A dedicated, reliable and adequate source of education funding.

There.  Our future success in less than 10 words.  If we did nothing else but ensure that every school, every where in the country (and later the world) had enough funding that could be counted upon year after year, like… Read full post »

CHICAGO -- Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency. Obama aides and allies are preparing a… Read full post »

"My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over."

- Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States, on the occasion of his swearing in as President following the resignation of Richard M. Nixon, 37th President of the United States and godfather of the modern Republican movement's succe… Read full post »

Ladies and gentlemen, the NON-misleading electoral map of the United States:

 The one used by CNN, NBC, etc., is inherently misleading and should be retired for any national electoral purpose.

That is all.  Read full post »

This image pretty much sums up the "ground game" for McCain.  

This is from the must-read fivethirtyeight.com.  Go read the whole post.  The lack of actual enthusiasm on the ground is killing these guys.

 This is us in Alaska:

The enthusiasm gap is… Read full post »

A little more than a month earlier, teacher Joyce Ben-KiKi had Aron and his classmates each send letters to a famous person as part of a language arts lesson. Ben-KiKi wrapped the exercise around well-known children's book character "Flat Stanley," so along with th… Read full post »

This Ain't no "Credit Crunch."  This is Total Economic Meltdown

When the economy is growing, it's because there are a series of cycles that overlap and are re-inforcing an upward spiral.  Wages go up and spending goes up.  Spending goes up and wages go up.  But just as this… Read full post »

Over at TPM, Josh Marshall asks:

I found this video quite moving.  As someone from a Republican upbringing who still counts many conservatives as friends and family members, this spoke to me.  It's a testament to the faith that the Obama campaign is based on that Americans will rise to the occasion and -- perhaps only afte… Read full post »

Is Howie Kurtz dumber than a bag of rocks or a bag of brcks?

1.  Bag of Rocks

2. Bag of Bricks

The correct answer is "1 & 2," or "Both."

Kurtz is trying to say that the stories about the hateful crowds at McCain/Palin rallies are unfair because… Read full post »

The inestimable John Cole at Balloon Juice things this is the end of McCain campaign's honor. Maybe. He suggests that McCain is now playing princiaplly to a core group of dead-enders. 

This won’t be the end of these Republicans (a la the Whigs), nor some kind of… Read full post »

THIS is sticking the knife in - and twisting slowly...

Ladies and gentlemen, this is the moment that the first Obama administration began...  Read full post »

I forget the exact point, but at one point Obama decided to hit back on McCain's charge of "green behind the ears" and "doesn't understand."  In a rhetorical one could not teach someone how to do, Obama pivoted toward the camera and said (paraphrasing), "John, you're right.  I don't underst… Read full post »

I don't want the Republican Party simply defeated in November, I want to see it smashed beyond all recognition, in such wriggling, writhing, anguished disarray that it can barely reconstitute itself, so desperate for answers that it looks to Newt Gingrich for visionary guidance, his wisdom and insigh… Read full post »

Obama has staked the last few years of his life, and his entire political future, on the next 29 days.  He has spoken of his campaign as essentially a bet – a bet that enough Americans are ready to vote for their own interests rather than be distracted by irrelevancies like… Read full post »

Where are the McCain-iacs with their smearing post-debate ads?  Where are their surrogates with their new talking points?  

I can't imagine a more encouraging or more beautiful image. If this doesn't make you think we have a proud future, you're not paying attention.

What Debate?           

As predicted, the great Veep Debate is concluded and swiftly receding into the forgotten swirls of dim memory – where it undoubtedly belongs.  The job of VP is to be ready to jump in if the need arises – both candidates appea… Read full post »

Sarah Palin and the $700 billion rescue package are both likely to end up in the dustbin of our collective consciousness, and sooner than the current media storm would suggest would be the case.

 Palin will undoubtedly acquit herself acceptably tomorrow night.  The expectations for her hav… Read full post »