Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo pointed out a very interesting article Murray Waas wrote in the National Journal. It seems Karl Rove warned the White House team in the summer of 2003 that Bush's chances for re-election in 2004 could be in severe danger. Damage control spun into overdrive. The truth could not be revealed to the American public. The President had to be protected at all costs.
Monthly Archives: March 2006
FEC Regulations for Internet Politics
The FEC, under court order to regulate campaign advertising on the Web, has been looking at regulating other political activity on the Internet. The tremendous increase of Netroots political action groups in sparking national attention and debate leading to mass organized intervention activities, on top of the all important fund raising potential; had also come under FEC scrutiny for regulation.
How Kerry Overachieved in 2004- and What it Means for 2006
One thing about presidential elections, especially when an incumbent is running, that is often forgotten is that presidents tend to get virtually the exact same percent of the vote as their job approval ratings on Election Day. Of course those who approve or disapprove of a president may not show up at the polls so an even more accurate sense of how voters view the president is to ask those who actually vote. The Exit polls of actual voters...
John Kerry’s 10 Point Plan for Democrats
EDITORS NOTE: On Sunday, GinnyinCo posted about some key talking points that John Kerry spoke of at a recent speech in NH. One of our members, Dotti J noted in the comments in Ginny’s thread yesterday that her local paper, the “Valencia County News Bulletin” in NM, was publishing her LTE on Kerry’s 10 point plan. These points can’t be repeated enough — here’s a copy of Dotti J’s LTE: On March 12th, I had the privilege to view...
Labor Unions-The Folks Who Made 2004 Close (and Can Do the Same in 2006)
I’ve been noticing lately all the press being given to liberal blogs and the role they played in 2004 and that they are expected to play in 2006. I have no objection to this, and the more influential The Democratic Daily becomes the better this nation will be. The work people did for Kerry in 2004 and are doing in 2006 is, to quote a top 40 country song, “something to be proud of.” Still, I can’t help but...
Talking up John Kerry’s Top Points
Recently John Kerry came up with some key points that progressives need to use for the upcoming November elections. The points resonated with many of us and I agree they need to be repeated clearly and often. So I made up a list that can be used for posting or just getting them in your brain.
E.J. Dionne Is Only Half-Right
Finally, someone in the MSM noticed the very perceptive analysis “What’s the Matter with Connecticut?” that details how the Democrats do well in certain wealthy areas (e.g. Montgomery County, MD., suburban Los Angeles, suburban Los Angeles, Seattle etc.) while Republicans are still the party of the rich. But E.J. Dionne’s analysis of why Kerry could not tap into this is just wrong. For those who might still harbor the notion that Democrats are now the party of elites while...
Who Shall Cast the First Stone?
With all the recent post on the recent decisions by a state, to interfere in the abortion ruling of Roe v. Wade, I would like to give my two cents. I call on any right wing fool to answer a couple of questions for me. If you consider abortion to be murder, what could you do, to punish that woman, if it was outlawed? Do you plan have these woman these murderers, as you label them, tried and executed?...
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