How Much is the Price?

By: Peterr Thursday August 28, 2008 10:04 am
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Senator Dodd, what's the going rate? Could Lieberman stay in the caucus and keep his chairmanship if he gave the DSCC just $200K? $150K? 50K? $9.99? As the cliche goes, it seems we've established what the Dems in the Senate are -- now we're just haggling over the price.

The Obama Plotters: The Republican Double Standard In Law Enforcement Made Manifest

By: David Neiwert Thursday August 28, 2008 9:01 am
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It seems there may be a reason federal law-enforcement officials are not interested in pursuing serious charges against the white-supremacist tweakers who were caught this week in Denver: The man making the decision is a Republican operative. And when it came to a threat against John McCain, he had a completely different approach. The AP story describing the official pooh-poohing of the threat

Senator Durbin Declines to Name One Good Lieberman Vote - VIDEO

By: Pachacutec Thursday August 28, 2008 8:02 am
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Senator Dick Durbin was asked on camera to offer an example of a meaningful vote where Joe Lieberman helped the Democratic caucus. He rather pointedly declined to do so, and characterized the question illegitimate. WATCH IT!

I don’t want a f*(^ing dialogue. Nor do I want a conversation.

By: Ian Welsh Thursday August 28, 2008 7:02 am
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Seriously, the most overused words in Denver have to be dialogue and conversation. It's like mum and apple pie, who can be against "making everyone part of the dialogue" or " having a national conversation" about X? Except it's fake, there's no freakin' dialogue on most issues: a few people have opinions which matter and most of the rest of us don't.

“Aren’t There Any Conservative Bloggers Here?”

By: egregious Thursday August 28, 2008 6:01 am
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Brokenhearted conservatives join us progressives on our end of the see-saw to tip the balance away from political insanity. We can argue the fine points later.

Early Morning Swim

By: Blue Texan Thursday August 28, 2008 4:48 am
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# Reax to last night's speeches have been generally excellent...WTF? Even Sullivan liked Bill Clinton's speech...Another shocker -- Bowers is finally happy with the night....Meanwhile, McSame has chosen a veep.

The Happy Warrior

By: Attaturk Thursday August 28, 2008 1:30 am
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Sixty years later, Hubert -- can you believe it?

Late Late Nite FDL: Pirate DNC Radio - Stand!

By: Eureka Springs Wednesday August 27, 2008 10:00 pm
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Stand - Sly and the Family Stone

Happy 100th, President Johnson

By: Blue Texan Wednesday August 27, 2008 9:02 pm
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was born 100 years ago today. I hope this will not be forgotten tonight.

Obama Rocks The Hall With Biden

By: David Neiwert Wednesday August 27, 2008 7:56 pm
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Obama shows p to share the stage with Biden.
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