hey TPM Muckrakers

oh please do some of your phenomenal digging on The Reform Institute . . .

a so called reform entity - intially ran by Rick Davis - out of Davis' lobbying office

c'mon . . .pretty please

Posted at July 4, 2008 9:34 PM in response to John McCain's Lobbyist Universe

Simply put - the corp media (beltway, male) can not get enough of him. and it's worse than that - it all comes down to their vanity - he pays attention to them and made them feel like insiders - really it's like they get to walk with the quarterback to his next class - blerrgghh

Media Matters guys have written a really good book on this - here's it's page, I recommend you read the excerpt

http://mediamattersaction.org/freeride/

here's another good link - election coverage

Posted at July 4, 2008 9:26 PM in response to John McCain's Lobbyist Universe

please recall both Roberts and Alito ascended to the bench as a result of "pragmatic compromise"

Posted at July 3, 2008 8:38 PM in response to Obama Responds To FISA Group On His Web Site

did everyone see yesterday's Ruling ?

link is McJoan/Kos

http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/7/3/01858/48079/358/545773

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:05 AM in response to Group Urging Obama To Oppose FISA Cave Now Biggest On His Web Site

Per the Group's wiki page - we are anticipating a FISA Statement from the campaign this morning:

http://get-fisa-right.wetpaint.com/page/Obama+campaign%27s+July+2+statement+to+group

Posted at July 3, 2008 11:03 AM in response to Group Urging Obama To Oppose FISA Cave Now Biggest On His Web Site

both candidates to speak @ LULAC convention next week:

http://www.lulac.org/advocacy/press/2008/obamamccainclinton.html

Posted at July 2, 2008 12:02 PM in response to Poll: Obama Performing Better Among Hispanics Than Kerry Did

Q: I could never understand how W got as many latino votes as he did, was it just because he could mouth off in broken Spanish (English)?

A: so called "values issues" - Abortion and Gay Marriage.

Senator Kerry did not have the benefit of Tancredo, Sensenbrenner running around the country talking about the scary brown immigrant hordes

Posted at July 2, 2008 11:57 AM in response to Poll: Obama Performing Better Among Hispanics Than Kerry Did

goodness golly jeepers . . . could you have swallowed any more cartoonish bs about "the left" ?

do you have any idea where those rather broad brushstrokes come from ? yeah, I thought so.

do some reading during your sabbatical. and think about exercising some rudimentary critical thinking skills. don't let the screen door hit ya . . .

Posted at July 2, 2008 9:38 AM in response to Goodbye TPM, Daily Kos, Huffington Post

this wasn't about low information voters, running to the center, or increased telco contributions

this was about permanently erasing any fingerprints of Dem complicity (if only that of silence) in Bush/Cheney lawlessness period - and hey just in time for General Election mailers :D

President Obama isn't going to walk back from anything that removes retroactive protection for Party Leadership period

Posted at June 21, 2008 12:23 PM in response to Why Obama's Support For FISA Cave-In Is Such A Downer

Actually, No . . .

lots of commenters have been watching these various pageants for some time now and recognize the choreography here - and recent history tells them it will be even more so in the Senate - these folks recognize a fait accompli

longtime political junkies know as head of The Party, Mr Obama could have stopped or at least bolluxed this up for the Cheney enablers - either publicly or privately. but he didn't

maybe pragmatic to have helped the elders bury their complicity in crimes against the constitution and the People - but it is recognized by many here as the deeply cynical move it is

Posted at June 20, 2008 5:34 PM in response to Obama Spokesman: I Don't Know His Stance On FISA