Barack Obama NOW!

from the November 1, 2006 issue of the New York Times: of course, this image IS Copyright 2006 The New York Times Company

November 19th, 2006 | Category: cartoons | Leave a comment

from the New York Times today: Some Democrats say their election is a mandate for more sweeping changes, and many newly elected candidates — citing scandals involving several Republican lawmakers last year — made Congressional ethics a major issue during the campaign. After winning the House on election night, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic [...]

November 18th, 2006 | Category: government ethics | Leave a comment

Charles Babington of the Washington Post writes: Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) might be well advised to stay in the Senate several more years before running for president, as many strategists have suggested. But there are at least 40 reasons to challenge that advice. That is the number of senators who have tried, and failed, to [...]

November 16th, 2006 | Category: editorials | Leave a comment

Russ Feingold will not be running for president in 2008. Here’s a few brief excerpts from his statement to friends and supporters: Yet, while I’ve certainly enjoyed the repeated comments or buttons saying, “Run Russ Run”, or “Russ in ’08″, I often felt that if a piece of Wisconsin swiss cheese had taken the same [...]

November 12th, 2006 | Category: Democrats, Election 2008 | Leave a comment

From ThisModernWorld, the blog by Tom Tomorrow and Bob Harris, here’s some excellent things that make this particular mid-term election very special indeed: • Nancy Pelosi will become the first female Speaker of the House. • Keith Ellison is the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress. • Deval Patrick is the first black state [...]

November 11th, 2006 | Category: Democrats | Leave a comment

Andrea Batista Schlesinger has a harsh warning- “Don’t fall in love too fast. That’s the rule of thumb in romance. And it should be true in politics, too.” Ms. Schlesinger warns that Barack Obama has stumbled on some very important issues, and we might be best served by focusing on the issues, rather the personalities. [...]

November 8th, 2006 | Category: editorials, grassroots activism | Leave a comment