Alabama Democrats who fret that having a black man at the top of their ticket in 2010 will be a drag in Alabama have no need to fear! Jesse Jackson has proclaimed that Artur Davis is not black.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) [...]
Wow, if this is the direction today's GOP wants to go, I couldn't be any happier. More Democrats and more of our soldiers at home, where they should be. Both good things. Hell, the GOP and they're "Wars on Terrorism" is one of the main reasons I started following [...]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson calls out Rep. Artur Davis for voting against the Democrats’ health care reform bill in the House.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill.
“We even have blacks voting against [...]
A new CNN poll suggests Republicans value purity in a candidate while Democrats are more pragmatic -- we want someone who can win.
The poll indicates that a slight majority, 51 percent, of Republicans would prefer to see the GOP in their area nominate candidates who agree with them [...]
So goes Alabama?
Thursday evening Artur Davis told Madison County Democrats they're on the front lines and can expect to see a lot more of him before election day 2010, likening MadCo's importance to that of Virginia, Ohio and Florida in the 2008 presidential election.
"We kept saying if Barack Obama" [...]
I've ranted about different factions and the infighting under the so called democratic big tent.
Frankly, I don't see how one can be both Conservative and a Democrat. Democrats are pro choice. Conservatives are pro life as long as it's in the womb. Democrats are pro equal rights and civil rights. [...]
Barack Obama "gets" that -- and gets another Democratic vote in Congress. Republicans were busy trash-talking Dede Scozzafava while she was their party's nominee for the NY-23 congressional seat, but Democrats turned on the charm. Result: When Scozzafava dropped out of the race she endorsed Democrat Bill Owens instead [...]
The Amendment, which is apparently intended to respond to conservative Democrats' concerns that too many women were voting for the' [...]
I spent the better part of this past weekend defending Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, Rep. Bobby Bright and Rep. Parker Griffith to progressives around the country. Why? Because they were amongst the 39 Democrats who voted against HR 3962 on Saturday night, and many progressives view that as unforgiveable offense.
Here is [...]
These Democrats are happy because a health care reform bill passed the House -- the first time a major piece of HCR has passed either house of Congress since Medicare passed in 1965!
The bill that passed Saturday night [...]
Of course the Alabama Blue Dogs : Bobby Bright and Parker Griffith were not a [...]
219 Democrats and 1 Republican joined together - just two more than the 218 needed
Not [...]
Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Friday, November 6.
1. Jon Walker asks, "Does Landrieu Not Know That All Her Demands Regarding The Public Option Have Already Been Addressed?" Specifically, Walker wonders if Landrieu is aware that "House Democrats adopted [Chuck] Schumer's idea of" [...]
Fortunately, I missed the live media coverage of the Traveling Teabagger Freak Show "Super Bowl of Freedom" yesterday, but this account of it in the Washington Post is truly choice:
In the front of the protest, a sign showed President Obama [...]
Thanks to Conservatives outing their own candidate we've got another vote for the public option in Congress, Bill Owens.
