361 / 54 at gavel, water bill veto is overridden!

Yeah we get levee upgrades in Sacramento! Finally!

Did Doolittle finally cave?

Ed*ard Teller @ 71

We’re going through DCCC manipulation in the AK-01 US House race up here. There are three candidates who have filed for the Democratic Primary (August, 2008) to run against each other to run against Don Young. Diane Benson, who ran against Young in 2006, and got over 40% of the vote – the closest anyone had come to Young in almost 20 years – on 8% of the money Young spent, filed first for 2008.

Then Jake Metcalfe left his post as Democratic Party chair to run against Benson in the primary. He had withheld party funds from Benson last year, helping to assure she wouldn’t win. But she got close enough for him to decide he might be able to get himself some DCCC money and support.

But DCCC rebuffed Metcalfe, and instead partnered with a fairly biased pollster, Ivan Moore. Moore, who at the time he partnered with DCCC to poll for former Alaska House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz, had already set up an Act Blue page for Berkowitz.

So, up here, we’ve got a guy who is fundraising online for a candidate partnering with that same candidate and DCCC to come up with a poll that – surprise, surprise – shows Berkowitz beating both Benson and Metcalfe in a three-way primary.

This kinky relationship has been questioned in the local print media and on progressive talk radio.

Berkowitz, the DCCC favorite in this race, refuses to discuss impeachment, the morality of the Iraq War or the efficacy of going to war against Iran – “That would be an issue for the Senate to determine, not the US House,” is what he told me on a call-in program when I asked.

ET- I hope you have emailed Howie with this information.

And what about Emily’s List???? Diane would be just the sort of candidate they’d be proud of!

He replaced one of the most reactionary & corrupt RePukes in Congress (R. Pombo, an odious turd) but is hardly a guiding light of any “progressive” views.

I saw a D. Edwards speech on one of these sites not long ago (maybe C&L) & was truly impressed but what’s to stop her from flipping & supporting the elite once she’s elected like McNerny or the other phony sell-outs?

I do agree that spitting in Princess Nancy, Rahm & DiFi’s champagne bowl would be fun, nonetheless.

SharonRB @ 38

Another note:

The Michigan Dem Party is no better than the DCCC — maybe worse. Nancy showed them that the district could be won and they decided to shove her aside and “let a man finish the job.” Well, in talking to everyday voters, not party insiders, there’s still a lot of support for her and people are really pissed off that the party decided to get behind Peters instead of helping her finish the job.

Gary is raising money from large donors, but where it counts will be in the voting booth. Nancy showed last time that she can win and the gender factor will be a big differentiator.

Is that primary today?

No — it’s not until August — we have a long way to go. Peters declared in August and Nancy just made it official on the 16th, although everyone knew she was going to run. Of course, the party (and maybe Gary) went around telling everyone he was the only one running, so he got lots of early endorsements before she even declared. It sucks all around. And some of the elected officials who endorsed him have told her if they had known she was running they wouldn’t have done so — they were told he was it and they still support her.

I hope Nancy gets the support and wins, but it will be nice if she stayed with the one that help her unlike McNeary. He must now be getting his message from DCCC and not the locals.
jo6pac

Nancy isn’t one to back down — she sticks to her convictions and stands up for what she believes in.

The DCCC seems to have some questions to answer vis a vis its REAL agenda….Looks like they’ve got a very limited, probably extremely self-serving view of the “right” kind of democratic candidates. They may be playing a long term strategy–don’t want no uppity women getting elected on their own merits and not beholden to the Party Power Structure.

Dis.Gusting.

FunnyD

its real agenda
not it’s real agenda

I really do know the difference, honest!!!

Interesting you say “the right kind…” Peters’ campaign slogan is “the right kind of change.” Huh? Is that opposed to the “left kind of change” like Nancy would bring? What’s the hidden meaning of that slogan — the word “right” just doesn’t make sense for a Dem.

361 / 54 at gavel, water bill veto is overridden!

The White House has been acting as if Congress was still in the hands of the Republicans. So has Congress. Until now!!! YAY!!!