Obama's Harriet Miers

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Tuesday May 11, 2010 · 8:29 AM PDT

2010/05/11 · 08:29

As a life-long Republican, it has been my pleasure to watch President Obama's various missteps and challenges over the last few weeks. Every day he seems to prove in a new way that only Republicans have what it takes to run this country. The most recent example? Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.

I mean, get real--here's a woman who's never been a judge! What qualifications does she have to serve? A couple of decades of top-flight legal experience? Come on. This was almost as ridiculous as when that other guy nominated the friend he chose to head his search committee. Kagan is clearly Obama's Harriet Miers.

Let's talk about a few other things...

zbbrox

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Thursday January 07, 2010 · 3:02 PM PST

2010/01/07 · 15:02

Short and sad diary, hope no one's already gotten here.

http://www.nj.com/...

TRENTON -- The state Senate rejected a same-sex marriage bill today, a major victory for opponents who contend the measure would infringe on religious freedom and is not needed because the state already permits civil unions.

The 20-14 vote defeating the measure followed an hour and a half of public debate inside the packed Senate chamber. The nearly thousand supporters and opponents of the bill held rallies on the Statehouse steps.

zbbrox

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 10:37 AM PST

2009/12/15 · 10:37

Amidst all the debate about the public option, the mandates, the subsidies, and the loopholes, I have one question that stands out in my mind regarding healthcare: What's next? If we help the bill pass, where will we go from there? If we help the bill fail, how do we try again?

zbbrox

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Sunday December 13, 2009 · 7:39 PM PST

2009/12/13 · 19:39

The following diary was uncovered recently by historians in New York City. It contains an Op-Ed piece originally published in December of 1933 in New York's then-famed New York City Spyglass. It has been reprinted here for the first time.

zbbrox

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Monday July 13, 2009 · 8:47 AM PDT

2009/07/13 · 08:47

For any who aren't familiar with it, allow me to summarize a thought experiment known as the Prisoner's Dilemma.

Two criminals who had been working together to commit a serious crime are caught by the police. The police have insufficient evidence to convict either of the crime they committed, and so ask each one to testify against the other in exchange for immunity. Each is told that if he cooperates, he will be set free, while the prosecutors will impose the maximum sentence of ten years on his confederate. However, they are told that if both criminals betray each other, they will each be given a lighter sentence of five years. Finally, if neither betrays the other, they will be charged with a petty crime instead and each of them will receive a mere six-month sentence.

zbbrox

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Thursday March 05, 2009 · 11:46 AM PST

2009/03/05 · 11:46

Please forgive my ignorance of the law, but I have a simple question about gay marriage: Isn't this most simply construed as a question of sex discrimination?

zbbrox

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Wednesday December 10, 2008 · 9:52 AM PST

2008/12/10 · 09:52

Whose hand it it, anyway?

(Please forgive how much of this diary is repetitive and over-explanatory to anyone who knows anything about the financial crisis. I simply wrote it in such a way as to provide the foundations for my critique of the free market all in one place, rather than assuming much knowledge on the part of the reader.)

The great delusion of economic libertarians is that the optimal force to control a market is the action of the free market itself. They believe in the invisible hand, the collective action of the community, and its unerring ability to correct the excesses of the markets and restore equilibrium. The collective actions of individuals, each working in his or her own self-interest, leads to the best possible outcome for society, as society is nothing more than the sum of all these individuals who are seeking the best possible outcome for themselves.

The delusion is not in believing the invisible hand exists--of course it does. The question is what does that invisible hand represent, and what actions will it take?

zbbrox

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Friday August 22, 2008 · 8:18 AM PDT

2008/08/22 · 08:18

I know we need another Housingate article like we need a third war in Iraq, but I haven't seen anyone yet mention what seems like an obvious line of attack. We're focused on exploiting the John-McCain-is-wealthy-and-out-of-touch narrative, and perhaps not seeing how we can synthesize this with another, even more damaging narrative.

Please allow me to explain below the cut.

zbbrox

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 2:30 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 14:30

A new McCain ad has just hit the airwaves across the rust belt. I'll post video when I can find it, but for now you'll have to settle for the script.

I'm not usually an alarmist, but this is powerful stuff. Obama needs to respond to this fast, or risk getting caught up in another unfavorable media narrative.

Transcript past the jump...

Poll

202 votes Show Results

What is most appealing about John McCain?

202 votes Vote Now!

What is most appealing about John McCain?

He's not Barack Obama.

12 votes

He's a maverick.

1 vote

He's a straight-talker.

2 votes

He looks good in front of a green screen.

7 votes

He's slightly smarter than George W. Bush.

11 votes

His winning smile.

6 votes

His naive belief that we're all his friends.

27 votes

The fact that he almost certainly won't ever be President.

136 votes

The original fire has died and gone.

zbbrox

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Tuesday July 01, 2008 · 9:16 AM PDT

2008/07/01 · 09:16

Does the riot inside move on?

I think it's clear that in some ways Daily Kos's torrid love affair with Barack Obama, so passionate for so long, has lost some of its spark. Sure, it's easy to blame him. He's putting his career first, and he just isn't wooing us like he used to. But let's be honest, there's a point in any relationship when the fires die down, the honeymoon phase ends, and both parties need to learn to compromise and accept the flaws of the other. I have no doubt that at the end of the day, Obama and the DKos community will find that they have a strong, secure bond based on mutual respect, even if that spring-time euphoria is never rekindled.

But in the interests of helping everyone deal with the transition from infatuation to commitment, let me attempt to remind us all why we fell in love with Barack Obama in the first place...

Poll

86 votes Show Results

What kind of relationship do you have with Obama?

86 votes Vote Now!

What kind of relationship do you have with Obama?

A crush

7 votes

Puppy love

4 votes

Torrid affair

15 votes

Lifelong commitment

50 votes

Trial separation

6 votes

Bitter divorce

4 votes

He Crossed the Line

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 2:43 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 14:43

I'm sorry, but there are some things too important to compromise on.

Listen, I've been a strong supporter of Obama since 2007. I put up with his support of Dick Cheney's energy bill, and I saw him through his ill-conceived early support of ethanol. He's mixed politics and religion more than I'd like, but I can deal with that if it means putting the war-mongers out on the street. I'm not a "purist"--but Obama has now crossed a line.

zbbrox

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Friday June 06, 2008 · 7:16 AM PDT

2008/06/06 · 07:16

Rasmussen has new National polling on the November election up.

Before Obama's convincing win of the Democratic Nomination, he was trailing McCain by a couple of points, on average, for the last week or so.

This week, he had changed things up, and had pulled to a 2% lead for several days in a row.

Today, things look like this:
Obama: 48, McCain: 43

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Obama's Harriet Miers

New Jersey Rejects Marriage Equality

What's Next?

The Broken Promises of a Republican President

The Citizen's Dilemma and the Libertarian Ideal

Gay Marriage Question From a Legal Ignoramus

The Invisible Hand Delusion

Narrative Synthesis

BROKEN: New McCain ad: "Experience"

The original fire has died and gone.

He Crossed the Line

New Rasmussen: Do we have a bounce?