GOP Fearmongering Succeeds in Casting Doubt on Legitimacy of the Electoral Process

By: David Dayen Thursday November 19, 2009 12:01 pm

The Republican Party has engaged in a decades-long project to portray any Democratic electoral gains as fraudulent, chipping away at the legitimacy of any Democratic politician. A new poll by a Democratic firm shows that these efforts have paid off.

One Year Ago Today

By: Marta Evry Wednesday November 4, 2009 6:08 am

Every day I am reminded that change can only happen when citizens stand together and take ownership over their government, their country, their communities and themselves. Every day I am reminded our work does not end with a campaign, but rather begins with a new President, a new government, and a new day.

FDL Book Salon Welcomes Michael Huttner and Jason Salzman, 50 Ways You Can Help Obama Change America

By: TobyWollin Sunday October 18, 2009 2:01 pm

Electing Barack Obama has actually been sort of the same thing. For a lot of people, just getting Obama elected president was IT. They’d been fighting (or hiding under the bed, whichever the choice) for so long that this was the be-all and end-all. And then he got elected (with the help of a lot of people and people who actually went and stood in the voting booth and made their choice) and everyone held their breaths and waited for some disaster to hit before the inaugural. And then Aretha Franklin stood up and sang and the Chief Justice screwed up the oath and they did it again. And there’s been all this noise trying to delegitimize the entire thing.

The Sure Thing

By: TBogg Saturday October 3, 2009 5:00 pm

Fred Barnes, who is the emergency back-up always-wrong person in case Bill Kristol is unable to fulfill his duties, points out that President Blacker Than A 1000 Midnights should never attempt anything that might turn out badly like, say, getting involved in a land war in Asia.

A Public Option in the Democratic Platform?

By: Peterr Saturday September 5, 2009 9:00 am

Rahm Emanuel and Max Baucus may have forgotten the Democratic Party platform, but it's still around. Health care is the first issue it deals with, and the first specific health care policy prescription is for a public option. Maybe someone could remind Obama before next week's speech.

Democrats “Win” 2008 So Republican Can Write Health Care Bill

By: Jane Hamsher Wednesday September 2, 2009 6:10 pm

In 2008, we put a Democrat in the White House, delivered a filibuster-proof 60 votes in the Senate and a 79 seat majority in the House, just so. . . a Republican could write the health care bill.

Come Saturday Morning: Things Many Think Are True (But Aren’t)

By: Phoenix Woman Saturday August 22, 2009 7:30 am

Things that many Americans, thanks in large part to well-financed conservative myth machines, think are true but which aren't: "The 'Wild West' Didn't Have Gun Control." Oh yes it did.

Does Obama’s 2008 Campaign Have a Lesson for Saving Healthcare Reform?

By: Swopa Friday August 14, 2009 3:01 pm

The Republicans came at Obama with a barrage of lies in September '08, and he beat them. Does that mean he can do it again now?

Netroots Nation ‘09 – Photographs from Eli

By: egregious Thursday August 13, 2009 7:14 pm

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