Why Do You Come To dKos?
Pastordan's invaluable diary on this community, and Kos' recent main-pager on the changes we are going through have led me to reflect. Why do I spend so much time on this site? I was exposed to...
View ArticlePulling Out Of Iraq
Certainly our kids in Iraq, more than anyone else, want to come home. Instead this is what they got from Donald Rumsfeld, according to the AP this morning:Rumsfeld addressed Marines at Al Asad air...
View ArticleProvisional Ballot GOTV Tactics
Provisional ballots can be key to a successful GOTV effort, yet many people appear confused as to how provisional ballots are used. I'm a lawyer who has reviewed the Help America's Voters Act (HAVA),...
View ArticleBudget Cuts Are Killing The Elderly
The Republican budget cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Commodity Surplus Food Program have hit my community hard. The Republican budget cuts are literally driving poor elderly people to...
View ArticleTX-28: Early Voting So Far In Laredo Down
Ciro Rodriguez lost his reelection race to turncoat, closet Republican, Henry Cuellar by a mere 58 votes in the last cycle. He accomplished this by gaining an 86%-14% vote advantage in that part of...
View ArticleTX:28 Early Voting Totals
The common wisdom is that in order to overturn the results of the last cycle (when he lost by 58 votes), Ciro Rodriguez will have to do a better job of turning out the vote in his home base of Bexar...
View ArticleTx:28 Kossacks Can Win It (with poll)
Election day is tomorrow.This race looks like it's going to be a squeaker. Kos has called it the perfect storm for the turncoat Henry Cuellar. It is an ideal race for the Kossack community to tip Henry...
View ArticleHit The Streets
High school students are teaching us about fighting for our rights. Won't you join them?
View ArticleThe Minutemen Leaders Are Racists!
That's right Chris Simcox, Jim Gilchrist, and their patron Tom Tancredo are out-and-out racists. And those aiding or sympathizing with the Minutemen are abetting racism. Are you offended? Do you think...
View ArticleImmigration Policy - Rewarding The Law Breakers
Way too many people are heaping scorn on undocumented immigrants by calling them lawbreakers. The House wants to make felons of more than 11 million immigrants in one fell swoop, and felons of the...
View ArticleDeLay Still On The Ballot
The Houston Chronicle reported today that federal Judge Sam Sparks is on the verge of declaring that Tom DeLay "withdrew" from his congressional race, rather than became ineligible. Sparks stated that...
View ArticleWe're Crude Bloggers We Are -- Gurowitz
Well, well, well, we're getting noticed big time. I guess we're cutting too close to the bone, and it's starting to hurt the establishment. Jonathan Gurowitz, a winger columnist for the lean-right San...
View ArticleTX:22 - - The Race Is On
David Wallace, the Mayor of Sugarland, Tom DeLay's home town, has thrown his hat into the write in ring, announcing that he will oppose Nick Lampson. What are his chances? Check out the flip.
View ArticleUpdate: Mexican Electoral Fraud
The re-counting of the votes in 9% of Mexico's voting stations is in the 5th and final day, as ordered by Mexico's electoral court. Mexico's La Jornada, tells us how it's going in this self translated...
View ArticleTEX:23 and the M-A Vote
Much has been said over what the results of the special election run-off in the Texas 23d CD tell us about party voting patterns amongst Mexican-American voters. There is certainly much to say here, as...
View ArticleHey Edwards Supporters What Now? POLL
Well it's official. My candidate, John Edwards is out. I grieve for him, as he gave it all he had for the disadvantaged and shut-off. But the intrigue now builds. The polls tend to show a momentum...
View ArticleThe Brilliance Of The Texas Caucus System
Much has been said about the Texas precinct caucus method for selecting delegates to the national convention, as a look at the recommended diaries today attests. Rather than get into the detail...
View ArticleWisconsin -- How To Get Petitions Signed By The Cart-Full
I'm a civil rights attorney who has been involved in voting rights litigation and activism for over 30 years. This has included litigation in Texas over minority voting rights. It has also included...
View ArticleWhy My Plunge Into Solar
I came to terms with it today, after much thought and consideration. I'm going to invest in a solar system for our house. My thought process on this is somewhat different than the analysis I've seen...
View ArticleTX23: Canseco Gets The Hots.
Quico Canseco tried out the special invitation only "town hall" in San Antonio so favored by Republicans this August:Solis said Canseco turned down an invitation this month to hold a town hall meeting...
View ArticleHere Comes Perry With A Bat
Just when it seemed like Perry would turn tail, and head back to his Austin Palace, he is showing his true Texas grit by announcing that rumors of his demise are untrue. Disproving that he is a coward,...
View ArticleBabeu's "Moral" And Legal Problems
Sheriff Babeau has come out swinging in his quest at saving his congressional aspirations. He went on a national and local TV appearance blitz justifying his behavior. The sheriff is facing two...
View ArticleQuinnipiac Poll VA - Threatened Demo Runaway
A Quinnipiac poll hot off the press has the Democratic candidates in great shape in Virginia. The poll shows a Romney/McDonnell ticket would lose to an Obama/Biden ticket, 50 to 43 percent. (Even with...
View ArticleThe $193,000,000,000 Question.
The CBO published a study today that estimated a savings of $84 Billion over the next 11 years as a result of the Affordable Care Act. Moreover, the CBO found that repealing ACA would increase the...
View ArticleGOTV -- Denver Mexican-American Community?
I just recently moved to Denver from Texas. I used to be my County's Democratic Party Chair, and have decades of experience in GOTV efforts in the Chicano community. I've been trying to hook up with...
View ArticleCO Vote By Mail - Heads Up. Don't Lose Your Vote
I spent all day today at the OFA office in West Denver calling voters identified by the campaign as needing to enclose a copy of their ID with their mail ballot in order to have their votes counted....
View ArticleWhy Cruz Is Fracked: This Is What I Mean!
My Junior Senator, Ted Cruz (Czy.Tex.), has been on a tear recently exposing the HCA as dooooom for America. The job killing, put-down granmas, seductively addictive, health care program that is...
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