Hold Fast

Mike Gravel has dropped out of the Democratic presidential primary (Breaking: he was still in it) and is bolting the Democratic Party.
Long-shot presidential candidate Mike Gravel told supporters Wednesday he is leaving the Democratic Party to join the Libertarian Party.
Gravel, a former Democratic senator from Alaska, said in an e-mail that the Democratic Party “no […]

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Major General Paul Eaton has worked with Darcy Burner, Donna Edwards, Eric Massa, and six other challengers to craft a new vision for America’s diplomatic and military efforts in Iraq. They are rolling out a new plan for Iraq tomorrow at the Take Back America conference.
This is a remarkable moment in progressive politics. My […]

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Yesterday’s news was filled with resignations. I don’t have a tremendous amount to say on either Spitzer or Fallon, other than that it strikes me as the person who has a major say on whether or not the US goes to war with Iran during the Bush administration ought to be treated as far more […]

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Shorter Democratic Primary:

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Democrat Bill Foster won a special election in the 14th congressional  district of Illinois, Dennis Hastert’s old district. One of the key aspects of Foster’s campaign against Republican Jim Oberweis that was encouraging was that Foster took a very strong stance in favor of the Constitution and against retroactive immunity. In a statement to Matt […]

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It seems in in a somewhat circumspect mood today and am finding other people similarly reflective on the state of affairs in left blogistan. Or rather, I’m at least down to post some sober perspectives this morning. So…take it away Athenae.
The real reason I’m not in a state of panic about the loss of civilization […]

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Hilltop Brigade Event, originally uploaded by himesforcongress.
This is what Connecticut’s congressional delegation will look like come January, 2009. From left to right: Rep. Chris Murphy, Jim Himes, Rep. […]

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Thers opens up a can of whoopass on what matters in our support for candidacies and our pursuit of a government that provides for the needs of the citizenry.
And this is not just a problem for us Liberal Fascists. Look at how long the anti-abortion maniacs prayed and organized and voted, and then they finally […]

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We will likely know next week whether or not Glenn Greenwald’s reporting on Democrats caving on FISA is substantively correct or not. He has said it comes from unimpeachable sources and while some in the House are denying it, it seems others are corroborating it.
The entire process on this legislation since the Senate passed the […]

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Glenn Greenwald breaks word of the House “compromise” legislation that will effectively give the Bush administration everything they want, closely in line to the bad Senate legislation. It seems that the House will pass a Title I bill that has some minor changes from the Senate bill and set up a separate vote for retroactive […]

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