Chris Matthews said that the netroots was not comprised of "grown-up Democrats", and that the netroots neither votes nor is involved with actual politics.
Markos went on The Ed Show the following hour and had this to say:
I couldn't agree more...with Kos.
Another city throws their hat into the 2012 ring:
Democrats and Republicans already are scoping out sites for their 2012 national conventions, and this time around Phoenix is on both parties’ short lists.
The fact that both sides are looking at Phoenix highlights Arizona’s future prominence on the electoral landscape. [...]
The natives are getting restless in the Daily-Kos, Huffington Post, Bernie Sanders socialist wing of the Democratic Party. It’s fascinating to watch, particularly given the general (and generally accurate) view among conservatives and libertarians that the leadership of the Democratic Party is very far left.
It turns out they’re not far [...]
Check out Newsbusters’ coverage of the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (PDF). The Tea Party is “viewed quite a bit more favorably” than either the Democrats or the Republicans.
But of course, the Tea Party movement hasn’t had the opportunity and/or the reins of power to spend like [...]
Check out Newsbusters’ coverage of the new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll (PDF). The Tea Party is “viewed quite a bit more favorably” than either the Democrats or the Republicans.
But of course, the Tea Party movement hasn’t had the opportunity and/or the reins of power to spend like [...]
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Democrats are playing the blame game as to why Villafuerte withdrew her nomination for the U.S. Attorney position for Colorado. An aide to Sen. Mark Udall gave his observation.
According to Alan Salazar, an aide to Senator Mark Udall, among Villafuerte's most prominent [...]
"As a former small business owner, the Blue Dogs share my strong belief in fiscal discipline and responsibility," the Fort Collins Democrat said in a [...]
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York interviews an anonymous Democratic political strategist to help answer some questions that have been nagging me, too:
To some observers, the Democrats’ race to pass national health care seems irrational — even suicidal. Don’t party leaders understand how much the public opposes the bills currently [...]
The Washington Examiner’s Byron York interviews an anonymous Democratic political strategist to help answer some questions that have been nagging me, too:
To some observers, the Democrats’ race to pass national health care seems irrational — even suicidal. Don’t party leaders understand how much the public opposes the bills [...]
As you’ve probably heard, Senate Majority Leader Harry Read likens those who oppose the Democrats’ so-called health care “reform” as those who opposed the end of slavery:
Melissa Clouthier points out the irony of this, as it is the Democrats’ plans that erode our freedom and [...]
Despite their president's many problems, despite the angry town hall meetings, the poisonous partisanship in Congress, the Tea Party movement and the "birther" billboards, Democrats continue to gain numbers in Colorado.
Since August, in fact - the month of those town hall near-riots - Colorado [...]
"I want to see Joe Lieberman back in the Senate because he is one of those'" [...]
From the Plum Line:
A new national poll finds that fully one third of Democratic voters say that they’re “less likely” to vote in 2010 if Congress doesn’t pass a public option, underscoring the possibility that dropping the provision seriously risks dampening the Dem base’s enthusiasm. [...]
The poll asks: [...]
--Rush Limbaugh
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One of the biggest American government lies that the Democrats and Republicans alike traffic is that the US War Against Iraq is now over. In fact the US Peace Movement itself pushes this lie off on the American public, too, by simply now only talking about Afghanistan [...]
“Weatherization!”
Via Hot Air:
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c American Idle www.thedailyshow.com Daily ShowRomanoff's campaign is shaping up to be a far lower-profile -- and less damaging -- effort than Democrats anticipated. Three months after' [...]
Colorado's U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet joined with nine other freshman senators to introduce a package of health care amendments Tuesday, even as the Senate continued its contentious debate on comprehensive health care reform legislation.
Udall and Bennet, both Democrats, authored pieces of the "freshman" [...]
The Concord Monitor has a great piece this morning looking at the thinking within both the Democratic and Republican Parties concerning the rules (RE: timing) for 2012 presidential delegate selection. The consensus seems to be that the Democratic Change Commission and Republican Temporary Delegate Selection Committee (meeting today) [...]
As promised, last week the state senate; this week the state house. Currently, the Democrats own the chamber by a 38-27 advantage. It’s a fairly safe bet that the Republicans will have more representatives than 27 come 2011. But winning back the majority will be a tough challenge, so [...]
As promised, last week the state senate; this week the state house. Currently, the Democrats own the chamber by a 38-27 advantage. It’s a fairly safe bet that the Republicans will have more representatives than 27 come 2011. But winning back the majority will be a tough challenge, so [...]
The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said on Tuesday night that he had reached “a broad agreement” among a group of 10 Democrats who have been working to resolve the dispute over a proposed government-run insurance plan that has posed perhaps the biggest obstacle to major health care [...]
In a sign of bad news for both political parties, a new Rasmussen Reports “generic ballot” poll shows “Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party...
[...]In a sign of bad news for both political parties, a new Rasmussen Reports “generic ballot” poll shows “Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.”
At the same time, the generic ballot question without [...]
Apparently, Tea Party folks AREN’T settling for the GOP:
In a three-way Generic Ballot test, the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds Democrats attracting 36% of the vote. The Tea Party candidate picks up 23%, and Republicans finish third at 18%. Another 22% are undecided.
Among voters not affiliated with [...]
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In 2006, the Democrats, Moveon.org and George Soros were pissed. Not only had George W. Bush survived his 2000 election, but he won reelection in 2004 handily. The most galling part of the 2004 election for the Dems [...]
Democrats enjoy a healthy 38-27 majority in Colorado's House of Representatives. It's unlikely they'll lose their advantage in 2010, but they're being forced to play a lot of [...]
