Roy Moore and the Christian Right Plotting Something
Roy Moore, until recently the Chief Justice of Alabama, has been thrown off the court for refusing to abide by a federal ruling that he must remove his Ten Commandments monument from the courthouse....
View ArticleInteresting VP idea
I've had this thought for a few weeks now and have been looking for a good time to get some responses. What about a Dean-Daschle ticket? Here are the potential strengths: Sounds really good with all...
View ArticleSequel to where did 90s Dems err: What should we do to correct it?
I'm curious how the Democratic Platform would look if Kos community wrote it. How should we redefine ourselves as a party now? Who should we pursue, and how? I'm convinced that the key to winning back...
View ArticleLet's Have a Craggy Midwesterner for VP
I'd like to talk about Harkin and Daschle as VP possibilities. I've mentioned Daschle before, but I haven't heard much of a response, so I'll make the case for both Senators here, and you can rebut as...
View ArticleThune likely to run
It looks likely that John Thune, former South Dakota Congressman and Republican nominee for Senate in 2002, will run against Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle in...
View ArticleWhere are the Iowa polls?
What's going on? I haven't seen an Iowa poll since Gore endorsed Dean in early December. I guess they stopped for the holidays, but it's Jan. 5 -- less than two weeks to go. Has anyone seen anything...
View ArticleThe Dean Rebound
I think it's happened. Zogby and Franklin Pierce polls show that the gap between Dean and Kerry was, as of Wednesday, somewhere around 10 points (Zogby tracking average says 8, Franklin Pierce says 14...
View ArticleDC lobbying
I should confess that I'm actually a high school senior. Anyway, I'm the head of my school's Human Rights Group, and we recently launched a big awareness campaign in the high school about the Patriot...
View Article[poll] Which Dem is most macho?
One of the reasons I think Dean is electable is that he exudes a certain brash machismo -- as opposed to the listless wimpiness of Al Gore, Michael Dukakis, and, to a lesser extent, Bill Clinton....
View ArticleLooking for examples of the establishment conspiracy
I'm looking for examples of how the Gephardt, Kerry, and Clark oppo shops conspired with the media to drive up Dean's negatives over the course of January. Obviously, I'm not saying they're all in this...
View ArticleLooking for a quote
About a week ago, someone, I can't remember who, posted a diary of a video of Dean's Iowa scream-speech from the crowd. The video ended with a quote from Dean about the power of the media...
View ArticleMI, WA, and ME polls?
Has anyone seen any polling for Michigan, Washington, or Maine? I haven't seen a thing, which seems odd to me just three days out from the MI and WA caucuses and four from ME.
View ArticleDream ticket
Construct your dream ticket, taking into account all factors -- issues, electability, geography, looks, age, names, race/ethnicity, reputation, and everything else you can think of. Of course, I'm...
View ArticleDemocratic candidate archetypes
I've been thinking about the different roles that always exist in every Democratic presidential primary. There are six that I can discern, although one candidate can fit into more than one. From left...
View ArticleWho should the GOP nominate in 08?
Regardless of whether we take Bush down or not, the Republicans are going to have a frenzy for their nomination in 2008. I'll do a quick run-through of the candidates. Then, vote in the poll below...
View ArticleSequel: Who should we nominate in 08?
Ok, while the other diary is still fresh in your minds and recent diary lists, who should we nominate in 2008? This time, think about both electability and principles. However, I am excluding anyone...
View ArticleWhat was the high point of the Dean campaign?
What was the all-around high point of the Dean campaign? I don't just mean when he was doing the "best," because the answer to that is obviously mid-December. It's when the campaign grabbed you the...
View ArticlePolitical computer game
So I've always been looking for a good presidential election game, and I see this ad for President Forever on politicalwire. The game actually looks pretty good and detailed. Anyone played it and have...
View ArticleWV Congressional race
Anyone know about the race against Rep. Shelley Moore Capito in West Virginia? I know she beat a wealthy attorney in 2002 (I'm thinking Jim Humphries?) by a respectable margin. Anyway, if we can beat...
View ArticleToomey/Specter/Hoeffel Senate race
Does anyone think Toomey has a chance at this point? The latest poll had him down 55 - 17, and the primary (April 27) is fast approaching. Is there any way he can kick it into high gear and catch up?...
View ArticleMore Republican hacking? So it may seem.
I have no evidence to prove this, so you guys will just have to check it out for yourselves. I just tried to go to Daschle's official website at daschle.senate.gov. It wouldn't load, or if it was going...
View ArticleAnd Udall is out!
Well, that was a short-lived Senate run. Rep. Mark Udall dropped out of the race for Ben Nighthorse Campbell's seat and endorsed Attorney General Ken Salazar for the...
View ArticleWhat music do you like?
Curious what are Kossacks' favorite bands. I'm listing mostly classic rockers -- dead or broken up -- partly because I think they're better, and partly because I think they're more likely to be...
View ArticleBest antiwar work of all time
In keeping with the cultural theme of today of previous diaries by me and others, here's the new question: what is the greatest anti-war work, whether it be film, music, art, or literature, of all...
View ArticleLooking to 2008
A few weeks ago I did a poll about whom we would like to see nominated in 2008 should Bush be reelected this year. http://leftist.dailykos.com/story/2004/2/17/01026/9995 Here's the sequel: who do we...
View ArticleArlen Specter and the PATRIOT Act
I'm taking a group of my fellow high school students down to Arlen Specter's Philly office tomorrow to talk about the PATRIOT Act (we're against it, obviously). We were forewarned to come...
View ArticleSenate races revealing rifts in the GOP?
One theme that seems to pop up in a surprisingly large number of Senate races this year is the tension in the GOP between the slightly more moderate establishment choices for the Senate nominations and...
View ArticleLewis for VP -- it's so right
The idea of Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) for Vice-President has bounced around for some time now, partly thanks to Ali Karim Bey's obsession with "JFK-Lewis" back about a year ago. That said, however, I'd...
View ArticleNew SurveyUSA Specter-Toomey poll
SurveyUSA has spoken with its new poll, and they put it at Specter 50% Toomey 44%http://www.surveyusa.com/currentelectionpolls.html In general, SUSA has been more favorable to Toomey than Quinnipiac...
View ArticleI unwittingly made the case for John Lewis to Jim Jordan
I was at my college-to-be's weekend for admitted high school seniors the past few days. This included various "academic expos," which were basically the best profs showing off their best stuff. I went...
View ArticleJust met Howard Dean
I was just at a fundraiser for Joe Hoeffel out in Bryn Mawr, a suburb of Philadelphia. It featured our own beloved Howard Dean. For those of you who don't know, I've been around MyDD and DailyKos since...
View ArticleThe more things change, the more they stay the same.
Man, it's amazing how the politics surrounding the Bush administration have consistently reverted back to the predictable and expected, at times, and oxymoronically, against all odds. Bush started out...
View ArticleVilsack is the wrong Iowan for VP!
Why Vilsack over Harkin? They're both from hardscrabble roots (Vilsack was an orphan, Harkin is the son of Slovenian miner immigrants). But Harkin has been around the block a little more, he has a lot...
View ArticleGreat news for Hoeffel
The word is out (www.politicspa.com) that Specter only raised $2.3 million this quarter. Hoeffel, his challenger, raised $1.1 million. Specter has roughly $3.5 million on hand, and Hoeffel has $1.4...
View ArticleWhy we should worry
I've been thinking about what Chris Bowers wrote for a couple days now, and I've decided that I disagree. The Swift Boat ads have done serious and permanent damage to the Kerry campaign. From Super...
View ArticleHoeffel needs us
The Pennsylvania AFL-CIO has endorsed Arlen Specter for reelection. Specter got a 46% from the AFL-CIO in 2003, and Hoeffel got a 100%. Apparently, though, what really counts is having friends in high...
View ArticleWhat we can learn from the Swift Boat Veterans media strategy
The Swift Boat ads have been played far more on TV around the country than the 527 responsible for them payed for. The lesson here in terms of media strategy (although really, we should have learned it...
View ArticleHoeffel on the air!
Finally, after months of his name recognition languaging in the 20s, Hoeffel has started running his first TV spot. This is the first paid media Hoeffel has run all campaign, and he intends to stay on...
View ArticleA reminder of El Salvador (death squads cont'd)
Apologies if what I'm about to write is already in the highly acclaimed death squads diary above. My computer can't handle that thread -- it freezes if I try to open it, so I'm just going to say what I...
View ArticleBay Area Democrats -- Filibuster at Stanford
Starting this Wednesday the 11th at noon, the Stanford Democrats will be performing a 24-hour filibuster in White Plaza on campus (inspired by the Princeton filibuster, which is now, I believe, over...
View ArticleFilibuster at Stanford now!
I wrote a brief diary a couple days ago describing this event, but I'll write again because it's begun and Bay Area Kossacks should come out if they can make it. As of noon today, and until at least...
View ArticleWhy John Edwards will win the 2008 nomination
Hillary Clinton faces a very peculiar dilemma in her assumed run for the White House in 2008. After nearly an entire career of being seen as too liberal to be viable, she has studiedly moved rightward...
View ArticleWe have to make sure she's confirmed
It's a bitter pill to swallow, but there are a number of reasons, both judicial and political, why it would be bad for the Court and a lost opportunity for the Democrats if Miers were rejected or...
View ArticleWhy I just voted Yes on Arnold's redistricting
I thought about it and agonized for weeks, even months. As recently as a few hours ago, I was pretty sure I was voting no. But I've decided that Prop 77, the proposed redistricting reform on the...
View ArticleWith God on Our Side: the trouble with Fighting Dems
My trouble with the Fighting Dems phenomenon: I was thinking about the Fighting Dems phenomenon, which is generally a positive one in terms of both the message it sends about commitment to national...
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