It’s great to see the Montana GOP build their state convention around a candidate that ran an insurgent campaign against nearly everything they stand for… But now that Mitt’s gone and McCain can’t even rouse the dead-enders who still support President Bush, they’ve got to let someone step in to pull a few people into […]
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This is out of left field… According to the Washington Post, Sen. Baucus’ chief of staff Jim Messina is leaving to take the same role with the Barack Obama campaign out of Chicago. It’s no secret in Democratic circles that Messina’s good at what he does (so this move isn’t a surprise in […]
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I did a shift knocking doors for the Obama campaign last night. To be honest, it was my first volunteer shift with the campaign as I’ve been preferring to work with local groups and candidates who will be building more long term infrastructure.
The campaign office looked like the field offices I’m used […]
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Despite my support for Barack Obama in the primary, I’ve got to give credit where it’s due, and Bill Clinton’s visit to the Mo Club Saturday night is very deserving. Clinton’s one of the few pols who you believe is really enjoying their Mo Burger and beer. My sister lucked out and […]
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It’s not only young people who are excited about Obama’s candidacy in Montana. Myrtle Strong Enemy is the oldest woman in the Crow Nation at 101, but that didn’t stop her from coming out to see Obama’s appearance for what was a first of its kind visit of a presidential candidate to […]
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Thank god reality has finally set in with the pundit class and everyone’s willing to admit that math is math. I’ve hated getting grumpy with some of my Hillary supporting friends lately, but I just couldn’t stand what a distraction this had all become.
Now we can get back to the business at hand. […]
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These eight people hold the hold the key to the near-term future of the Democratic Party:
Donna Brazille (DC)
Mark Brewer (MI)
Ralph Dawson (NY)
Yvonne Gates ( NV)
Alice Germond (DC) - DNC Secretary
Jaime Gonzalez, Jr. (TX)
David McDonald (WA)
Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA)
Of the thirty members of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, only these eight are uncommitted to […]
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Kudos to Joe Andrew for seeing a losing proposition and making the tough decision to be part of a solution. Here’s a guy who owes a large part of his career to Bill Clinton, making the decision to put our country and the good of progressive change before himself. Perhaps the perspective he […]
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In the same breath that he uses to openly dream of rioting in a major American city, Rush Limbaugh says this morning, “We don’t riot. We don’t burn our cars. We don’t burn down our houses. We don’t kill our children. We don’t do half the things the American left does.”
Saying that is fine and […]
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I hope Andy Hammond does try to raise money in his quest to promote chaos in Montana’s Democratic primary election contest on June 3rd, ’cause I’ll be one of the first people to file a complaint against his illegal campaign committee.
If there’s ever been a metaphor for what the Montana GOP is all […]
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