Psst, Obama is a Weakling — Pass it on.
News last night from The NY Times, via Riverdaughter, that Obama has run home to Big Sister to plead with her to fight his battle with Saracuda Palin for him. Oh, the poor Precious! Can’t face a tough woman on his own, huh? What’s the matter Barack? [...]

Ed O’Reilly, running against John Kerry for the Democratic spot on the November ballot, is my pick for loyal Democrat of the Day. Ed gets it: loyalty to party does not mean blindly following commands from on high. Loyalty to the Democratic Party means …

No one should draw facile parallels between historical events and current ones. Furthermore, there are host of important differences between government-sponsored elections (e.g., elections for federal or state office) and political party internal elect…

I am a longtime reader of The Nation magazine, which is one of the oldest progressive publications in this country, with some wonderful writers among its usual contributors (my particular favorites: Calvin Trillin and Katha Pollitt) . It did not surpri…

Don Fowler, the former DNC Chair recently issued a letter to Democrats complaining that Clinton supporters weren’t sufficiently falling in line behind the presumptuous nominee who, Fowler explains, “won” the nomination even though it’s clear that by t…

With apologies to Bagehot, the following is twist on an Economist magazine piece critiquing Gordon Brown, Tony Blair’s successor. (Months ago a colleague of mine, a fellow progressive, who lives and works in England pointed out the similarities betwe…

Of transcendenceWhat to do when confronted with unbearable arrogance? Different options work for different people at different times. Without disparaging other reactions, here is the one I recommend for those of us who are now confronted by the breatht…

In his first official act since becoming the likely Democratic nominee the first thing Obama did was put a man in charge of vetting vice presidential candidates, Jim Johnson, who had to resign within days because of questions about loans he received fr…

While I would never feign to assert that the painstaking process of selecting the Pemberley Assistant Housekeeper position was as tedious as Sir Barack Obama’s search for a Vice President, there are some relevant parallels. Ah, that was a mouthful of …

I found this on Dems_Against_Obama and contacted the author for permission to reprint. This is one of the finest examinations of the sham selection of the Democratic nominee I have seen yet. Enjoy! “Had to get this out. I hope you’ll indulge me.~~~I l…

In all my wildest imaginings I never imagined that less than 24 hours after Hillary suspended her campaign some of her most ardent supporters would overdose on (as Pagan likes to put it) the Cult-Aide. I read and learned from a lot of these folks, they…

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton demonstrated all of her many gifts and talents at the National Building Museum today. Indeed she demonstrated, more powerfully than ever, that regardless of how this primary season actually concludes in Denver and regardl…

Soon I will getting ready to attend Senator Clinton’s speech today, and I have been fortunate enough to be asked to attend a smaller reception after. When I received the personalized invitation to these events, they came with the message that Senator…

Tomorrow Senator Clinton will speak at a rally here in Washington D.C. I will be there. Amidst all the speculation going on now with regard to what will happen at that rally, nobody - nobody - other than Senator Clinton really can know what she will sa…

This post begins with Richard Nixon but it ends with a question for Senator Obama and the Democratic Party.After narrowly winning the presidency in 1968, President Richard M. Nixon decided to create and use various slush funds controlled exclusively by…

Last night Barack Obama, CNN, Tim Russert and the rest of the media proclaimed Obama the Democratic nominee for President. For the 4th time in the last two weeks. What else is new?It obviously didn’t occur to them that according to the rules (remember …

Some positions cannot be claimed. They must be bestowed. For example, I could not have become a tenured Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center unless and until my colleagues there voted to give me that title and the President of the Univ…

Apparently the MSM is rather confused, or perhaps Senator Obama is. MSNBC reports that “superdelegates put Obama over the top.”But the superdelegates cannot put anybody over the top right now. Their pledges mean zilch, zippo, zero in terms of binding t…

Before yesterday’s primaries:Senator Clinton led in the popular vote; Senator Obama in pledged delegates.Superdelegates could not actually bind themselves to either candidate because the only way to for an automatic delegate to bind himself or herself …