http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 19:41:20 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:41:20 William Galston November 18, 2010 | 12:00 am

On Thursday, the House Democratic caucus selected Nancy Pelosi as the minority leader. A few hours earlier, Quinnipiac University released its latest survey, which sheds some interesting light on that decision.

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Two points stand out:

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/34 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 16:31:19 I could not believe it when I [link:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101105/ap_on_go_co/us_pelosi_house_leadership_3|read] today that Nancy Pelosi will try to stay on as minority leader. After losing 60+ seats, she not only needs to leave the leadership, she should seriously consider resigning from Co... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/33 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 15:45:47 It seems that there is a lot clamoring to strip Joe Lieberman of his chair on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and other assignments.

Reid's unwillingness to "strip" Lieberman of his post has nothing to do with weakness on his part, his hands are tied by Senate procedure. ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/30 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:57:52 http://money.cnn.com/... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/31 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:32:02 The withdrawal from Iraq will be completed under a Republican, George Bush's Secretary of Defense.

This in effect makes the Iraq issue moot.

Republicans will be without their favorite "cut and run" line, because it will be George Bush's man overseeing it.

They won't be able to repeat their ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/27 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:14:38 I'm really looking forward to the prospect that John Edwards will never hold another position in government ever again.

No politician in the Democratic Party annoys me more or leaves a more bitter taste in my mouth than John Edwards, and I am really enjoying watching this scandal play out.

If ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/26 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:35:53 Dodd can't do it nor can Feingold.

In the same vane as "only Nixon can go to China" it is only Obama that can lead a successful filibuster of the FISA bill, if he so chooses.

If Obama went before a crowd of cameras and declared that he would filibuster the bill, and challenge his colleagues to... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/25 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:51:17 Uncle Hugo needs an American boogeyman (scapegoat) to blame his problems on, he doesn't care if his name is Bush or Obama.

When Hugo starts his crazy rants on President Obama, do you think the cult of Hugo will still make excuses for him left and right?... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/24 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:57:26 The Obamites have been going on for weeks with their cute little "delegate math" threads, declaring the same thing over and over as though it was some new revelation.

Barack Obama will end the primaries with a nominal lead in pledged delegates. We get it, we know it.

Unfortunately for Obama s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/23 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:25:14 Sorry.

Alan Keyes doesn't count.

The Clintons, as they are so affectionately called around here, have been battling the GOP smear machine for the past twenty years.

And just to clarify the OP a bit, on the South Side of Chicago where Obama represented in the State Senate, there is no such t... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/22 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:14:02 Whether they lie knowingly is not as clear.

A non-binding sense of the Senate resolution does not authorize or bestow new war powers upon the President.

In fact, this internal non-binding resolution is so meaningless that Senator Obama didn't even bother to show up for it.

Making someth... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/21 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:18:58 I have always absolutely loved President Carter.

From the moment I read about his campaign I was totally hooked.

He was the first presidential candidate that I voted for to win an election.

Then in 1980 when his administration stood on the edge of collapse, he was stabbed right in the back ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/20 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:07:50 As the Edwards campaign continued to collapse into the new year, his campaign and his supporters are reminding me more and more of the vanity campaign of Dennis Kucinich.

It seems the cult of personality is just as strong, and its not at all uncommon to see posts extolling the virtues of Edwards ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/19 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:38:58 5% today in Nevada? That's just embarrassing.

Thus far he was only competitive in Iowa, where he lived for the past five years.

Which state is Edwards going to win in this primary process? You have to win some states if you want to secure the nomination.

I think the Edwards campaign is r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/18 Sat, 19 Jan 2008 15:56:28 It really doesn't bother me that much, the only big story about him being there, will be the fact that he sued to get in the door.

But it is troubling to me that a judge can compel private entities to include someone in their private functions or risk being shutdown by the government. Not exactl... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/17 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:57:52 He may even win by double digits.

Polls like the ones that are coming just don't lie.

Can she make a stand in SC?

Can she stick it out until Feb 5th, and then pull out some big wins?

Is she going to start having money problems?

I am a Hillary supporter (also an IL resident that loves ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/16 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:48:49 Its hard for me to think of a phonier line given by a politician, and even harder for me to remember such phony defenses of it. I don't like phony people, and to me Edwards just personifies that.

He was never my first pick, but until then I at least respected him as a candidate.

I find compar... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/15 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:19:13 So they register to vote in Iowa? A substantial proportion won't even be there when the general election comes around most likely.

I would assume they should also dump off their Illinois drivers license (or wherever they are from) and pick up an Iowa one?

I wonder if this has any effect on th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/14 Wed, 05 Dec 2007 14:46:34 I was thinking the other day about how the GOP could easily become deadlocked between Rudy, Mitt, and Old Man Fred, who knows how the resurgent Huckabee will play into the mix.

It seems like Rudy has a pretty good lock on northern states, while Freddie has a good lock on many of the deep red stat... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/13 Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:25:16 Source: [b]Sunday Times[/b]

IN a new outburst of antiwestern sabre-rattling, President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has threatened Britain with “revenge” for the Falklands war of 1982. The belligerent Latin American leftist warned last week that his recent build-up of sophisticated Russian and Iranian ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/11 Sun, 02 Sep 2007 23:14:57 And the rest of the Democratic Leadership in the House.

Blaming the "Blue Dogs" and moderate Democrats for its passage is a fools errand.

The leadership was under no obligation to schedule a vote for this bill. The House could have adjourned and gone to recess, no harm no foul.

If Bush cal... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/10 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:44:52 Speaker Pelosi needs to make it clear that the Democratic Party does not stand for corruption and malfeasance, and that we hold the members of our caucus to the highest ethical standards.

When DeLay was indicted we all clamored for his resignation, and our overwhelming victory in November was pro... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/9 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:01:35 Everyone lamenting America's low voter turnout would do well to read this article:

[b]The Myth of the Vanishing Voter[/b]


The apparent decline in voter participation in national elections since 1972 is an illusion created by using the Bureau of the Census estimate of the voting-age populatio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/8 Sun, 06 May 2007 17:17:39 Did the Founders suppose that if it wasn't made clear in the Constitution that a well regulated militia was allowed to bear arms they would be restricted to bow and arrows or sticks and stones?

That is the part of the "no individual right" to bear arms argument I have never understood.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/7 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:24:12 The organizing resolution passed in January designates Harry Reid as majority leader and puts the Democrats in control of committee chairmanships.

Joe Lieberman made a promise to his constituents and his colleagues that he would never flip to the GOP, and if he does, Mr. Reid should simply ignore... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/tritsofme/6 Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:27:09