Competence (Updated: Shaheen resigns)
In the weeks leading up to the 2004 general election, I had several arguments with Republican friends, acquaintances, and neighbors about the choice between Kerry and Bush. Most of these arguments...
View Article2004-2008: Nothing Fixed, especially "the fix" itself.
Encylopediae will, except perhaps in the case of an unimpeachable whistle blower, list the outcomes of the 2000 and 2004 elections as "legitimate". Legitimate insofar as every election will have...
View ArticleColorado decertifies 3 of 4 electronic voting machine manufacturers
On Monday Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman (Republican) decertified 3 of the 4 electronic voting machine manufacturers In his announcement Monday, Coffman said Colorado's actions would have...
View ArticleWhy "Edwards couldn't win NC in 2004" is a deceptive argument
So one refrain I've seen bandied about in the last couple months has been that Edwards is a weak candidate because he couldn't even win his home state of North Carolina in 2004. Now, the primary...
View ArticleKucinich throws Iowa support to Obama
Yes, I know, not supposed to post simple diaries...but this is interesting. Kucinich is apparently making the "deal" with Obama this year, much as he did in 2004 with Edwards.This is definitely...
View ArticleObama's Latest Right-Wing Talking Point
Driving into work today, I had the news on and it cut away to the inevitable update from Iowa. Senator Obama was featured in a sound bite from a rally last night, and frankly, I couldn't believe my...
View ArticleLessons from 2004: Vote Your Conscience
Tomorrow, a relatively small percentage of the population in a relatively small state will make a relatively huge decision that will impact the presidential race in profound ways. Together, Iowa and...
View Articlethe guy who came in from the cold
Scattered thoughts from an outsider who may be coming in from the cold.First off, though: yeah, I was here early enough that I bagged the user name "joseph" so neener to all you other josephs.But more...
View ArticleEdwards for VP? Zuh?
I know it is WAYYY too early to start this type of speculation, but what good is a diary entry without some baseless supposition? But I digress...
View ArticleWhy Kerry was wrong in 2004, and Edwards was right.
OK, John Kerry. It's time for a reckoning. Where's my money? Where's my Democratic president? And where's my country?Let's review all the reasons why John Kerry was wrong and John Edwards was right in...
View ArticleEdwards' money-bomb Friday raises $1-2 million
I didn't see this result here, so I thought I'd throw this up on the site -- for those of you who wanted to know what the final result was.From the website Stone Soup Musings (quoting Markmaynard.com):
View Articlesome thoughts about Bill Clinton and Nevada
The definitive moment of the 2008 presidential primary may have happened in Nevada, but it's possible none of us have seen it quite yet.Barack Obama, as Ari Melber reports in the Nation, may well have...
View ArticleAn Edwards Supporter Decides
As a 30-something who's gone back to finish college (hopefully the first woman in my family to graduate!), I'm surrounded by people who are four to ten years younger than me. Despite the fact that I...
View ArticleWhat's a Realignment Look Like?
[From the Frog Pond]When people compare George W. Bush to Herbert Hoover they are usually making the point that they are two of the worst presidents ever. But there may be more similarities than...
View ArticleHuckabee shows how it's done.
Huckabee schools Al Gore and John Kerry. Note to all future Democratic Candidates facing voting "irregularities" - take a lesson from Gomer Pyle: As I said, we are prepared to go to court, and we are...
View ArticlePOLL: Today it's Obama - In 2004 it was...
It's been four long years since the 2004 Primaries. Back then we had ten candidates on the debate stages. This year we started out with eight but are now down to two (or three counting Mike Gravel)....
View ArticlePOLL: Today it's Hillary - In 2004 it was...
It's been four long years since the 2004 Primaries. Back then we had ten candidates on the debate stages. This year we started out with eight but are now down to two (or three counting Mike Gravel)....
View ArticleTaking my ball and going home - in '04
This diary is a response, in part, to ddigioia's "Memo From a Disillusioned Progressive".I joined the Democratic Party in late 2003, when a doctor by the name of Howard Dean showed up and performed a...
View ArticleI Voted for Nader in 2004
It's true. I was an independent. I voted for Ralph Nader in the 2004 election. In a swing state. That swing state went for Bush. (I know, hate me, right?)I disliked George W. Bush, but I disliked John...
View Articlean historic mistake?
If there's one thing the 2 party system has taught us, it's that the 2 party system doesn't work!time after time after time, both major parties pass over great candidates and nominate fools. the best...
View ArticleOH NO! This Site Isn't What It Used To Be! (Um, yes it is.)
For all the talk of people leaving DKos lately, you'd think that a) there'd never been any candidate wars before (geez, did people forget the Dean 2003-4 flame wars so soon? Or the whole pie kerfuffle?...
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"Mom, why is George Bush the president?"
The number of US soldiers currently deployed in Iraq is roughly equal to double the attendance at Barack Obama's rally in Portland, OR on May 20, 2008.I've heard other parents say that talking to their...
View ArticleThe Clintons have good reason to be jealous
MsCharisma of Maryland on the "Bill Goes Insane" diary said "He is so obviously jealous of Obama." Truer words were never spoken, I believe that jealousy is the real source of the vitriol toward Obama...
View ArticleClinton, and Winning
Now that Clinton has formally ended her bid for the presidential nomination, hopefully Democrats will start focusing more aggressively on the larger picture.Back in early November, I suggested: It is...
View ArticleBiden as veep. Assault weapons ban. Problems ahead.
OK, it's Biden. As a registered and contributing Dem, I know that this was a bad choice because of Biden's anti-gun record, and will make this a VERY uphill fight. In fact, it might have sacrificed...
View ArticleGOP convention postponement would help McCain's money problems
There is some chatter that the Republicans will delay their convention due to Hurricane Gustav. I'm not saying they will postpone it, but a postponement could level McCain's money disadvantage.
View ArticleDid the pubs just give up?
They have abandoned everything they have worked for years to mend and now have reverted this back to 2004.I have never seen a more hostile convention in my entire life. I have never seen such horrific...
View Article600,000 Ohio voters subject to GOP caging. . .
So I am going to be honest; I never really paid that much attention to those rumors about voter Fraud and the "caging" that happened in Ohio in 2004. I figured Kerry did a great job of losing the...
View ArticlePoll Watchers: Let's Go Back To 2004
With all the microscopic poll analysis that has been taking place, I feel that one key factor is largely being ignored; where are we now versus where we were in 2004?
View Articleupdated breaking polls today +Nov 4 My plans
I have spent 2 NOV 4s of my life (2004,2000) cryin and getting angry over myself and the world.....I remember how i was awake all night waiting for Gore's Victory...how i celebrated victory before...
View ArticleA walk down dkos memory lane via archive.org
Back in 2004 I knew about dailykos, and I visited when I needed a pick-me-up, but I was not a dedicated user (perhaps I should say addict) as I am today (probably reading 50-75 diaries a day these...
View ArticleObama and my broken heart
You'll have to excuse me for being self-indulgent, I just want to share my election experience this time around.at 22 this is only the second presidential I've been eligible to vote in. Last time...
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Birmingham Alabama - Obama wins my County
I'm drenched in tears as I write this diary. Tears of Joy.This is a story that shall not go ignored. Let me tell it. The city known to many as Bombingham during the Civil Rights area voted for a skinny...
View ArticleSorry Mayor Newsom but you're hardly blameless
I'm sure you know than it was your grandstanding on this issue (especially after the CA Supreme Court decision) that provided fodder for the opposition, and galvanized their base.
View ArticleThe Idiots Who Voted For Bush
Is it my imagination or does there seem to be fewer of them around these days? Its as if a good portion of them magically cleansed themselves by removing the Bush/Cheney stickers from their King Cab...
View ArticleComparison: Election 2004 vs. Election 2008 (Maps).
It's fascinating to see how much ground Obama gained over what John Kerry was able to achieve in 2004.
View ArticleMusic and Politics: Comparing 2004 to 2008
Air Traffic Control, a group that monitors music and politics, and helps artists find ways to become politically engaged, recently released a survey of how music and politics collided in the 2008...
View ArticleRevenge of the economic girlie men
looks like arnie cant get enough dollar viagra to pump his little economy these days. what a difference 4 years make.
View ArticleDead Even: The Nature of Modern Elections
Cross-posted here. This topic area has been touched upon at Daily Kos, both on the front-page and in some recent diaries, but I wanted to develop on it further. For all of Politico's faults, they do...
View ArticleGuilty: Election Fraud And Electronic Voting Machine Rigging In Kentucky....
Not knocking my good neighbors in nearby Clay county, but if it can be done in Clay county Kentucky, it can be done Anywhere. Isn't it time we addressed this problem of Voting machine insecurity before...
View ArticleWhy Trump will never be the Republican nominee
Markos Moulitsas Zúñiga:Donald Trump says Democrats are better for the economy.
View ArticleBaldwin's More Recent General Elections
In my last diary, I looked at a regression analysis I performed at the precinct level of Rep. Baldwin's 2000 election, where she narrowly won by a 2-point margin even as V.P. Gore won her district by a...
View ArticleDocumenting History
Every now and again I get on here and make a big loud push for people to come write for the History Commons. Sometimes we get interested people who don't know what they might want to write about, or...
View Article*UPDATED x3 with CO Tie-in* BREAKING: Florida GOP Election Fraud scandal...
The Los Angeles Times reports that numerous fraudulent GOP voter registrations have now been discovered in ten Florida counties.
View ArticleA look at CBS News Polls' track record over the last three Presidential...
Let's take a look at the CBS News Polls' track record in just the recent presidential elections.
View ArticleNevada Early Voting Update, 10/24/12 With Goodies!
Want to know what I love the most about the Nevada situation? The biggest counties report every night as opposed to every morning. So you get up to the minute statistics.
View ArticleIowa Early Voting Update, 10/25/12 (With Goodies!)
Here are the latest figures out of Iowa. And I have discovered that the Iowa sos website absolutely rules! Why does it rule? Iowa actually does full reports on what percentage of each political...
View ArticleIowa Early Voting Update, 11/1/12
Can you believe it's November already? Time is zipping by.Anyway, here are the latest figures out of Iowa.
View ArticleThe Dean Scream, Twelve Years Later: "What Really Happened"
tl;dr: FiveThirtyEight and ESPN Films present “The Dean Scream: What Really Happened.” It’s only 10 minutes long and it’s great. Go watch it.The date was Monday, January 19, 2004, and the Iowa caucuses...
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