Gonzalez gets 47% in 3%…

Gonzalez gets 47% in 3% Green San Francisco Via ProRev Democrat Gavin Newsom beat Green Matt Gonzalez in the race for San Francisco mayor, 53% to 47%. Newsom, taking corporate contributions and with a paid professional campaign staff, spent about…

Expect a close Presidential race

Expect a close Presidential race From Blog for America, the Dean campaign blog Taegan Goddard over at Political Wire— one of the very best one-stop political blogs out there– argues that the 2004 election is going to be very close.…

Doublethink on GOP hypocrisy

Doublethink on GOP hypocrisy Check Doublethink. They’re running a series of articles, meticulously detailing Republican hypocrisy in matters of sex, morality, and race. Good stuff, and massively documented!

The right thing for the…

The right thing for the right reason? Few things offend me more than the argument that 9/11 is a reason to crack down on immigration from Latin America. What’s the rationale? Is it that “only Arabs are terrorists” and “all…

Even the Bushies think it’ll…

Even the Bushies think it’ll be Dean Bush Advisors Think Dean Will Get Nomination. President Bush’s political advisers “are now all but certain that” Howard Dean “will be the Democratic presidential nominee,” and “they are planning a campaign that takes…

You give us great trust…

You give us great trust in your abilities “There’s nothing I am worse at than long-term planning.” — National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, in the upcoming Reader’s Digest, according to the New York Daily News….

In the land of the…

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king Does anyone here know what they are doing?. So, how was this supposed to work? President Bush found himself in the awkward position on Wednesday of calling the leaders…