The drift towards irrelevancy

This morning I came across an article on Politico that’s worth reading.  Seems that despite their drubbing in the last two general elections, the Republican party continues to drift to the right.  Meanwhile, the majority of the electorate is moving the other direction.  While the country as a whole, county by county, is actually a [...]

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Principle of obstruction

Congressional Republicans like to think that they are standing on principle when opposing President Obama at every opportunity.  But, if that is the case, they are out of step with the majority of Americans.  It is little wonder that their approval rating continues to sink.
It wasn’t surprising that no House Republicans voted in favor of [...]

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Message to the GOP

The GOP just doesn’t get it.  So, let me explain a few things to you.

Tax cuts are meaningless if you don’t have a job, or you don’t make enough to reach the threshold for paying taxes.
You complain that 40% of Americans don’t pay taxes. Why?  Is it because they don’t make enough? Or is [...]

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The real deal on the stimulus

Yesterday I was shouting at my radio as I listened to some of the stuff I was hearing about the stimulus package — read JOBS bill.  Some GOP Senators were talking about how pork-filled it was and that they were going to filibuster it.  Today I read that several of those same Senators, including John [...]

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And so it begins

Election Day is not quite over here in California.  Yes we did.  It has truly been an historic day.  The highest turnout since the first election in which women got to vote.  That alone makes the day a success.  People are engaged in the process.  And both candidates were gracious in their speeches. 
I’ve been voting [...]

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My hopes for today — GO VOTE

A huge turnout.   No eligible voter turned away.  Enough voting machines, distributed fairly across all precincts.  A large turnout among young voters and those who’ve been turned off by politics as usual.  A complete and fair count. A landslide victory. A gracious and healing concession speech.  An even more gracious and humble victory speech.  And [...]

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You decide

We’ve heard a lot recently about the “real” America. 

 Which is the real America? Imagine. Hope. The choice is up to you.  You decide.  Be sure to vote.

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Next steps… or how to make change happen

As you can see from my last few posts, I’m starting to look ahead to November 5 and beyond.  I’m still working to make change possible.  But while there are record numbers of registered voters this year, and it’s looking promising, we can’t just sit back again starting Nov. 5 and wait for change to [...]

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The value of listening

Last evening the writer of Intelligent by Design phoned and, in the course of a very long conversation, pointed out that fear is a common element on both sides of the political divide this election. I argued that my fears of voter suppression, and potential vote count irregularities were rational fears while I believed the fears [...]

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Endorsements UPDATE

Well, the updated endorsement list is out at Editor and Publisher.  And the numbers are pretty impressive.  Sen. Barack Obama has garnered endorsements from 112 newspapers with combined circulation of nearly 13.8 million to McCain’s 39 papers representing 3.7 million readers.  What’s even more impressive is the number of Obama endorsements from papers that went for [...]

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