"make clear who these people are" (UPDATE with Obama video response)
Josh Marshall fucking nails it: It's easy to get twisted up in your head about strategy and message and optics. But what is already apparent is that John McCain is running the sleaziest, most dishonest...
View ArticleBacklash II, this time it's personal
Join the new Google Group "Emails for Obama" to fuel the backlash and fight back against McCain's falsehoods! See the end of this diary for more.In the aftermath of the fake troop-gate nonsense, I...
View ArticleDevastating new viral video on McCain's lies
The narrative is now set. McCain is running a deceitful campaign. And this video just exposes some of his lies, but you can see the pattern clearly. Spread this video, just as BNF asks at the end....
View ArticleVirginia ACTION diary
Since there is some heightened attention about Virginia recently, I thought I'd drop some info on you guys about how to get more involved. Virginia is critical: if Obama holds the Kerry states and...
View ArticlePalin's "Road to Nowhere" now open for ... well, not much, really
I know the "Bridge to Nowhere" stuff is old news now (though Palin is still making these claims on the trail). But I think this is an interesting (and not-so-convenient timing wise) development from...
View ArticleMcCain is going to trounce Obama in the first debate
Friday's debate is gonna be ugly. John McCain, one of the most experienced foreign policy hands in the country, will get his opportunity to showcase his wide array of knowledge on these issues while...
View ArticleKiller You-Tube: Obama saying McCain was wrong, with video back-up
Killer you-tube video from HuffPost. Has this been diaried yet?This is the perfect type of video to email around today -- it's devastating. Obama points out McCain's mistakes in judgment and factual...
View ArticleIt's nowhere near "over"
With plenty of respect to my fellow Virginian Ken, this race is nowhere near over. To begin, I'll quote this bit of reporting from Marc Ambinder from this week:For their part, Obama aides declined to...
View ArticleMcCain's sketchy cast of characters
Two can play at this game. As McCain fires up the guilt-by-association machine, I'd love a quote like this from Biden:"You know, Barack could play this game too. John, you know I love him, but he's...
View ArticleFighting fire with fire: Obama unleashes robocall denouncing McCain campaign
Kaboom! Here's the script for Obama's robo-call that puts the hammer down on McCain's own sleazy calls and mailers. In a brilliant maneuver, Obama's call is by a former McCain supporter that flipped...
View ArticleGOP's closing argument: GRIDLOCK
In a year where Americans have proved over and over that they want serious change this year, the GOP has settled on a killer final argument. The opposite of change. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the...
View ArticleURGENT: Obama calls for Virginia volunteers
As you can see from this Raising Kaine diary linked below, Obama is calling for Virginia volunteers. Polls close in Virginia in an hour -- but anyone in line by 7pm can vote. If you've got a car or...
View ArticleVirgil Goode going down, folks!
Of all the sweetest icing on the cake, I would pick having the biggest xenophobe in the Congress lose his blood-red seat to a wonderful, progressive Democrat. And guess what!Tom S. P. Perriello...
View ArticleRaising Kaine: GBCW
One of the best, if not the best, state progressive blog is hanging it up at the end of the year. Lowell Feld founded Raising Kaine to promote Tim Kaine's successful 2005 campaign, and his blog was a...
View ArticlePrimary Nonsense coming to an election near you
You know, I thought after last year's scorched earth, hard feelings primary, we might get a little break from the same sort of circular firing squad nonsense. I guess not. In Virginia, with three...
View ArticleRepublicans, Blue Dogs, industry blast public option for mail
Despite overwhelming public support for the creation of a public option for delivering mail, congressional Republicans and conservative Democrats have joined the private deliverers to decry the...
View ArticleDemocrats sweep VA and NJ, GOP doomed in 2002 and 2004
Tonight, Americans across the country (well, two mid-Atlantic states) voted overwhelmingly against the President Bush and the GOP, sending shockwaves across the political landscape. By electing Mark...
View ArticleCNN poll: Strong majority support progressive HCR
CNN does its best to promote the America-is-evenly-divided meme that sells copy with its "CNN Poll: Americans split on health care reform" title, but a more accurate and newsworthy title would have...
View ArticleThe entire Senate GOP voted NO on even talking about HCR
I'm a bit surprised that (1) Senate Republicans were obstinate enough to make such a stupid party line vote and (2) the Democratic party isn't making a peep about it. It's almost like everyone is so...
View ArticleA solution to the excise tax?
I has a bit of insomnia last night, and for some reason my thoughts drifted to the excise tax. I worried a bit about how something that is already framed as a tax on health care benefits would be a...
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