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Wes Clark Video On Afghanistan and NATO

This is part of the Talking Points Memo Media Team covering the Netroots Nation going on in Austin, Texas this week.
This a short substantive comment from a former NATO Supreme Commander, Gen. Wes Clark, on the potential for NATO’s involvement in Afghanistan.
He makes key points the nation needs to consider about what is at stake […]

The Al Gore Challenge

Al Gore gave an impassioned speech today in Washington, “laying out his new approach to the entwined challenges of limiting risks from global warming and instability from rising energy prices and declining supplies of fossil fuels.” Watch a clip from Al Gore’s speech here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idlJDcr669o

In his speech, Gore put forth a challenge to citzens and politicians in […]

Hillary Clinton Distances From Anti-Obama Hillraiser

As some former Clinton supporters continue to press on with the idea that Hillary Clinton should be our nominee, the HuffPo reports today Hillary Clinton has distanced herself from at least one prominent “Anti-Obama Hillraiser,” Ricki Lieberman.
Lieberman is keeping her own private hope alive with a daily email blast to supporters, entitled “Electability Watch,” which features […]

Hmmm….

“Does the Bush administration have a secret succession order that bypasses Congress?” Read: Take Your Paws off the Presidency!
Raw Story has more…

We Really Blew It: Fumble in ’04 Cost Us Big Time

I think there is part of me that will always wonder “what-if” when it comes to thinking about John Kerry and the ‘04 election. Why? Because as Margery Eagan puts it succinctly in an OP/ED today in the Boston Herald, “We really blew it.”
There’s are no if’s, or and’s, or but’s about it in my […]

Are Unhappy Dems on the Hill Planning to Switch Their Super Del Votes?

Politico reported today that Dems on the Hill are “miffed” at Obama:
After a brief bout of Obamamania, some Capitol Hill Democrats have begun to complain privately that Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is insular, uncooperative and inattentive to their hopes for a broad Democratic victory in November.
“They think they know what’s right and everyone else is […]

Ouch: Newsflash to the Netroots and the Media

If we could stop eating our own we might have a chance…
Newsflash to the netroots and the media (which seems perpetually confused on this issue): The netroots are not the base of the Democratic Party.
Overwhelmingly white, male and highly educated, they’re a loud anomaly in a party that’s wholly dependent on the votes of African […]

Uproar Of The Day

I started to comment last night about the New Yorker’s sick and sad attept at satire with their most recent cover that has caused the “Uproar Of The Day.” I got waylaid last night and never did get to writing about the cover:

Atrios says it all:
The New Yorker cover could have worked if had made […]

Dream On Mr Governator

California Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger may be more progressive on environmental issues than many of his Republican counter-parts, but this some wild fantasy, in my opinion:
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview aired Sunday that he would be open to the idea of serving as energy czar in a Barack Obama administration.
Regardless of whether he takes that particular job, […]

Must Read of the Day: Stop the new FISA

The must read of the day today is this piece by Chris Hedges, in the L.A. Times: Stop the new FISA:
If the sweeping surveillance law signed by President Bush on Thursday — giving the U.S. government nearly unchecked authority to eavesdrop on the phone calls and e-mails of innocent Americans — is allowed to stand, we […]

Sign Dennis Kucinich’s Impeachment Petition

I think the most fitting thing to say following up on Stuart’s earlier piece about Nancy Pelosi on Dennis Kucinich presenting a single Article of Impeachment against George W. Bush, to the House of Representatives, is “bring it on.”
I’m one who thinks this is long overdue. Sign Kucinich’s petition here.

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Pelosi Says Kucinich Impeachment Resolution May Get Hearing

Dennis Kucinich must have jumped for joy when Nancy Pelosi commented today that she thought his impeachment resolution may see committee hearings:
Kucinich is expected to offer a “privileged resolution” this afternoon calling on the House to look at whether President Bush should be removed from office for lying to Congress and the American public when […]