Obama hearts Republicans?
ABC is reporting that Barack Obama has added Arnold Schwarzenegger to the list of Republicans he would consider for his cabinet were he to be elected president. At a Town Hall meeting in Manchester,...
View ArticleConfederacy Of Dunces...
The political landscape is becoming increasingly surreal. In addition to our own little intramural freak show in the Democratic party, which headlines with a once-disgraced former President juggling...
View ArticleVets for Hypocrisy
Whoever first uttered the phrase "With All Due Respect" deserves to have a statue erected in their honor, paid for by right wing front groups like Vets for Freedom. How else could folks like David...
View ArticleObama Will Win
Okay get out your tin-foil hats, here's how a conspiracy theorist might analyze the 2008 presidential election. For entertainment purposes only.Who has more support among America's oligarchy elites?...
View ArticleSad to realize McCain had better options for running mates.
Palin's performance in the vice presidential debates may appeal to more conservative voters because of her "hockey mom" approach and being a proud mother of a large family among several other bragging...
View ArticleSleaze Blocker Needed: Time for Powell, Bloomberg and Hagel to shut it down...
These three supposed heroes of the "independent" voter have been on the sidelines too long. Pulling them into the fray to denounce McCain’s latest foray into the gutter is really the only sure way to...
View ArticleElection Day Live Blogging-NE
Nebraska polls close at 8:00 PM CST. We here in Omaha can hardly wait! We are closely watching the presidential race in CD-02, since we here in NE can divide up our electoral votes. We are hoping to...
View ArticleCabinet Diary 1 - Secretary of State
It's time for a look at the Cabinet in the upcoming Obama administration. First up - Secretary of State, the point person - in repairing our alliances, in building on the goodwill that is already...
View ArticleCabinet Diary 3 - Secretary of Defense (with poll)
Now it's time to continue this series on the upcoming Obama cabinet. Who would be best as Obama's Secretary of Defense? Prominent candidates for the position may cause heartburn for progressives.Many...
View ArticleHagel for Veterans Affairs
President-Elect (wow, doesn’t that sound great!!!) Barack Obama repeatedly – including during his victory speech Tuesday night – has stated that he wants to include everyone, Republicans and...
View ArticleSecretary of State Fareed Zakaria???
I don't know much about the man. I've read his articles in Newsweek and seen his show but have never read his books. I'll have to. But I've been reading about him. From what I've gathered he's got a...
View ArticleMY PICKS FOR OBAMA'S CABINET
There been a lot of talk about should HRC be in President Obama's Cabinet and esp. what role if any should Hillary Clinton be.... I was really critical of Senator Clinton during the primaries, but i...
View ArticleIn support of Hagel
John Cornyn (Republican senator) recently came out attacking Hagel. Here's what Cornyn said:On Iran:“He appears to believe [a nuclear-armed] Iran can be contained. [ Defense Secretary Leon] Panetta...
View ArticleNominating Hagel an Insult to Netanyahu? Good!
We all know the gay slur (for which he has apologized) is an absolute strawman argument: The real reason Joe Lieberman and Bill Kristol are raking him over the coals is insufficient fealty to Bibi...
View ArticleHagel nomination can knock down wild-swinging Repugs/NeoCons/AIPAC
The bad news is that, in the words of yesterday's NYRB article by Elizabeth Drew:if [Obama] dropped Hagel would he go to bat for anyone? (Or they for him?) The hesitancy to name Hagel or another...
View ArticleJoe Klein needs to be respected
I know this is a weird dairy but I was just clearing out my DVR and caught Joe Klein on Face the Nation this weekend dismissing Benghazi and figured he earned a shout-out. Now, as an avid Daily Kos...
View ArticleI'm for Chuck Hagel
Good evening, all!I believe that Chuck Hagel is an excellent (presumptive) nominee for Secretary of Defense. His experiences in Vietnam with his brother, his realism (in the foreign policy meaning of...
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"He and I bled and almost died on the same battlefields in Vietnam."
So said Former Senator Max Cleland about the possibility of another former Senator Chuck Hagel serving as the Secretary of Defense. And for all the weaknesses Hagel has, alas as a Republican, I agree...
View ArticleTo Finagle Chuck Hagel?
Ever since Susan Rice’s botched nomination, it seems to be open season on President Obama’s top cabinet picks for a second term. As Russ Baker explained here, the substance-free fight over Ms. Rice...
View ArticleDavid Brooks is a dick - with UPDATE
At times I have enjoyed reading David Brooks NYTimes column. Today is not one of those days.In a column titled, "Why Hagel Was Picked," Brooks starts out with a discussion of government spending on...
View ArticleShould the Defense Secretary be a Democrat
Liked a whipped dog trying to please its master, Democrats are always trying to prove their allegiance to the National Security State. There is no tag that inspires greater fear than being labeled weak...
View ArticleThe Hagel Wedge; Benefits of Pre-Crisis Policy Debates
Two points seem to me under-appreciated in Dkos discussion of the Hagel nomination: 1. Wedges & zero sum politics 2. Picking the time for policy debatesWedges & zero sum politics:...
View ArticleNew Group "Use Your Mandate" pushing GOP talking points yet claiming they are...
Amanda Terkel of the Huffingtonpost wrote a story about how a new group "Use Your Mandate" - who refuse to say who they are, have no phone number, no address and no website - yet was founded with...
View ArticleAll Year
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View ArticleNick Turse: Chuck Hagel and Murder in Vietnam
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think of it as the Great Obama Shuffle. When U.N. ambassador Susan Rice went...
View ArticleThings I learned from the Hagel confirmation hearings
1) McCain wants Hagel to confess: McCain rules, Hagel drools. 2) As a corollary, signing on to The Surge was the single towering achievement of McCain's career - according to McCain. 3) To be in the...
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This Is Why We MUST Talk About Israel
Look at the charts below, prepared by TIME Magazine for Brandon Friedman's article, "Just Who Do They Represent: At Hagel Hearing, Concern for Israel Tops U.S. Troops in Combat."They visually represent...
View ArticleHarry Reid Ignores Lindsey Graham
According to Yahoo's "The Ticket" Reid is planning to ignore the plans of some Republicans to put holds on some of Obama's nominees.Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will not honor any "holds" used by...
View ArticleHagel filibuster politically great for Dems! Recess appointment?
Creating poster boy for filibuster reform out of nomination for Defense Secretary of conservative-Republican purple-heart enlisted-grunt Sargent Hagel:1. Could wake up more enlisted military...
View ArticleKos could not be more wrong on the Hagel fight
Yesterday, Kos had a FP post about the Hagel nomination and I wanted to respond to it then but work took up my time. Anyway, the gist of it was the hilarity of republicans eating one of their own and...
View ArticlePolitics of Climate Change Executive Orders: Relevance of McKibben; Manchin;...
Who is most relevant to the question of whether it is politically feasible for Obama to follow through on his State of the Union promise (http://www.dailykos.com/...) to take executive actions against...
View ArticleKicking it Live at Noon on the Radio
Your Noontime fix is on! The 'After Show' is Live at Noon Eastern, 9am Pacific, taking your calls at 417-717-1454! Jonesing for something closer to home? You know you are! We follow up on the issues...
View ArticleMcConnell comforts Reid after Hagel vote
Harry Reid blew it when he decided to uphold "the rules of the Senate" in spite of the Republicans unprecendented use of the filibuster. McConnell and his crowd have done everything to slow-down or...
View ArticleThe Phrase 'Nuclear Option' is a Political Scare Tactic
Used to keep Senators and the American public from the common belief that presidential appointments are to be given a timely and fair hearing, as well as a simple up or down vote, to determine if a...
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Of course McCain is right the surge wasn't biggest blunder since Vietnam
Of course Sen. John McCain was right when he said, “whether he [defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel] really believes that the surge was the worst blunder since the Vietnam War. That clearly is not...
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Why Does The GOP Use Lies To Win When They Know It Doesn't Work?
I'm sorry but the Tea Party and its Daddy the GOP have become cheap and insignificant. ‘And Why might you ask, have I come to this conclusion? Simply because their scruples have become so small you can...
View ArticleIs Sen. Ted Cruz Taking Money From China?
Sen. Cruz took $70,000.00 from Goldman Sachs for his 2012 campaign. Goldman Sachs was the fourth largest contributor to his campaign. Here's a quote from an article in Bloomberg that was published on...
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Progress in Arms control under Hagel
Obama announces that he will shift missile defense interceptors to Alaska, to protect us from North Korean missiles. Interestingly enough, this has huge implications for arms control treaties with...
View ArticleBreitbart's Ben Shapiro's Eight Minute "Out of the Closet" Rant of...
Ben Shapiro, the editor-at-large wunderkind at Breitbart.com, guest-hosted for the Hugh Hewitt radio show on the day of the Chuck Hagel's confirmation as defense secretary in late...
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Chemical weapons in his trunks? Ewwww.
Forgive me for being glib or insensitive on this, and I certainly have no easy answers for the administration on Syria. At a certain point, isn't drawing a red line on the use of chemical weapons...
View ArticlePolitical Furloughs
Hello Daily Kos, It's been many years since I've been here. But I'd like to ask you to give me a few minutes to talk about arbitraty politically driven furloughs.Bottom line up front; There is no...
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Cuts To Benefits Are Necessary Regarding Vets and Troops....That Dog Won't...
A perfect name after cuts being proposed regarding veterans and troops ! Be sure to catch this documentary starting tomorrow online ! I clicked on to Military. com and the first thing I see is Hagel...
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Bush's Poisonous Fruit & ISIS and the Media
BUSH'S POISONOUS FRUIT: ISIS AND THE MEDIADan FalconeRussian Television (RT) is reporting that “The UN special representative to Iraq, Nickolay Mladenov, has called on the international community to...
View ArticleEngelhardt: War to the Horizon
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. [Note for TomDispatch Readers:My...
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