Hold Fast

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Speaking of Kathleen Sebelius giving this year’s State of the Union response, it’s worth highlighting Jim Webb’s response last year. Webb’s speech was infinitely better than Bush’s that night, a rare feat even in the mediocrity of the Bush administration. It was arguably the best speech I’ve seen a Democrat give on the national stage […]

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Kathleen Sebelius, governor of Kansas, is giving the Democratic response to Bush’s State of the Union address. As most people probably don’t know who she is or the fact that a lot of smart people are putting her as a likely person for Barack Obama’s short list of vice presidential choices, I thought I’d post […]

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Imagine what the press would have done if Bill Clinton did stand up comedy routines in 1998 about Monica Lewinsky or Whitewater. Think Progress reports:
At the Alfalfa Club dinner on Saturday night, President Bush made light of Vice President Cheney’s penchant for secrecy while joking about Jenna Bush’s bridal shower earlier that day. “My sister […]

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The Senate resumes its consideration of intelligence legislation today, though thanks to Republican obstructionism, there will be a cloture vote on the very bad Intelligence Committee legislation to modify and extend the poorly named Protect America Act. Democrats are seeking to keep debate going so they can consider amendments that would end warrantless wiretapping and […]

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I’ve recently had a number of conversations with Obama supporters - not fanboys, but smart, high-information voters - who think that one net positive for an Obama administration over a Clinton administration is that Obama can enter office without the yoke of 1992-2000’s animus towards Bill and Hillary Clinton. The argument goes that we can […]

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Shorter Clinton campaign: “Ted, we can make a better decision for you than you can for yourself. Since you asked, we wouldn’t have had you endorse Barack Obama.”
Marc Ambinder has posted a video that he says is being circulated as oppo research. I think it’s a safe guess that it is Clinton campaign sending this […]

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Now that we know both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will be in the Senate to vote against cloture on the Intelligence Committee bill, you might be wondering what else they can do, besides show up to cast the right vote. Ari Melber of The Nation has an answer handy:

1. Use their influence […]

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Jane Hamsher at FireDogLake has received confirmation from the Clinton campaign that Senator Clinton will be in the Senate to vote “no” to cloture on the bad Intelligence bill tomorrow. This is welcome news.
Hopefully she will be able to bring along other Senators and ensure that the Republican obstructionism is defeated.
No word yet from […]

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In a post titled, “Souther Carolina: Youth Turnout Triples. Again.” young voter guru Mike Connery has a great break down of how the youth vote turned out in South Carolina.

Turnout in the Democratic Primary in South Carolina almost tripled yesterday. According to CIRCLE, 74,245 young voters went to the polls, 19 percent of eligible young […]

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Keith Olbermann has it.
KURTZ: But in a sense, the Bush administration has been very, very good for Keith Olbermann.
OLBERMANN: Honestly? No. I’m an American citizen, I think this has been a disastrous presidential administration. I would have given what I have, in terms broadcasting success in the nature of this newscast, I would have easily […]

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