gun was in his carry-on bag. I believe him, but I have to wonder where else he's packing that Glock. If I recall...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor - Kerry Wins
One of the earlier diaries contained a letter to the editor that helped me get mine going, so I'm returning the favor for anyone else who wants some thought starters. "For once, a Presidential debate...
View ArticleAT&T doubles down on hiring Trump insiders
AT&T learned nothing from their disastrous hiring of Michael Cohen. Now they’ve hired Rex Tillerson’s chief of staff from his time at the State Department, Margaret Peterlin. According to...
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