One of Senator Saxby Chambliss' staffers really, really hates gay people. I’ve just gotten off the phone with Atlanta Journal-Constitution political writer Jim Gallaway who says that Sen. Saxby...
Hate-Mongers of the Highest Order
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Author - Bob Cesca
Republicans Filibuster DADT Repeal
This big news at this point: UPDATE - 3:05 p.m.: Senate Republicans, led by John McCain (R-Ariz.), have blocked the Senate from considering the defense authorization bill Tuesday afternoon. By...
The False Overton Window
Kevin Drum posted a solid piece about the Obama administration's disconnect with the progressive left. But only 20% of the electorate self-IDs as liberal. So the math is exactly the opposite: you...
Paul Ryan is Not a Reasonable Man
Proof from the CBPP, which analyzed Ryan's "Roadmap" economic plan: The Roadmap would give the most affluent households a new round of very large, costly tax cuts by reducing income tax rates on high...
Socialist Libertarians
Sucking from the government teat... Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller, an outspoken critic of federal funding, has in the past obtained federal farm subsidies in the amount of more than...
The Hardball Overton Window
Via Digby, Chris Matthews last night talking with Eric Boehlert: "What about John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, who have lived their lives in the center?" The hell? Digby points out that both of these...
'O'Donnell is Clearly a Criminal'
Whoops! Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, today filed a pair of complaints concerning Delaware Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell's use of more than $20,000...
Morning Awesome
OK Go - "White Knuckles"
Ending the Day with Good News
The new Gallup generic ballot is virtually tied up: PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's generic ballot for Congress for the week of Sept. 13-19 shows a 46% Democratic and 45% Republican split in registered...
POTUS Versus Hedge Fund Jagoff
From today's town hall, here's the president disassembling a hedge fund assbag: I wrote this after the first big Question Time thing with the Republicans and I'll say it a thousand times more: the...
Creepy Quote of the Day
"Palin is operating on a different plane, hovering higher than a mere celebrity, more buoyant than an average politician." Mark Halperin Really? An unserious grifter is on a higher plane? Then...
Boardwalk Empire
Things are slow around here, so I thought I'd plug a serious home run. HBO's new dramatic series Boardwalk Empire is outstanding on just about every level. Instantly compelling story (and era in...
This Is Terrible News
Daily Kos and PPP are about to release the results of a poll showing Russ Feingold trailing his Republican challenger -- by a double-digit margin. The culprit? The "enthusiasm gap." If there was more...
This Isn't Helping, Mr. President
I can totally understand why, privately, the administration might be frustrated with the scattered nature of the progressive movement right now, with support ranging from enthusiastic to "just like...
You Stay Classy, Glenn Beck
How did I miss this? Here's classy Glenn Beck mocking and threatening the First Lady. You know, because the families are off limits: "Get away from my french fries, Mrs. Obama," Beck warned. "First...
Morning Awesome
Foo Fighters - "Times Like These"
Headline of the Day
O'Donnell: No Witchcraft Since High School I wonder if the wingnuts will still question whether the president attended a madrassa as a child. Via Ebert
'Is This The Best Arizona Can Do?'
Via Steve Benen, here's the killer new Terry Goddard campaign commercial that uses Jan Brewer's brain-freeze as the basis for levying some appropriate attacks:
Quote of the Day
"Joe Miller simply does not represent that. He is suggesting to us, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many, many Alaskans, some pretty radical things. You know, we dump Social Security. No more...
And This is How O'Donnell Could Win
Bill Kristol today describing O'Donnell as a "flake," but that he'd vote for her anyway. If she squeaks by and wins this thing it'll be because voters will say the same thing as Kristol -- mistaking...