http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:31:39 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:31:39 Are U.S. taxpayers getting stiffed? Pfizer, Viagra's daddy, is using money from taxpayer-bailed-out banks to help buy major pharmaceutical competitor Wyeth in a [a href="http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/bbdp/pfizer-to-buy-wyeth-in-68-billion-deal/317483"]$68 billion deal[/a]. That won't help ta... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/44 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:19:38 Like most Americans, I'm guarding my dollars, but when my furnace died during Seattle's coldest winter in decades, I needed to replace it. And when I did, with a high-efficiency Trane model made in Trenton New Jersey, the costs and gains underscored key lessons about what we need to do to craft a s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/43 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:58:52 On election day four years ago, I was canvassing in home state of Washington, alternately knocking on doors for gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire and breaking to call Ohio and Florida. After three recounts, Gregoire won by 129 votes. I had no idea my state election was so close, but I did g... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/42 Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:14:04 When Sarah Palin joked about herself and her fellow hockey moms as pit bulls with lipstick, she may have revealed more than she intended. She made it sound a compliment—portraying herself and her peers as ordinary mothers who look good but are tough, tenacious, and defend their family at any cost. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/41 Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:57:25 What does it say about John McCain that he not only picked the least experienced Vice Presidential nominee in America's history, but picked someone he really didn't know? Departing so far from any normal concept of appropriate background, he should at least have had a sense of why this individual is... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/40 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:00:49 I don't know when Hillary Clinton and her advisors started channeling Karl Rove, but it's happened and it's ugly. If you want to stop them from tearing the Democratic Party apart, then [a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankmap"]get on the phones [/a] today and volunteer to turn ou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/39 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:56:27 I admit it. I'm addicted. Since the primaries and caucuses began, I've spent practically every free hour reading article after article, and poll after poll, charting the shifting sands of the Democratic presidential race. As I've become inspired by Barack Obama's potential to engage ordinary citize... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/38 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:02:28 I gave John Edwards more money than I've given to any candidate in my life, and I'm glad I did. He raised critical issues about America's economic divides, and got them on the Democratic agenda. He was the first major candidate to stake out strong comprehensive platforms on global warming and health... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/37 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:21:35 Hillary Clinton has now been campaigning in Florida and arguing that the state's delegates should count, along with those from the Michigan primary. This would sound fair enough, unless you know that both Michigan and Florida moved their primaries up after the Democrats agreed that the only states t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/36 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:32:57 Politics can be a rough game. Candidates need to hold their competitors accountable and challenge distortions and lies. And God knows, we need a Democratic nominee who's willing to fight. But Hillary Clinton's campaign has included far too many cheap shots, sleazy manipulations, and unsavory players... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/35 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 13:21:24 Obviously Barack Obama and John Edwards are competing with each other, but the caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, and Washington State give the two campaigns a chance to also coordinate to maximize the delegates they gain. Edwards and Dennis Kucinich actually did this [a href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLI... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/34 Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:17:49 I know Kucinich supporters don't like Hillary Clinton. When I write about her, they respond, again and again. "She's a bought and paid corporatist." "She backed the Iraq war from the beginning." "She supported the regressive bankruptcy bill." In fact, many say, "If she's nominated I'm staying home... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/33 Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:37:01 Because I write books on citizen movements, people have often asked me what social change groups I personally support. I'm not a wealthy donor and have often had to fundraise for different projects. But as I've moved from an situation where I barely get by to one where I have a bit of extra resource... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/32 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:39:28 Ever since Hillary Clinton supported the reckless Kyl-Lieberman Iran bill, her Democratic competitors have been blasting her for her stand, and rightly so. By defining Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, a core branch of the Iranian military, as a [a href="http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/31 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:45:43 Methuen Progressive is right, I don't like Hilllary, though I'd vote for her if she became the nominee. So I'm doing what I can, which means trying to explain why in a manner that I hope will help people reflect on the issues.

It's not about her personality or some right-wing fantasy of Vince Fos... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/30 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:27:18 I checked with Center For Public Integrity who works on these areas, and Hillary could indeed have transferred money form her campaign to the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee or other candidates.

And Obama and Edwards could have been raising money for their own campaigns, as Hillary effective... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/29 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:17:31 Maybe Hillary Clinton's right that going back to the candidates' past illuminates their character. I'm not sure we need to know whether they spilled their milk in [a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/news/release/view/?id=4479"]kindergarten[/a], but let's look at the 2006 election. Barack Obama's ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/28 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:01:55
When Democrats worry about Hillary Clinton's electability, they focus on her reenergizing a depressed Republican base while demoralizing core Democratic activists, particularly those outraged about the war, and consequently losing the election. A November 26 [a href="http://www.zogby.com/news/Read... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/27 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:38:51 Barack Obama and John Edwards are competing against each other, including some recent [a href="http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/edwards-says-obama-using-stolen-ideas-2007-10-03.html"]sniping[/a]. But more than anything, both are trying to stop Hillary Clinton's momentum, and erode her lead in the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/26 Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:29:24 With the Senate embracing the reckless Kyl-Lieberman amendment, we've moved one step closer to attacking Iran. But there's still time for Congress to assert itself against yet another needless war with massive destructive potential. By defining Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps, a core branch of the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/25 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:53:34 It's hard to keep up with the crazed weather. As I write, a heat wave has killed over 50 people in the Midwest and South, with temperatures reaching 112 degrees in Evening Shade, Arkansas. Torrential storms have flooded Ohio, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, and South Dakota. Californi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/23 Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:47:42 Given the magnitude of the global crises we face, we'd hope the key nonprofits trying to address them would use every appropriate tool to maximize their impact.

Yet, Seattle's Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which does much good with its programs (particularly its global immunization efforts), i... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/22 Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:19:00 The Haircut That Won’t Die
By Paul Rogat Loeb

The John Edwards haircut won't go away. The Republicans resurrected it most recently in their second debate, when former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckaby said, in a quote that the national wire service story called "the most memorable sound bite of the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/21 Sat, 19 May 2007 17:39:10

With over 1400 local events, the April 14 National Day of Climate Action, [a href="http://www.StepItUp07.org,"]www.StepItUp07.org,[/a] offered a national wakeup call, with citizens in every state raising their voice. But even as we build on this powerful day to move forward, we need to talk abou... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/20 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 20:40:53 As [a href="http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm?EE=1&RE=1"]state and federal initiatives [/a]begin to give renewable energy systems a chance to cost out economically as well as environmentally, we still face the question of where individual home-owners will find the money to install them. What if we ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Paul Rogat Loeb/18 Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:05:40