I'm back at this thread just to throw the following comment that Andrew Sullivan posted from one of his readers today.

The Clintons repeatedly say, when making their "count Florida and Michigan" argument that 2.3 million voters cast ballots in these States, and Hillary often adds that the 1.7 million turnout in Florida was the highest ever for a Democratic primary. Sounds impressive. But guess what? I compared the number of persons who cast ballots this year in each of the other top ten States to the number of persons who voted for John Kerry in the 2004 general election. In every single State where both candidates campaigned -- meaning every State but New York, which Obama ceded to Hillary and Illinois, which Hillary ceded to Obama -- the turnout was at least 75% of the Kerry vote. (CA: 75%; TX: 103%; PA: 79%; OH: 85%; NC: 107%; GA: 79%; as for IL and NY, IL: 70%; NY: 44%).

In contrast, in Michigan, the percentage was a paltry 24% and in Florida the percentage was 44%.

That tells me that counting Michigan and Florida would disenfranchise a large number of voters who did not vote, because there was no campaigning and/or the voters there thought the contest would not count and so did not bother to vote.

Posted at May 27, 2008 3:50 PM in response to A Sane Discussion Of Hillary And The Popular Vote

Just a reminder here. The Clinton campaign pulled a fast one on pro-choice women in New Hampshire by duping a group of their leaders into signing on to a flyer that deliberately misled them about Obama's record on choice.
Can't remember if that happened before or after Kyle-Lieberman, but that's when she lost this aging, white, pro-choice feminist.
None of the similar women that I know are any longer supporting Clinton for various reasons, but that is mine.
So let's remember that a significant portion of us no longer relevant crones deserted her long ago.
I sent NARAL a small check and a nice note today, figured they could use a little cheering up.
I hope their stated goal of helping to heal the divide between avid feminist Clinton supporters and African Americans works out, but there's an old wound there that pre-dates this campaign and these candidates.

Posted at May 15, 2008 11:08 AM in response to NARAL Affiliates Question Mothership's Endorsement Of Obama

Just a reminder here. The Clinton campaign pulled a fast one on pro-choice women in New Hampshire by duping a group of their leaders into signing on to a flyer that deliberately misled them about Obama's record on choice.
Can't remember if that happened before or after Kyle-Lieberman, but that's when she lost this aging, white, pro-choice feminist.
None of the similar women that I know are any longer supporting Clinton for various reasons, but that is mine.
So let's remember that a significant portion of us no longer relevant crones deserted her long ago.
I sent NARAL a small check and a nice note today, figured they could use a little cheering up.
I hope their stated goal of helping to heal the divide between avid feminist Clinton supporters and African Americans works out, but there's an old wound there that pre-dates this campaign and these candidates.

Posted at May 15, 2008 11:00 AM in response to NARAL Affiliates Question Mothership's Endorsement Of Obama

You can't call yourself a feminist and not vote for Hillary. She's a champion of women's and children's rights (except in Iraq and maybe Iran. oops, snark slip) You can't even call yourself a woman and not vote for Hillary. So anyone who votes for Obama is a closet man.
Besides, it's her turn. See that line over there. Obama jumped the 2008 instead of standing patiently in line for 2012, or maybe it's 2016. That's where his turn is chalked in.

Posted at May 13, 2008 1:32 PM in response to Bizarro Day at TPMCafe

So, I've been wondering about the network silence, too. Is it possible their lawyers said just shut up about it, it was illegal for you just like it was illegal for them.
I'm not trying to find an excuse for them, but how liable are they?

Posted at May 8, 2008 3:30 PM in response to Audio: Military Analysts Laud "The Leader" Rumsfeld

Josh,
Ah, delete it then, I say.

Posted at April 5, 2008 8:06 PM in response to Israeli or American? It's Anyone's Guess.

Timothy,
I knew about Chertoff and may have known about some of the others, but do you have links that confirm your information, a primary source?
Thanks.

Posted at April 5, 2008 2:17 PM in response to Israeli or American? It's Anyone's Guess.

For anyone going, it might be worthwhile to check out the audience for the presence of local DOJ staffers. I would also think Dean Logan, the LA elections head, might be interested in this.

Posted at March 26, 2008 10:53 AM in response to Hans Spreads The Gospel

Late to the party, I had to think this over. But my first reaction is still my final reaction.
Somewhere in my distant past, I learned the phrase "priesthood of knowledge."
It applied at the time to my suspicion that I was not being told things by the powers that be in my life — my teachers, my bosses, my senior colleagues — because they had a vested interest in inhibiting competition and thus hoarding everything from secret recipes to communing with God.
The priesthood is ancient and prevails across all layers of society.
What's happening in the 'sphere is that the rats have gotten into the grain stores, and are finding that a lot of it has rotted.
Then, they're telling.
Too many metaphors, but still.
I also agree, after 30 years in the business, that the priesthood is nothing unusual nor new in journalism.

Posted at March 20, 2008 3:03 PM in response to The People in the Know and the People in the Dark

wow, brings back the bad old days of being criticized for shaving my legs, Mormon men from Utah bringing their women in to destabilize the Washington State Women's Conference and the fear tactics used to rally the founding mothers of Seattle NOW to fend off a takeover by the Socialist Workers Party by getting out the vote to overwhelm an alternative slate of chapter candidates, of which I was a co-president candidate.
I learned my politics there and I cherish the memories.
It was the choice issue used against Obama in New Hampshire that clinched my support for him.
I will link your post at http://contrarienne.blogspot.com/ if you don't mind.

Posted at February 29, 2008 6:04 PM in response to Divisive Primary Holds Potential Fallout for Women's Rights Community