Polls and Cell Phones: There IS a GOP Bias
Remember in 2004 when we all yelled and screamed that phone-based polling was skewed because traditional outfits don't poll cell-phone only voters? That idea percolates into the traditional media with...
View ArticleOH-Sen: Brown Leading DeWine, Crickets from Blogosphere
You think there would be an army of Kossacks posting about the most recent poll numbers on the Ohio Senate: Ohio Senate: Brown (D) 44% DeWine (R) 41% May 15, 2006--Ohio Congressman Sherrod Brown (D)...
View ArticleCO-04: GOP Marilyn Musgrave Endorsed by KKK
File this under the "with friends like these" category. Hat-tip to Muskrat Hunt: You find them in the darndest places... Why, isn't this a lovely, laudatory page? http://www.kkk.bz/... Sure does look...
View ArticleVLWC Case Study: Musgrave, KKK, And The Bloggers
This diary is a case study of the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy at work, beginning Thursday of last week surrounding Republican Congresswoman Marilyn Musgrave (CO-04) and the KKK members who agree with...
View ArticleDems Don't Have a Message... and Don't Need One
Seth Masket, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Denver, pens an opinion column this morning in the Denver Post called "Do Dems need a message?". Contemplating the...
View ArticleWarner YKos Video: Chocolate Fountain Caucus Flexes Muscle
As you may have heard, Mark Warner showed up at YearlyKos. He gave a speech, did some mingling... oh, and he threw a party for all YearlyKossacks atop the Stratosphere complete with "Blogiritas",...
View ArticleNOLA Drops DNC '08 Bid: 3 Cities Remain (POLL!)
New Orleans pulled its bid to host the 2008 Democratic National Convention today. This was pretty big news in Colorado today, and I didn't see anything about it, so here's the story, from the Denver Post:
View ArticleColorado-GOV: Dem Takes 9 Point Lead
According to the latest poll from Rasmussen, Democrat Bill Ritter now has a growing 9 point lead over Congressman "Both Ways" Bob Beauprez in the Governor's race for Colorado. Who will you vote for in...
View ArticleCO-Gov: Ritter (D) Opens 17 Point Lead
Unbelievable. Democrat Bill Ritter has a remarkable 17 point lead over Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez in the race for Colorado governor, according to a Rocky Mountain News/CBS 4 poll of likely...
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CO-04: New Poll; Musgrave Still 'Most Corrupt'
SurveyUSA. 9/18-9/20 (8/13-8/15). Likely Voters. MoE 4.9%. Musgrave (R) - 46 (46) Paccione (D) - 42 (42) Eidsness (RP) - 8 (8) Undecided - 5 (4) Not a lot of movement there. For those...
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CO-06: Tom Tancredo is a Threat to National Security
That's the statement I've been pondering ever since I saw this Rocky Mountain News story quoting Democrat Bill Winter about Mad Tom Tancredo (R). At first I kind of chuckled when I read through this...
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CO-04: Musgrave (R) Hurries to Cover Her ...
The "Bush Loves Torture" Bill isn't the only thing that's been going on in DC lately. Pending legisliation introduced by Colorado Democrats Ken Salazar and Marc Udall back on July 27, 2005 to give...
View ArticleCO-Gov Slaughter Continues: Dem Ritter Up 18 Points!
In case you were wondering what's going on in the Rocky Mountain state's race for Governor, a new poll by SurveyUSA came out to show us where we stand: SurveyUSA. 594 Likely Voters. Oct 20-22 (Sept...
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Colorado Pro-Pot Campaign Pans Drunk Bush, Cheney
Colorado is a hot-bed for the national Dems and GOPs. We've entertained the likes of Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney and George W. Bush all in the last week--not to mention Pastor Ted down in the Springs....
View ArticleLook to Colorado. Embrace "Bipartisan". Wedge Immigration
Bush is gone in 2 years. He's already a lame duck. The nightmare of the Bush Administration is the past. Dems need to look to the future. This is politics--the game of saying one thing and doing...
View ArticleMercenaries: Screw 'em.
Just the latest tragedy in Iraq: BAGHDAD, Iraq - British soldiers backed by U.S. military helicopters battled insurgents near the Kuwaiti border Friday, close to where a private security team of four...
View ArticleHow to Win in '08: Get Bush to Sign McCain-Kennedy
This will be short because it's simple. Bush is in legacy mode, right? He wants to have something to point to that has a wiff of "uniter" in it. The Democratic controlled Congress should give Bush...
View ArticleAndrew Romanoff Says Pelosi Should "Play Fair"
Wendy over at Colorado Confidential points us to an NPR interview of Andrew Romanoff, the Democratic Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives. Why Andrew Romanoff? As the 110th Congress...
View ArticleArrests in Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Boston Snafu
Chalk two more victims up to Failure-in-Chief George W. Bush's "War on Terra". Via Yahoo News: BOSTON - Several illuminated electronic devices planted at bridges and other spots in Boston threw a scare...
View ArticleTed Haggard's "Massage Chair" For Sale on eBay
Yes, now you can own a piece of Evangelical Right Wing Hypocrisy History. The story comes from Colorado Confidential:
View ArticleDenationalizing the Military...
is what we need to do to destroy the Military-Industry Complex, and how it all goes together with Oil, Middle East, I-P, Global Warming, Iraq, Iran Osama, everything thing. What if we just got rid of...
View ArticleWas Jeff Gannon Brought in For Ted Haggard? (now w/ pics)
Warning: Complete Speculation Lots of seemingly unrelated things coming together.... Started with Milbank on Olbermann just now, pointed me to this: Here's what Dana wrote today, in regards to...
View ArticleWanted: Guaranteed Paid Vacation
This is just another installment of "what is wrong with the United States". Most U.S. firms do in fact give employees vacations, but the lack of government guarantees means one in four private-sector...
View ArticleStop Buying Things
You don't need an iPhone. You don't need a new outfit. You don't need an XBox. You don't need a bigger house. You don't need any Starbucks. You don't need a manicure. You don't need anything from...
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The Iraq War Memorial
I was born after Vietnam, and though the Vietnam Memorial is very powerful (watching uniformed men and women getting ready for Iraq walk by it when I was in DC last really made me stop and shake my...
View ArticleCorporations Are People Too
As 300spartansgym noted today, Colorado Governor (and Democrat) Bill Ritter signed HB 1355. The law will now prevent "insurance companies from penalizing small businesses if employees or their...
View ArticlePaul Polls 2nd, Tops Guiliani, McCain in UT Straw Poll
Could the wave of Ron Paul enthusiasm actually be transforming in to political support? From the Utah Republican Party website (with a big ol' hat-tip to marshall over at Wasatch Watcher). The results:...
View ArticleDems Start Some Class War!
Can I take my vote back from yesterday’s "do you approve of Congress" vote? If the Democrats can get Bush to veto this piece of legislation (via Yahoo), they'll have my confidence once again:...
View ArticleCar Bomber of Women's Health Clinic Charged With "Arson"
Yup, the "terrorist" got sentenced the other day to 5 years in prison! From the 6/30/07 DesMoines Register (h/t to Fark): DAVENPORT -- A Detroit man was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for...
View ArticleSay "NO!" to Hedge Fund, Subprime Mortgage Bail Out
My new favorite blog is Calculated Risk. They quote the Wall Street Journal: Investors received a letter earlier this week from Braddock Financial Corp. of Denver. It said it was closing its Galena...
View ArticleMortgage Meltdown? Moody's Slashes Bond Ratings
Calculated Risk is my new favorite blog. They informed me that: July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Moody's Investors Service lowered the credit ratings on $5.2 billion of bonds backed by subprime mortgages and...
View ArticleMortgage Meltdown: Bear Stearns Funds Worth 'Nearly Nothing'
I guess this would be third installment in my series of the coming subprime mortgage meltdown occurring in the U.S. economy. Part I is here, Part II is here. As my new favorite blog Calculated Risk is...
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DOW Ready to Tumble More? Tomorrow Might Be The Day
I've been following the Mortgage Meltdown quite closely, and have posted things here on days when I wanted to hear from the Kossack Community. Today is another one of those days. While I'm no Warren...
View ArticleSCHIP Must See: GOP Really Does Think Poor Kids Are Funny
x-posted from SquareState Finally! After all the tap dancing they've been doing for, well, forever, the GOP let the booze flow early this Friday, and gave the kiddies the keys to the House Energy and...
View ArticleThe Rich Pay Less Taxes
Or, as the GOP loves it, Work = Bad, Wealth = Good. In America, if you are a hedge fund manager making $100,000,000 then you pay a 15% tax rate, since your "income" is labeled as "carried interest",...
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It's Time To Imprison Pregnant Women
(Inspired by Fundies in Colorado trying to give fertilized eggs the same rights as people.) If every blastocyst is a person... then there's one thing we must do. We must require every woman capable of...
View ArticleLiberal Thoughts (w/ poll)
The average cow produces 8 gallons of milk in a day. A hen will lay an egg a day. A hen will continue to lay an egg a day until it amasses a "clutch" of between 3 and 4 eggs in its nest. It takes 20...
View ArticleBeyond American Capitalism
I'm sorry to break it to you, but American Capitalism is unsustainable. Deep down, I know you already know this. How do I know you know? Because what Utopia does American Capitalism offer?
View ArticleYou Don’t Know How to Best Spend Your $$$
Everyone is finally realizing our economy is in the crapper. Write-downs already are are reaching the $100 Billion on the subprime mess. Since it’s an election year, fiscal sanity is again thrown out...
View ArticleBeta Testers Needed for FREE SoapBlox Lite
The software that brings you Open Left, Swing State Project, Pam's House Blend, My Left Wing, Docudharma and the majority of the BlogPAC sponsored 50-State Blogs is proud to announce here on Daily Kos...
View ArticleObama Leads McCain in Colorado, Hillary Trails
Rasmussen says it all with a new poll today: The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey shows that Barack Obama (D) currently holds a seven-point advantage over John McCain (R), 46% to 39%. However,...
View ArticleRasmussen: Obama Way Ahead of McCain in Nevada, Clinton Trails
Another reason why Ohio and Texas should vote for Obama from Rasmussen: Looking ahead to November 2008, Barack Obama has a twelve-point lead over John McCain in a general election match-up. Obama...
View ArticleThe Math: Clinton Needs 60% of Remaining to Win Pledged Delegate Majority
There are 3,253 pledged delegates in the 2008 Democratic Primary. To get the magic 50%+1 number with pledged delegates, a candidate would need 1627 pledged delegates Using CNN’s current count of...
View ArticleHow You, Me and 10 Million Others Could Buy Clear Channel
I seem to spend a lot of my time musing on ways to take back power for the people. I assume you do to. Our progressive/liberal activism's most central tenet is about trying to re-balance the equation...
View ArticleWhy Hillary Lost: Iraq
That's it. There's really nothing more to say. The plain and simple fact is if Hillary Clinton would have voted against the Iraq War and been a vocal opposition to it she would have the Democratic...
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Palin Plummets DOW, Bush/McCain Legacy by the Numbers
x-posted @ SquareState That's a 10% drop since Sarah Palin was announced as possibly being a 72-year old heart beat way from the Presidency. Then there's the Bush Legacy of Republican ideas: more...
View ArticleBush SEC Chair: "Voluntary regulation does not work"
As if the past 8 years isn't enough proof of the failure of Republican ideas on, well everything... we finally get SEC Chairman Christopher Cox saying it. From the NY Times: WASHINGTON — The chairman...
View ArticleSoapBlox Press Release on Yesterday's Event
To all customers, bloggers, and media. Starting on Tuesday, some of the SoapBlox servers were infiltrated by a currently unknown source for unknown reasons. SSH access was acquired by the hackers,...
View ArticleCO-GOV: Ritter retirment a good thing?
Crazy news from the Rocky Mountain state. From the Denver Post: Gov. Bill Ritter is planning an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday at which he is expected to announce that he will withdraw from the...
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