DOJ files lawsuit against NC Sheriff for racial profiling
Huffington Post and the Talking Points Memo both have stories up about the Department of Justice filing a civil lawsuit against Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson.The SF Gate articleon the lawsuit...
View ArticleMA-Sen: WBUR/MassInc Poll says Scott Brown in good position
WBURreleased a poll that MassINC had done for them for a special election in 2013. The poll looked at the favorables of Scott Brown and a few other Republicans(Bill Weld and Charlie Baker) and also...
View ArticleMA-Sen: Conservadem Stephen Lynch interested in running; Interim Senator...
Now that John Kerry has been announced as Barack Obama's choice for our next Secretary of State, the speculation as to who will run in the 2013 special election to replace Kerry is heating up. As has...
View ArticleHuffPo: Geithner says Debt Limit will be reached December 31, uncertain how...
According to the Huffington Post, the Debt Limit will be reached on December 31, 2012. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will take measures that will postdate the date, but as the article mentions,...
View ArticleMA-Sen: Edward Markey ready to fight for sanity on guns.
Now that Rep. Ed Markey has officially begun his campaign for Senate in Massachusetts, it's clear that gun safety will be one major issue that Markey plans to fight on.His statement about what he is...
View ArticleKansas seems intent on punishing LGBT couples and now their sperm donors.
The Topeka Capitol-Journal shows that Kansas is doing its best to be regressive, homophobic and showing that it is not "pro-life" in any way.The Kansas Department of Children and Families is suing the...
View ArticleHuffPo: House adjourns, we are going over the cliff
According to the Huffington Post article, we are going to go over the cliff. Although this may be a technicality if the House decides to rapidly vote on any deal that the Senate reaches. The House...
View ArticleRight Wing Clown Show wants Dianne Feinstein charged with treason; exceeds...
The Huffington Post has all the details on the latest embarrassment from the Right Wing Clown Show led by human chancre Alex Jones. These wingers, gun nuts and all around teanuts decided that Senator...
View ArticleMA-Sen: Progressive groups want Barney Frank as interim Senator
This will be a brief diary. The Huffington Post reports that groups like Move On and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee(PCCC) have started petitions and webpages to urge Deval Patrick to...
View ArticleMA-Sen: Barney Frank endorses Ed Markey for Senate, thinks that Capuano won't...
Last night on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, former Congressman Barney Frank had said that he was for Ed Markey as Senator, and today, he told WBUR, a Boston radio station, that he is...
View ArticleMA-Sen: Michael Capuano says that he is not running
Congressman Michael Capuano is officially not runningin the Massachusetts special election to replace John Kerry. Capuano is a good House Democrat that represents Somerville very well. Overall, I...
View ArticleThe three schools of thought regarding guns on Daily Kos.
One thing that I've noticed is that Daily Kos has a diversity of opinions on guns, and there are basically three groups that all Kossacks fall into. These groups are not necessarily fixed as people...
View ArticleTowards common ground on guns: Universal Background Checks
There is a diversity of opinion about gun policy on Daily Kos, and I respect the viewpoints of the spectrum of Kossacks on this issue. But I believe there is at least one area of gun policy where...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Scott Holcomb or Jason Carter best of the potential candiates so far
Like fellow Kossack(and frequent Elections diarist) poopdogcomedy, I was quite happy to see that Saxby Chambliss annouce that he won't run in 2014, and thus open the seat to the likes of anti-choice...
View ArticleGA-Sen: Mayor Kasim Reed not running; suggests John Barrow, a horrible candidate
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution mentions that Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has essentially bowed out of the 2014 Senate race to replace Saxby Chambliss, the scumbag who smeared a war hero(Max Cleland)....
View ArticleGA-Sen, GA-10: Paul Broun running for Senate; GOP may try to rediscover...
According to the Washington Post, Congressman Paul Broun who somehow got a medical degree, is already causing some Republicans to worry that Broun will say things that make him unelectable. Since...
View ArticleGA-Sen: HEG poll shows Democratic Primary picture still very hazy.
In the DK Elections Live Digest thread, there was a comment that there was a poll done for the potential Democratic primary field. The polling outfit the Hicks Evaluation Group(H.E.G) surveyed 1,411...
View Article2014 midterms predictions- Feb. 13, 2013 edition
In which I look at the overall Senate and House picture(I will do the Governor's race picture next week) and use various polling and other tools to make a guess at how the 2014 picture is looking. I...
View ArticleIL-02: Fox News "Democrat" Debbie Halvorson shows her true colors; let's get...
If there was any doubt that Debbie Halvorson is not a real Democrat, and cares about the NRA more than people, then those have been put to rest as Halvorson went to Fox News to get gun nuts to vote for...
View ArticleColorado House approves 4 Gun Safety Bills
The Denver Post reports that the Colorado House of Representatives passed four gun safety bills. One of the bills was House Bill 1226 which would ban concealed carry of weapons on college campuses....
View Article2014 Gubernational preview and predictions-Feb. 21, 2013 edition
As promised, I will look at the 36(there are two other ones in territories) gubernatorial elections in 2014. The Republicans dominated this last cycle in 2010, but 2014 looks good for the Democrats...
View ArticleSC-01: A Vote for Elizabeth Colbert-Busch is a vote for Wind Energy.
The best Democratic candidate for the South Carolina 1st special election is Elizabeth Colbert-Busch(she pronounces Colbert as "Coal-Bert"), and one of the main issues that she brings upis wind energy....
View ArticleWI-Gov: PPP finds Scott Walker's approval underwater, vulnerable to a few Dems
PPP(contains PDF) looked the 2014 Wisconsin gubernatorial picture, and found that Scott Walker's approval is 48/49 and that Russ Feingold would have a 2 point lead over him if Feingold ran for...
View ArticleAR-01, IL-16, IN-08, NC-02: Club for Growth targets 9 "RINOs".
I swear that sometimes I wonder if Club for Growth isn't a secretly Democratic organization run by James Carville on the down low. As the Hill reports, the Club for Growth is targeting nine...
View ArticleSC-01: Civil Rights hero John Lewis endorses Elizabeth Colbert-Busch
Congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis has endorsedElizabeth Colbert-Busch in her run for Congress in the South Carolina 1st Congressional District. Talking Points Memo has the quote;“Elizabeth...
View Article2014 Congressional predictions- March 14, 2013 edition.
Last month, I started what will be a monthly(and eventually bi-weekly) series on the everchanging 2014 picture. Since one of the 2013 special elections in the House looks to be competitive, I will...
View Article2014 Gubernatorial predictions-March 21st edition
As I begin my second in a monthly(eventually bi-weekly) series on predictions in the 2014 midterms and looking at the gubernatorial picture, in the month since I did my first predictions diary, things...
View ArticleGA-Sen, GA-11: Phil Gingrey trusted to be as entertaining as Broun.
And now the count of jokers that somehow got a medical degree is two for the Republicans in the Georgia Senate race now that noted Todd Akin defender Phil Gingrey has officially announced his candidacy...
View ArticleA look at the 2013 Virginia House of Delegates Elections.
In the interest of spotlighting downballot races, and seeing that this year is when Virginia holds all of its statewide elections, I will take a look at the Virginia House of Delegates, a 100-seat body...
View ArticleThe April 22nd Massachusetts Democratic Senate debate liveblog and open thread
Tonight's primary debate between Democratic candidates Ed Markey and Stephen Lynch will be nationally televised by CSPAN at 7 pm EDT/4 pm PDT.Streaming link will be added to diar shortly.It will also...
View ArticleVA-AG: Mark Herring is the only choice for our brothers and sisters
Often times, the downticket races get the least attention, and in this case, the downticket of the three major offices up for election in Virginia is the one that is closest in the polls, and depending...
View ArticleHuffPo: Chuck Schumer endorses Hillary Rodham Clinton for 2016
Huffington Post has the story where Senator Chuck Schumer(D-NY) has joined other Democrats like Claire McCaskill that want to see Hillary Rodham Clinton make a Presidential run in 2016. Personally, I...
View ArticleTX-Gov: UT/Texas Tribune Poll: Abbott 40 Davis 34
The latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll finds that Republican Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott only has a six point lead on Democratic Texas State Senator Wendy Davis in a head-to-head, and...
View ArticleChris Christie cravenly now won't say if he is for a pathway to Citizenship.
Think Progress is on the story as Chris Christie was doing the useless Sunday Talk Show circuit(Up, Melissa Harris-Perry and Disrupt are the only things worth being on the air on Sunday but I digress)...
View ArticleDINO John Barrow supports the Junk Insurance Bailout Act of 2013
Yup, Congressman John Barrow(DINO-Georgia) has signaled his support for the so-called "Keep Your Health Care Act" which henceforth in the name of truth in advertising shall be called the Junk Insurance...
View ArticleErick Erickson is afraid that Landrieu bill is a trap.
I guess the inevitable conservative pushback to the junk insurance bailout bills is starting. Per The Hill, the head of Redstate thinks that Landrieu's "keep your health plan" bill is a trap that...
View Article"Government Of the People, By the People, FOR the People" an ongoing challenge
On the 150th Anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, one of the many famous quotes from that "...Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from this earth." represents to...
View ArticleRick Scott; Florida GOP call on Trey Radel to resign
Rick Scott aka Governor Voldemort(R-Florida) is joining the growing calls for self-proclaimed "Hip Hop Conservative" and admitted cocaine user Trey Radel to resign.Among the other voices in the Florida...
View ArticleSo CBS, when you are going to FIRE Lara Logan?
First of all, MSNBC forcing Martin Bashir to "resign" is complete and utter horseshit. Yes, he never should have made those comments about noted troll Sarah Palin, who ought to have a disclaimer that...
View ArticleRawstory: Police raid Lamar Alexander chief of staff's home as part of child...
Looks like Lamar Alexander(R-TN) already dicey chances of reelection may have just gone to plaid. Rawstory among others have picked up that Alexander's chief of staff who has served in that capacity...
View ArticleSenator Marco Rubio(R-FL) enrolls in ACA, uses subsidy.
The Tampa Bay Times is on the story as Marco Rubio becomes yet another ACA enrollee. Rubio used the D.C exchange and was able to use a federal subsidy which gave Rubio a 75% discount. Because you...
View ArticleKigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol is another Obama BFD
From Engadget,Today, more than 170 nations have settled on a plan to cut the use of hydrofluorocarbons (or HFCs), a refrigerant that causes warming in the Earth's atmosphere. Called the Kigali...
View ArticleIN-Sen: Liveblog of 1st debate between Evan Bayh(D)/Todd Young(R)/Lucy...
For tonight’s debate, Novu.com has the following info:Tonight, Republican Todd Young, Democrat Evan Bayh and Libertarian Lucy Brenton will debate as part of the race to replace Sen. Dan Coates. The...
View ArticlePolitico says Blanche Lincoln, Karen Ross, and John Hickenlooper top...
Since it is basically fait accompli that Hillary Rodham Clinton will become the 45th President of the United States on January 20, 2017, it’s no surprise that we are already seeing a sneak peek at one...
View ArticleGallup has Obama with a 57% approval rating
So much for Obama being an unpopular President, eh GOP?Gallup DailyI’d say that President Obama has already proved that he is more “big league” than Donald Trump will ever be.
View ArticleDay 1 of Nevada early voting looks good for Clinton.
The most knowledgeable source of all things Nevada politics, Jon Ralston says that Clark County has similar percentages to 2012. He also notes that Washoe County has more Democratic turnout that it...
View ArticleDay 2 of Nevada early voting shows Democrats blowing out GOP over the weekend
Jon Ralston is saying this weekend in early voting was a Democratic blowout:xDems have 21,000-vote advantage in urban Nevada after blowout weekend. My early voting blog updated:...
View ArticleHillary Clinton campaign spokesman says that Democrats have narrow lead in...
The other news from Jesse Ferguson is pretty exciting too, but at this point in 2012, the Republicans had a 20,000 vote advantage. x#VotersAreVotingAZ: More than 300K voters have voted and Ds lead GOP...
View ArticleDay 3 of early voting in Nevada: Trumpendämmerung
Today is Day 4 of Nevada’s early voting, and the first 3 days have been great for Democratic turnout. Turnout is proportional to 2012’s turnout(meaning turnout is basically the same as 2012). Clark...
View ArticleArizona: Monmouth- Trump 46 Clinton 45....(AZ-Sen) McCain 50 Kirkpatrick 40
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/MonmouthPoll_AZ_102516/Looking pretty bad for Trump. McCain basically only being up by 10 is closer than usual for him in a general election...
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