Hold Fast

The FBI has closed its investigation into the election day blackout of Joe Lieberman’s campaign website. Their finding? That its shutdown was the Lieberman campaign’s fault and no one elses. Not bloggers. Not the Lamont campaign. Not a stray cigarette but cast down from the lips of Tim Tagaris.
The FBI office in New Haven […]

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Last week we saw Senate Majority “Leader” Harry Reid wrap both arms tightly around Joe Lieberman.
“I can tell you Sen. Reid had talked to me a few times and said he knows there will be talk if we get more than 51 Democrats next year,” Lieberman said. “As far as he is concerned, I […]

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Today’s Hartford Courant:
“I can tell you Sen. Reid had talked to me a few times and said he knows there will be talk if we get more than 51 Democrats next year,” Lieberman said. “As far as he is concerned, I will retain my seniority, etc., no matter how many Democrats there are next […]

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CQ has a great piece on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s long-time leadership on human rights in China and Tibet. It covers her decades-long efforts to shine a spotlight on China’s human rights record, as well as her efforts to honor those who have fallen in the pursuit of democracy and freedom in China.  I’m not sure […]

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John Dolan of Alternet has an important article on how Democrats need to get tough when it comes to language and standing up to Republicans. I think Dolan over-emphasizes the need for Democrats to get touch, linguistically and otherwise, as a means of winning over “South Park Republicans” and young, white, male voters. Perhaps tougher […]

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I don’t know who Barack Obama would pick for his vice president. I would hope that it’s not Michael Bloomberg, but my guess is today’s press slathering from the Beltway Blogs is groundless.
I hope that Obama makes his decision by what we can call The Spitzer Principle, which is, knowing that the Republicans will seek […]

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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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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2uCFzIwXmM

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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