Actually, I am better off than I was four years ago.
So our side had a bit of a Mitt Romney type gaffe this weekend with the whole "Are you better off" question. I understand the confusion because the President has set us up for this problem.Being the...
View ArticleObama's Etch-a-Sketch.
The 2012 Democratic National Convention was a triumph. I'm making a note here, huge success! It's hard to overstate my satisfaction.Every speech was perfectly crafted to appeal to the best of us. To...
View ArticleCensorship and Blackmail.
For me the worst part about Mitt Romney's most recent act of stupidity is that it distracted from, and actually made it much more difficult to have a very important and relevant discussion about...
View ArticleHow's that Executive Experience working out for you?
Back in 2008 the Election was framed at least for awhile as a choice between the "Inexperienced" Barack Obama and the "Experienced" John McCain. McCain's decades of public service was spun as a...
View Article"It's been FIXED!"
This is a bit of a silly diary, but we all know the role late night shows played in the 2008 Election. Between John McCain pissing off David Letterman, and SNL completely destroying Sarah Palin, the...
View ArticleThe Perfect October Surprise.
Note: This is all speculation. I do not know if Team Obama actually even has an October surprise planned against Mitt Romney, I just know it would be pretty epic if it was this.President Obama is just...
View ArticleRemarks on Mike Rowe.
Mike Rowe appeared with Mitt Romney today in Ohio. He spoke with the condition that he was not endorsing anyone and was only there to talk about the issue his foundation MikeRoweWorks focuses on. Dirty...
View ArticleA Debate Primer: Mitt Romney
On Wednesday night Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will square off in simultaneous dueling press conferences awkwardly set up to take place in the same room the first Presidential Debate. I have sort of a...
View ArticleBiden's Burden.
Joe Biden faces Paul Ryan next week on Thursday night in the one and only Vice Presidential Debate. You can expect a similar tactic as Romney's to come from Paul Ryan next week. By tactic I mean lots...
View ArticleRomney's Non-Tax Cut.
By this point we have all heard it. Romney dropped a major rhetorical flip flop at the debate the other night when he claimed, with a straight face that he did not have a plan to cut taxes by $5...
View ArticleZingers for Obama/Biden
When the news broke that Mitt Romney was memorizing zingers for the first debate the idea got a big round of belly laughs. Twitter went crazy with Zinger based Hash Tags, the left of center media...
View ArticleMy Dilemma: Evil vs. Evil
I live in the High Desert area of Southern California. Aptly named due to the fact that it is very high (approx. 4,000ft above sea level and fairly northward for a desert) and very very dry. To give...
View ArticleThe Report the GOP doesn't want you to read.
Have to give a shout out to Rachel Maddow who on her show reminded me of this report that was finished in September and then quickly vanished down the memory hole before it could get any wide spread...
View ArticleFraming The Aftermath.
It happens every election. The ballots are cast and counted. The winner is declared and within a few hours of the concession speeches the media begins reading tealeaves to try and figure out what swung...
View ArticleLess than 24hrs until the first results!!
So in just under 24hrs from NOW we will start getting results in for the 2012 Election. It will be underway, ballots cast, counted and reported!24hrs from NOW? You ask. It's barely Monday morning!
View ArticleUnderstanding the Bubble: A Non-Election Diary. (Updated with thanks.)
For years we called it the "Echo Chamber."It is a place where Conservatives speak only to each other, about only conservative ideas. It originally consisted of talk radio plus a few conservative...
View ArticleWednesday morning is going to suck!
Win or lose tonight, tomorrow morning is going to suck.I have purchased a large bottle of champagne. If President Obama wins tonight I will definitely pop it open. If Mitt Romney manages to win, I...
View ArticleToday was... weird. (Updated)
So the other day I wrote a diary called "Wednesday Morning is going to suck!" about the day after Obama's inevitable win and how I wasn't sure how all of my co-workers, who are such crazy Right Wing...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the GOP.
Dear GOP establishment,I don't know who to address this to. For the past 4 years it has been confusing to watch you grasp at straws hoping to grab onto something, anything that you can use as a weapon...
View ArticleQuestion about Obamacare Enrollment.
Hey everyone. I think this is my first call for help diary since I joined Kos back in 2004. I hope the community can help me answer a few stupid questions about enrolling in the Affordable Care...
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