I want a show of hands ...

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Wednesday June 04, 2008 · 1:35 PM PDT

2008/06/04 · 13:35

Yes, I do want a show of hands.

Because I know I'm not the only one.

Though I'm one of very few here on DailyKos.

It has to do with Senator Clinton ...

Oh, g'wan. Flip. You know you want to.

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What made you write off Hillary Clinton?

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What made you write off Hillary Clinton?

It was in the 1990s, dude. Didn't like her then, either.

15 votes

When she stood by her Iraq vote.

18 votes

Iowa.

0 votes

Tears in New Hampshire

5 votes

Super Tuesday

1 vote

10 straight Obama wins and she's still hanging on his ankle

8 votes

The race card, played

8 votes

The Michigan Florida bullshit

16 votes

Other

15 votes

Righ here, right now.

6 votes

The Crime of Sounding Good

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Wednesday February 20, 2008 · 12:01 PM PST

2008/02/20 · 12:01

Once upon a time, deep within the digestive system of a beast now known as at&t, there was a technical director and editor who was very good at communicating with the written and spoken word. He inspired his staff to great deeds. People from other departments wanted to work for him. He got nice annual bonuses.

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Friday January 25, 2008 · 12:28 PM PST

2008/01/25 · 12:28

A short diary.
Just thirty four syllables
for you on the flip ...

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Sunday January 06, 2008 · 11:38 AM PST

2008/01/06 · 11:38

I really want to believe in the brand new conventional wisdom, which is that Barak Obama has made activists and voters out of a new generation of Americans. I want to believe this even though I haven't made up my mind whom I want, myself, to be the next president of the United States. I want to believe this because I think the country desperately needs the under-30s to show up, step up, step out, as a meaningful counterweight to what I perceive as the country's downhill slide.

I want to, but I know better. It's a brutal personality defect of mine ... I second-guess myself especially when I like the way something is going. Anticipate the worst, enjoy the relief when the pointy stick misses your eye. In a month or two, we might be looking back at how Iowa launched Barak Obama on the road to the Democratic nomination. BUT ...

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Monday December 04, 2006 · 6:01 AM PST

2006/12/04 · 06:01

Periodically, I do stop at Fox News when channel flipping. I want an unfiltered impression of what they do. (I also listen to Limbaugh in the car sometimes, for as long as I can stand it.)

One thing I've noticed, over time, is that Fox does strive to create the illusion of "fair and balanced" by having Democrats on for interviews. Of course they do. And we all know how Democrats are treated in Fox interviews.

Here's my question: Why do we bother? Isn't NOW about the time to relegate the channel to irrelevance? Democrats: Just say "no" to Fox ... even when you're not asked ...

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Monday November 27, 2006 · 4:37 PM PST

2006/11/27 · 16:37

As much as I think I'm in the mainstream ... and in the wake of Nov. 6, I've been feeling pretty damned "representative," and confident that the center of American politics is moving back to where I can call myself mainstream AND liberal, without getting funny and skeptical looks or an argument ... well, then something comes out that makes me realize how far we've got to go.

Those pollin' fools at Qunnipiac University came out today with the latest "national thermometer," and Rudy Giuliani, of all freaking people, is the person with the highest "warm and fuzzy" ranking, at 64.2.

Speaking as Dan Gerstein ...

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Friday September 08, 2006 · 3:35 PM PDT

2006/09/08 · 15:35

... First of all, let me say that, being very busy, it is hard for me to say, here on the Internets, with any exact immediacy, that the wife-beating incident, or comment, however it is perceived, gained currency. Certainly that Sen. Lieberman does not beat his wife was very much in my mind, when I made the suggestion. And liberals should know that, because it is exactly what you expect from them. ... Read More

Presidential "Timbre" ... A Question

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Saturday July 15, 2006 · 9:23 AM PDT

2006/07/15 · 09:23

Most people here know that the last time an incumbent (sitting) United States Senator was elected president of the country, the year was 1960 ... a dozen election cycles ago.

What makes anyone think 2008 will be any different?

(More on the jump) ... Read More

Health Care -- Gone Global

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Wednesday June 28, 2006 · 10:54 AM PDT

2006/06/28 · 10:54

It has been in the news and now it's on radar of Congress. There is a trend, a phenomenon -- U.S. residents who can't afford health care in their own country are going abroad for it.

Now the Senate Special Committee on Aging is on the case ... Read More

Connecticut poll numbers (Brrrrr)

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Wednesday May 03, 2006 · 10:31 AM PDT

2006/05/03 · 10:31

Don't shoot the messenger. But the latest Quinnipiac polls aren't showing a lot of slippage for the two highest ranking Republicans in the state, Gov. Jodi Rell and Sen. Joe Lieberman. OK, we'll call Joe a Republican sympathizer? Feel free to apply your own label, I know you want to. ;-) Anyway: