I'm watching Hillary right now. Didn't expect to get choked up. All those women who have waited so long, so overdue. Man.

I was so enthused about Barack that I got so wrapped up in his campaign, and so giddy that he was going to crash through a huge barrier,… Read full post »

The Dems keep struggling because they fail to address their underlying problem: two terrible images that undermine everything they say or do.

We need to work on our brand.

The VP is s great place to do that. (For prez, we want the best candidate--in our collective opinion. But… Read full post »

I love David Axelrod. He is surely a key reason Obama won. He should absolutely stay as chief strategist. But . . .

Please yank him from TV. What a bad spokesperson.

 First, he spins a bit too much for an Obama symbol. It's a shadow of the Clinton spin, or FauxNews,… Read full post »

This AP story may sound dreadful, but it got me all giddy:

10 states urge California court to delay marriage ruling

5/30/2008

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The attorneys general of 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to delay finalizing its ruling to legalize same-sex marriage.

The attor… Read full post »

it was an amazing night. i hope that everyone, no matter how they feel about Dems or barack can take great joy in the amazing event that happened tonight: a great big gaping hole was smashed through the color barrier.

 you may or may not wish to see… Read full post »

cnn has video of bill clinton here saying this may be his last day ever campaigning.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2008/06/02/sot.bill.clinton.last.cnn

i actually found the clip very touching. he was really candid. he made a joke that people hear him and discount about half of what he says/… Read full post »

i have a new hero in alice huffman.

she is the hillary superdelegate who made the impassioned plea for FL to be fullly instated, which was understandable. once she lost that motion, she embraced the motion for half, and gave an incredibly eloquent short speech saying life is not perfect,/… Read full post »

The white house said it's "puzzled" by Scott McClellan's eviceration.  Of course they were: they're so used to lying as a matter of course, they can't get their heads around the idea of one of their guys telling the truth.

 It is kind of astonishing that Scott lied to… Read full post »