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- On The Clinton Appointment: More Facts, Less Drama, Please!Today
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Finally, someone says it.
John Isaacs, the Executive Director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, has written a great piece about how much Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton agree on many critical defense and foreign policy issues.His point about the media is absolutely dead-on correct. The traditional media (and many blogs) put their manufactured drama over substance:
President-elect Barack Obama announced today that he will nominate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) to be Secretary of State. Selecting a former rival for the most prestigious of cabinet positions has unleashed a torrent of media coverage, most of which has focused on grossly exaggerated disagreements during the presidential campaign and behind-the-scenes political maneuvering.
This reporting misses the point. As Lt. General Robert Gard, chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation,
- GA-Sen: Election Day is tomorrowToday
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Tuesday is election day in Georgia, and voters will go to the polls to either choose newer, progressive representation in the United States Senate, or return a man to the Senate so embarrassing to Republicans that even FOX's own Chris Wallace is forced to skewer him:
- Late Afternoon/Early Evening Open ThreadToday
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What you missed on Sunday Kos ...
- Devilstower explored the "cult of selfishness" at the core of conservative beliefs and how that will promote ditching environmental efforts in the months ahead in No Dark Cloud without a Darker Lining.
- Really?Today
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While I won't argue that Barack Obama's vast email list isn't going to be a powerful tool during his presidency, this article seems to miss the obvious: the 13 or so million people on that list don't march in lockstep.
The millions of donors who enabled Barack Obama to shatter campaign-fundraising records and build a nationwide network of supporters may also help him rewrite the rules for governing. [...]
"When President Obama says, '21 members of Congress are standing in the way of my health plan,' one out of 10 voting Americans start to go to work on those members of Congress,'' said Democratic consultant Joe Trippi...
We're not the Republican Party, Joe. We're not, as a group, going to jump onboard whatever policy President Obama pushes. Anyone who thinks so hasn't been paying attention.
- A New Spot of Blue in WyomingToday
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One of the greatest disappointments of November 4 was Wyoming, where one of our best Congressional candidates--Gary Trauner--couldn't overcome the Republican flood of a presidential election vote. But there's a very good bit of news out of that state with a Democratic legislative pick-up, coming by way of a highly unusual revote.
Democrat Jim Roscoe, a home builder, marathoner and former ski patrolman who has never run for public office ran for the open District 22 seat in the state House against Republican Charles Stough, a recent transplant. Roscoe won in the general election in a complete squeaker, by just four votes--2,991 2,891 to 2,887. But then it got kind of hinkey. Joe Albright, Teton County Democratic State Committeeman, explained what happened in an e-mail:
Even though John McCain and Sarah Palin carried the legislative district with 60.2 % of the vote on Nov. 4, Roscoe manage to run more than 10 percent ahead of the Obama-Biden ticket. He won just enough to carry the legislative district by four votes on Nov. 4.
But then the Republicans managed to find that in the Alpine precinct in the Lincoln County portion of the district, the election judges mistakenly allowed 11 voters to vote even though they lived in the adjoining legislative district. (As it turned out, all three of the election judges in Alpine that day were Republicans.) The upshot was an order Nov. 12 from the State Canvassing Board that new election had to be hel
