(abstracted from Washingtn Post) Rep. The women’s group Emily’s List is committing at least $2.4 million from its super PAC to help Rep. Donna F. Edwards defeat Chris Van Hollen because he is a male.running against a woman. Van Hollen, a leading member of the Democratic leadership in the house[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
March 25th, 2016 - 7:49 am § in Misc.
Gender Politics … because he is a male running against a woman.
March 16th, 2016 - 1:50 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Why the GOP has become Trump: Alternative Reality Syndrome
There is no mystery about where Trumpism comes from. The roots are in the communist fantasies of Joseph McCarthy who painted Truman’s cabinet as a nest of Stalin’s buddies and the sophistry of Lee Atwater who, under Nixon, began the GOP’s turn to an alternative reality where[...]
November 16th, 2015 - 1:22 am § in Misc.
Darryl Holman: Who will win the 2016 Senate?
Poll Analysis: Senate Outlook 2016 by Darryl — HORSESASS Pres. Senate to Dems* Senate to GOP Democratic: 43.3% probability 56.7% probability Republican: 5.6% probability 94.5% probability Mean of 49 seats Mean of 51 seats It is way too early to make much of anything out of the 2016 Senate head-to[...]
November 7th, 2015 - 10:35 am § in Politics, The Ave Scene
An important anniversary for Seattle … Mayor Nice
As we head toward another hate filled election, the country ought to Seattle in the 1990s for a model Rice wins election as Seattle’s first African American mayor on November 7, 1989. | We voted for Norm . The thing that is so hard to remember now is that the issues surrounding him were not[...]
June 26th, 2015 - 6:27 pm § in Misc.
When Conservatives Try to Squirm Out of Their Guilt
This is a recent post on Facebook by a conservative named Steve Yeger and his friend Rob Schick. This is, of course, meant as a somewhat silly effort to tie today’s Dem Party to the horrors of racism. “Margaret Sanger..founder of planned > baby murdering<..parenthood….respo[...]
June 15th, 2015 - 11:27 am § in Misc.
“The Hot Stove:” Why Pelosi and House Democrats turned on their president over free trade
Harley Shaiken, University of California, Berkeley Over the last several days, President Barack Obama pulled out all the stops to pass Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) – aka fast track – which would restrict Congress to an up-or-down vote without amendments on trade deals for the next three years[...]
May 20th, 2015 - 8:08 am § in Misc.
Sawantism explained by David Goldstein: “She’s a Trotskyist, not Maoist or a Stalinist.”
Over on FACEBOOK, David Goldstein valiantly tries to explain how he can support Kshama Sawant while this Brahmin Trotskyite proclaims her goal as overthrow of the Democratic Party, packs public meetings in her own district with her supporters and listens while her drew yell and scream so others̵[...]
Clinton-Webb 2016?
2016: Democrat Jim Webb Enters The Ring The rumors are that Chuck Hagel was dismissed as Secretary of Defense because he was the wrong man to fight a war. If we are still at war in 2016 will the Dems need a manly man on the ticket to elect Hillary? Jim Webb, former Democratic Senator […[...]