Some of you might remember that I favored an Obama/Edwards ticket.  So much so in fact that I created their bumper sticker for them.

Well, an article that I stumbled across this morning seems to indicate that John Edwards might have changed his mind regarding that all important number 2 slot on the ticket.  The […]

We took a little vacation these past few days.  We have some company in town and have been quite busy running around town, getting my daughter on early trains to Portland, canoeing in the Arboretum, and watching a close loss by the Mariners to the dastardly Red Sox.

This morning it was Rudy Giuliani (and good riddance!) this afternoon it’s John Edwards.  Returning to the 9th Ward, literally blocks away from where he originally announced his candidacy, John declared his bid for the Democratic nomination was at an end.
He plans to throw his support behind the candidate that can convince him that […]

Fred Thompson, more widely known for his stint on Law and Order than his record as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee, has quit the political arena in his latest bid for the White House.  Following yet another poor showing in the South Carolina primary, Fred ended his campaign as he started it.  With little […]

With a huge potential for degrading into a ‘he said, she said’ kindergarten type feud, Barack Obama has tried to quell the seemingly inevitable confrontation between his camp and that of the Clinton’s.  Referring to some mud-slinging that started due to a poorly crafted speech by Hillary giving props to Lyndon B. Johnson and […]

That is what our beloved nation needs to endure.  Just 53 more weeks.
I found an article over at the Huffington Post that breaks down what we can expect from the current administration and from whom.  Compelling reading and hopefully NOT the roadmap to disaster for our national parks and military reservations that it appears to […]

Female voters spurn Clinton’s advance
Elana Schor in Washington Saturday January 5, 2008 The Guardian
Hillary Clinton has poured time and money into courting female voters. But, despite emotional appearances in Iowa beside her mother and her daughter, the former first lady won only 30% of women […]

Remember how Clinton was ahead of Obama this morning by that crazy 1 percent?  Well the tables have turned this afternoon!  (It’s all still statistically insignificant, remember that!)  Obama has now surged ahead of Clinton.  A poll today had Barack at 34% and Hillary at 33%. 
 
The tables are turning!
Polls: Obama, McCain hold edge […]

You’ve already heard it a hundred times if you watch TV, but here it is again, New Hampshire has more voters registered as Independent than either Democrats or Republicans.  What will that mean in the upcoming election?  It will probably mean a real freedom of choice for the residents of The Granite State.
For the […]

I read this article and the only thing that came to my mind was that Bush and Cheney want to have more troops on the ground in Pakistan so that their eventual violent overthrow of that government will go a little easier that Iraq has.
I’m pretty sure that these same people don’t sit around discussing […]

I found this posted out on the Interwebs today. I think it’s brilliant although you need to put the visuals and audio track with it to get the full effect. Watch the opening credits of Trainspotting at YouTube. Click -> HERE.
Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. […]

In a move that brings a tear of joy to my eye, the State of New Jersey Senate approved a measure which would REQUIRE the state’s electors to actually vote based on the national popular vote winner.
The electoral college is part of a system of indirect elements in the process of electing the president.  In […]

On December 29th, my radio station of choice, KEXP, posted their top 90.3 albums of 2007.  {KEXP is 90.3 MHz on your radio dial here in Seattle}  Appearing on that list are a couple of very exciting bands that I had originally discovered listening to the ‘John in the Morning’ show as I walked […]

As soon as Santa recovers from his globe-spanning exertions and starts checking up on the news, he’s gonna’ be pissed!  Microsoft has been granted a patent on wishlists that go beyond a single store.  If little Johnny wants a Tonka from Amazon and an iPod from the Apple Store, he can’t ask Santa for them […]

Would a federal prosecutor from Connecticut qualify as an ‘outsider’?  Doesn’t a federal prosecutor from Connecticut frikkin’ WORK FOR Mukasey?  Or am I missing something here?
I wonder exactly what kind of abilities Deputy United States Attorney John H. Durham brings to the table in a case that is as potentially explosive as this one.  […]

In keeping with my new-found decision to allow other, more prolific and articulate writers to comment on the state of the administration I give you thins:
A LONG-AWAITED NEW YEAR
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 David Sarasohn
The question began to pop up early, maybe in 2005, on bumper stickers and T-shirts […]

Far be it for any candidate to run solely upon his or her merits.  That would be unthinkable in this day and age.  With instantaneous mass communications, candidates can get their message out to more voters in less time.  The voter today is besieged with an over abundance of information not only about the candidate’s  […]

If nothing else, the Bush administration will go down in history as having the longest list of meatiest scandals associated with it.  There is a sweet list of the largest scandals involving administration officials over at TPMmuckraker.  This list doesn’t address waterboarding, the Bill of Rights, the DoJ, Blackwater or any other entity or […]

Daniel Kurtzman of the San Francisco Chronicle has written a brilliant article that highlights some of the hilarious things that politicians have said this year.  Daniel also edits the political humor page at About.com.
The year’s most laughable political antics
Daniel Kurtzman Monday, December 31, 2007
The late-night comedians may have […]