The term “sensory overload” could not be more appropriate for how I’m feeling right now. The 16th Street Mall was a nightmare today, crowded with protestors (and their large signs with pictures of mutilated fetuses), cops, delegates, staffers … my head is spinning just thinking about them all! I just encountered some Republicans driving a [...]
But I’m glad BO decided to let HRC be nominated. It’s a fair, classy and historic thing to do. From the NYT story: “I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton’s historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion,” [...]
I saw Mark Warner speak at a small event in LA earlier this year; while he’s no BO with a microphone, he did engage the crowd with some entertaining stories and compelling progressive arguments. I thought, at the time, that he’d make a decent Veep choice, but everyone was enamored with his fellow Virginian, Jim [...]
There’s a great story on Politico explaining the debate about whether Hilary’s delegates should have the chance to vote for her in Denver. Even though I think they backed the wrong horse, I’d have to side with the PUMAs on this one. It really bothered me in 2001 when Bush entered office and the GOP [...]
Are people really going to continue to give credibility to this movement of sore losers who are determined to divide and conquer the resurgence of progressive values in America? If Obama had lost I would have been thoroughly pissed, but I would have found a new hobby or joined a grassroots effort for an issue [...]
Read this! Tom Brokaw condemns the media’s relentless coverage of Hillary’s imminent exit from the primary race. Check it out as he “Slams Press Drumbeat For Hillary’s Exit: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Commentary Disguised as Reporting.’”
You’re got to give her credit, as the final performance of the Hillary Clinton Reinvention Tour was absolutely show-stopping. While she was talking about the woman in the hospice who died trying to vote for the first female president, I sort of forgot the fear-mongering “3am” and Osama ads, the not-so-subtle racial attacks, the “change [...]