Posts Tagged ‘ Politics ’

MoveOn.org is an organization I like and dislike. That’s a long story and irrelevant to this post. This ad they’ve just put out, however, raises sock puppetry to a whole new level and is worth a look.  
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The openly gay Latino whom Democrats in California’s Assembly recently selected to be the next speaker is, in the parlance of elected office, a "freshman." But John A. Perez has a depth of experience and adeptness for exercising power that belie his first-term status.
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I have an AYSO soccer playoff game to attend tonight, but otherwise, I’d be at this event that has a fascinating topic on the convergence of politics and technology. The event is free but an RSVP is required. Here’s the skinny: MOTM OC with Rhonda Rohrabacher Tuesday Night -> Ticket fee waived Technology has changed the political landscape and...
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Sarah Palin is not done causing headaches for the leadership of the Republican Party. In fact, my guess is that she is going to cause them far more pain in the near future than they or the media could ever have imagined. At this point, politicians and the press are trying to decipher Palin’s motivation for...
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Democrats are responding to the growing nationwide phenomena of anti-tax “tea parties” protests by mocking them and by pointing out that they are prompted and run by right-wing organizations. Neither response is a winning political strategy. It is pure political stupidity — and bad economic policy — for Democrats to treat the tax protests with derision or...
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Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns!” he said. Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. – Alfred Tennyson, The Charge of the Light Brigade. Like the Russians did to the British at Balaclava in Tennyson’s famous poem, California’s Republicans...
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Last week I wrote that the Obama campaign should serve as a master class in winning elections for Democrats, but, unfortunately, not enough California Democrats are playing attention to the Obama campaign’s most important lessons. We've dealt with the first two lessons -- (1) Blame Republicans and Present a Democratic Solution, and (2) Use...
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