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    what do politicians hate more than anything else?

    Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure.

    So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it:

    SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media.

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    merit pay ain’t the way

    There is no question that Barack Obama will be a better president for the state of education in this country than George “is our children learning” Bush could ever hope to be, and almost anything would be better than Bush’s odious, expensive, top-heavy and radically stupid No Child Left Behind.

    That being said, merit pay is just another Republican red herring and should [...]



    Rally for Instant Runoff Voting in Washington State

    Remember the primary debacle this past spring? Remember all the times that qualified, worthy candidates were shut out of an election because they stood outside the major political parties? Remember your frustration after Florida in 2000 or Ohio in 2004?

    With our current electoral system, voters often must choose [...]



    dow down 800 now

    Not the time when you want Phil Gramm’s puppet, Mr. Don’t Know Nuthin’ Bout No Economics, leading the charge.

    The last time I got a bonus at the end of the year was 1998. The economy in the U.S. was slowing down, but if you were in the export business, you were growing like mad.

    This time, the rest of the world is [...]



    Palinology

    David Michael Green publishes another near perfect post about Palinology:

    Whoa and Woe: Living In Sarah Palin’s America (collapsible content, click to show/hide)

    I can’t tell you how despondent I’ve grown in the last weeks.

    Is there really no hope for this country, after all? It now appears so.

    In January of 2003, John Le Carre wrote that, “America has entered one [...]



    Is Obama Selling Us Out or Simply Selling Himself to the Media?

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    Over at OpEd News in an article titled What’s the Matter in Madison?, the author makes the comparison of the Christian Right being to the Republicans what Progressives are to the Democrats:

    …essential to an election victory, easily rallied and a dependable source of funds, but not to be considered seriously in any policy decisions. As Evangelicals are mocked [...]



    Waldman tears Russert a new one

    Over at American Prospect, republished by Common Dreams, I could not help but notice this article, it being a fact that major media control of our country is a major concern to me. Paul Waldman talks about the sound bites that pretend to be Democratic Presidential debates and Russert’s question to the candidates about their favorite bible verse:

    When Obama finished his answer, Russert [...]

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