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WHEN THE PRESS CORPS ATTACKS… The White House Press Corps has had it. They’re tired of the games, the evasions, the disrespect. They will boldly stand up for their profession and not hold back any more. Now the truth can be told. They will ask the penetrating, uncomfortable questions that no Press Secretary wants to […]

TEDISCO, DUCK…. It has been notable to see the President and the Vice President get fairly involved in the special election in NY-20 over the last week or two, despite the dynamics of the district presumably favoring a Republican. Obviously something flipped and they feel like Scott Murphy can take the seat (incidentally, liberal netrooters, […]

OBAMA AND THE BANKERS… Hello all, and thanks to Steve for the opportunity to fill in. Because he is more machine than man it takes two of us to do so. Anyway, let’s get to it. President Obama met with the nation’s top bankers yesterday, and I think “jovial” would best describe the atmosphere, at […]

BLACKMAIL?… When I read Patrick Cockburn’s article yesterday about the “secret” agreement for the US military to remain in Iraq indefinitely I thought he was a little bit behind the story. The only place where the discovery that the US wanted permanent basing rights and air superiority and immunity from prosecution for their personnel was […]

CLOSING IN… Karl Rove has been extremely slippery with what he was able to get away with while in service at the White House, but over the past couple weeks events have probably made him gulp and pull the collar away from his neck a couple times. Same with his former bosses. First you have […]

VEEPSTAKES… Barack Obama is touring Virginia today with Virginia’s three top Democrats, all of whom have been mentioned as potential VP candidates in one place or another. I’m not of the view that a Vice President gets you a state, the way it may have in the more parochial media landscape of the past. People […]

WORDS, MEET ACTION… On the one hand, Ben Bernanke lauds the expansion of education access at all areas of development, including the community college system, as among the best methods to reduce income inequality in the long-term. Now, Bernanke doesn’t set education policy for the Administration. But he does have some sway over the financial […]

GOOD JOB, NOW GET TO WORK…. I congratulate Barack Obama on his primary win. Last night was historic and felt particularly hopeful. I think he has the opportunity to bring forward meaningful change in America. In fact, he can start today. He can go to the well of the Senate and demand that the party […]

WAVE ELECTION… Democracy Corps released their latest poll of Republican-held areas, and the news is very good for Democrats: Analysis: Democrats Improve Advantage in 45 Republican-Held Districts Even as we modified our sample design to include more hard-to-reach Republican-held districts, Democrats have significantly expanded their lead in this totally Republican battleground that Bush won by […]

The AP is reporting that Barack Obama has clinched the Democratic nomination, based on projections of tonight’s numbers (the bare minimum delegates he’d be expected to pick up in Montana and South Dakota) and the superdelegates who are about to commit. It does look to be over, at long last. And Democrats got to compete […]