The Deciders
Thursday you could hear a collective sigh of relief from the right. But, not so fast I believe the debate not only pushed things towards Obama but also hardened that opinion. Namely, the undecided...
View ArticleWhy I Flipped: A Self Interview
Historic shifts happen very rarely but I believe we are on the verge of one today. The analogy of Herbert Hoover for George W. Bush in my opinion does not go back far enough in history but to Millard...
View ArticleRewind to May: McCain Defends Enron Loophole
The Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 did at least two things. It allowed the now infamous credit default swaps to be sold in so-called "dark markets" and it also introduced the so-called...
View ArticlePro Life Support for Obama
Here's a letter I have to a friend who was shocked that I as someone who is pro life could support Barack Obama.
View ArticleA Letter to a Church Friend as a Special Needs Parent
I will be sending this to a conservative church friend of mine.Dear ****,On September 17, you said:Here is some interesting data about Palin’s increased budget for special needs kids in Alaska....
View ArticleRasmussen: Taxing People Who Earn Over $250,000 Good for the Economy 51-31
The following poll was announced this morning in Rasmussen's morning update. In a poll of 700 likely voters on October 14, 2008 Rasmussen asked:Will Taxing People Who Make More Than $250,000 Help or...
View ArticleSarah Palin Draws (gasp) 5,000 in No. Colorado Update: Capacity Given
The following is from The Coloradoan (sic). Note the word OBITUARIES in the URL:http://www.coloradoan.com/...Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived at the Budweiser Events Center at about 1:15 p.m. today,...
View ArticleDenver Post: McCain Cutting TV Ads, Musgrave Left High and Dry by...
The Denver Post gives a bleak picture for the Republicans statewide. I just early-voted in Fort Collins and it's very light there. I've heard however that Boulder has large waits. (Kossacks please...
View ArticlePlease Freep This Poll
I got the following e-mail (from the same guy who said Obama was the anti-Christ because he's a 47-year-old Muslim). I am doing what's suggested and forwarding this to some of my closest friends :-)....
View ArticleEarly Voting in Colorado Updatedx1
While I was waiting to get into the Fort Collins rally I noted to the guy waiting next to me I was a Republican voting for Obama. He asked me how many of me were there and I said I didn't know. When...
View ArticleEstimated Early Voting for Colorado
Yesterday I did a diary trying to get a bead on early voting in Colorado but it was more anecdotal, e.g. gaging the response at the Fort Collins rally. So I did a more quantitative approach today.So, I...
View ArticleWhy the Republicans are the Party of Denial
OpinionJed L lays out the case that the Republicans are the party of the denial.We have met the enemy and he is us. -- PogoUltimately the reason the Republicans are the party denial is the character of...
View ArticleAn Open Letter from an Obamacan
First, congratulations on not only a successful but also a moral campaign. The way Barack Obama and his supporters handled themselves speaks well of both you and him. Voting for Barack Obama was the...
View ArticleObama Evangelicals vs. McCain Evangelicals What's Important?
Beliefnet did a survey of religious voters and one the more intriguing results are the relative priorities of Evangelicals that supported Obama vs. Evangelicals that supported McCain.I culled out...
View ArticleThe Scientific Elimination of Bias
Bias in the media has been constant refrain from both the right and the left. The problem with bias is that one of the kinds of formal bias is called confirmation bias. That is, an out-of-context...
View ArticleRick Warren and the First Amendment
Whenever First Amendment issues are raised many people stress one clause or the other. It's either all the establishment clause or all the free exercise clause. Then, when there is conflict the two...
View ArticleMark Denbeaux on CBS News Updatedx2
Sorry for breaking diary format.To: Law School Administration, Law School All Students, Law School Full-Time Faculty, Law School Staff From: Janet LeMonnier/LWA/SHU Date: 01/24/2009 02:20PM Subject:...
View ArticleMore Inhofe Nonsense
Inhofe hit man, Marc Morano, posted the following to the Senate's EPW minority blog:James Hansen’s Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a SkepticThe alleged supervisor is Dr. John Theon. As is...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Caucuses
Due to a unique set of circumstances I am able to directly compare a Democratic and Republican caucus for the exact same Colorado district. Due to the influence of my eldest daughter I supported...
View ArticleViolence and Bipartisanship
My daughter failed to qualify for the nationals of the National Forensic League CX debates but what caught my interest was why. She was on the aff for expanding food stamps. The neg team effectively...
View ArticleRand Paul's Proposal Could Cost Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs Per Year
Rand Paul was on Face the Nation yesterday. He proposed continuing the Bush tax cuts for the rich and paying for it in part by cutting the federal work force. Let's do the math below the fold.
View ArticlePoison Pill Hidden in RSC Budget Cuts
The Republicans are always big on the necessity of reading the bills and this is especially true for the bills they write. We've already heard about the defunding of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, health...
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Update X2: Egyptian Interior Minister Accused by British Intelligence in...
Throughout the Egyptian crisis Christians were told that we need to support Mubarak because Islamists would kill our brothers and sisters in Egypt. With the New Year's Day bombing of the al-Qiddissin...
View ArticleBritish Embassy Denies Harboring Alleged Church Bombers
Both I and another who made the rec list had diaries on the Two Saints church bombing and allegations that the Interior Minister was involved. In the comments I said I would try to run down the...
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Russians Hire BP for Offshore Drilling
The New York Times is reporting that Russia is hiring BP to do offshore drilling in the Kara Sea.Russia, where onshore oil reserves are slowly dwindling, last month signed an Arctic exploration deal...
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Republicans Bad for Bottom 90% for 90 Years
Here in Colorado we have a constitutional limitation on raising taxes known as TABOR. Our community here has been discussing what to do about the fix we're in because of it. I've found that some of my...
View ArticleEvangelicals: Cut Aid to World's Poor, Unemployed
The people in my evangelical church are worried about young people leaving and for good reason. In the book "American Grace", Putnam found this:Young Americans are dropping out of religion at an...
View ArticleScott Walker and the Sanctity of Contracts
A couple days ago Gov. Walker told Sean Hannity the following (I won't give Sean the dignity of a link, Google it yourself):Now, I give you one good example. Over the years, most of the school...
View Article2010 Election Post Mortem
This diary is an expansion of my comments to the "This is what happens when you don't vote"diary. I took the unpopular thesis that voters need to take responsibility for not voting and not pawn it off...
View ArticleScott Walker And The Wisconsin Bankers Association
After the firefighters withdrew their money from M&I Bank they issued the following statement:M&I has not taken, and will not take, a position either for or against the budget repair bill. As...
View ArticleUpdate: The Corporate Takeover of the Colorado GOP
Recently I've focused on the Wisconsin and how the Koch brothers and M&I Bank have taken over Wisconsin politics. Today I've decided to turn my analysis on my home state of Colorado. As many know...
View ArticleThe Corporate Takeover of the Colorado GOP Part II
In my previous diary I focused on how corporate influence has supplanted normal party operations for fundraising and organizing. Now I'm going to look at the messaging side. Specifically I'm going to...
View ArticleM&I Merger Meeting May 17 in NYC
Pardon the shortness of this but I wanted to give folks a heads up on the proposed merger between M&I bank and the Bank of Montreal. If you go to investor relations for the company you won't find...
View ArticleMilitary Noticing Congressional Snub of SEALs
Last week I gave the following comment to a diary that noticed how the House refused to honor the Navy SEALs bin Laden mission.My father is a lobbyist for the Military Officers Association of America....
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We are all Milad Ayash
I visited Israel a month ago. I left with the thoughts foremost in my mind, watch Silwan and pay attention to May 15. I knew something big would happen. Something big did happen, a teenager died...
View ArticleMr. President, Please Stand Up for Milad Ayash
Last Friday, a teenager was slain apparently by the private security forces of the Beit Yonaton settlement in Silwan:The circumstances of the death of Milad Ayyash, 16, on Saturday morning in East...
View ArticleReligious Freedom in Israel?
This week Benjamin Netanyahu made the following claim:Israel is the cradle of our common civilization. It's the crucible of our common values. And the modern state of Israel was founded precisely on...
View ArticleReform Party of Syria is neo-con astroturf
On Sunday something happened that should have changed American public opinion, or at the very least the public opinion of progressives and Democrats (or any other member of the reality-based...
View ArticleThe Right Side of Politics but the Wrong Side of History
Yesterday there was an interesting diary showing the President is on the right side of the political equation with respect to contentious I/P debate. That being said, being on the right side of history...
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High Park Fire: They have our back do we have theirs?
As has been elsewhere reported here the High Park fire is completely out of control.That diary posted the link between the fire and climate change. I want to look at Governor Romney's comment...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Blocked Pine Beetle Hearings in 2010
On Sunday I wrote a diary on how Mitt Romney was against firefighters in the context of the High Park fire. I found more direct evidence of Republican obstructionism in this context. Our...
View Article"Mitt ran a private equity firm, not a cement company."
Much of the current controversy is caused by the tendency to treat Bain Capital like any other business. This way we get painted as anti-business. Instead of asking the question of when he was an...
View ArticleI don't get it
Yesterday we had a recommended diary on how we are glad that Obama didn't listen to Cory Booker.All the speculation given the success of the Bain inquiries is that Booker would be wondering through the...
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The Twisted Minds of the GOP
On Sunday, many of us were worried that Todd Akin would "get it" and drop out. We understood both that his statements were incredibly offensive and why they were. The Republican base and the...
View ArticleDrones to kill good, to save lives not so good
We've discussed to death the use of drones on the so-called war on terror. I will not re-cover this ground here. But, drones also have positive non-military applications. Here's a story of using a...
View ArticleWhat Really Causes Low Turnouts
The circular firing squads use the historically low turnout to blame each other while failing to understand what truly drives turnout. What is true and what sparks Democratic/Progressive victories is...
View ArticleWhy the RNC is Going to Israel with David Lane
Rachel Maddow seems genuinely confused on what the motivation of the RNC is to go on the controversial trip. Republican candidates have been going on Christian Zionist trips for years to prove their...
View ArticleTed Cruz Booed by Christians Persecuted by ISIS in 2014
Yesterday Ted Cruz complained that the President insulted him when he said:"When individuals say that we should have a religious test and that only Christians - proven Christians - should be admitted...
View ArticleModerates and Independents are Different and Why This is Important
In the Primary pie fights the Bernie and Hillary supporters both claim they will bring in voters who are not Democrats. Bernie’s argument is that he beats Hillary with Independents and Trump attracts...
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