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• POLL: SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS START A 99% CAUCUS?

  Wed Oct 12, 2011
  • We Democrats need to embrace this 99% movement with both arms. Then we need to institutionalize it. It needs focus and funding.

• John McCain wants you to read this

  Tue Aug 23, 2011
  • Hey, Bette. You're not by any chance the former Bette Gullickson, are you?Almost certainly not, but....what the hey.

• John McCain wants you to read this

  Tue Aug 23, 2011
  • Poor John McCain. Just a grumpy old fart, bitching about the president. Good thing he wasn't elected or we'd have been in War No. 3 in a hurry. The Republicans have only one guiding principle: Criticize and attack Obama at every opportunity, on every issue, no matter what he does.

• Really, really, really good at soccer

  Wed Jul 20, 2011
  • Like Jamil, I'm an American football fan. However, I tuned in to see our "girls" go for the World Cup. It was real nail-biter...a terrific game. Like many Americans I have trouble with the slow pace of the scoring. What really impressed me was the SKILL these ladies displayed.

• "The kind way to understand this is 'shameless, craven, unprincipled partisan hackery.' "

  Tue Jun 28, 2011
  • I think what we are seeing is an all-out battle for the soul of this country. The Republicans don't give a damn about the welfare of the people or the nation. They are unabashedly seeking power at any price, including tanking the economy. The GOP IS demographically a minority party.

• Challenge: Political metaphor waits to happen

  Fri Jun 17, 2011
  • Rush Limbaugh entering his world. All he needs is a golden microphone and a cigar.

• Republicans going after Social Security

  Tue Jun 7, 2011
  • I want to give the boys on Wall Street more money so they can pay themselves obscene salaries and bonuses and come up with casino schemes like "derivatives." Let's turn the whole Social Security fund over to them so they can show us how efficient the private financial sector can be when it comes to …

• Morning Maddow: May 25

  Wed May 25, 2011
  • Ryan's voucher plan is a joke. But what does the President recommend as an alternative? We know that Medicare needs reform. I'm in favor of a single payer plan, but that can't happen until the Democrats retake control of Congress.

• More of a tea gathering than a party

  Fri May 20, 2011
  • Holy cow! This is SOUTH CAROLINA, folks! Home of the really big presidential debates, attended by Who, Whatisname, Waldo and The Gang At Fox News. What happened? Better get Carl Rove involved next time. They could have at least bussed in some folks from North Carolina and Georgia.

• Something to say about Benton Harbor

  Wed Apr 20, 2011
  •  Has it occurred to anyone that this is all UNCONSTITUTIONAL? I'm a lawyer, and the first thing I would do is to dash down to the courthouse with a Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order in hand.