WASHINGTON — As the Senate marches closer toward a nuclear showdown over President Bush’s judicial nominees, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that the American public is dissatisfied - with Congress and its priorities, with Bush’s plan to overhaul Social Security and with the nation’s economy and general direction. Moreover, a majority believes that the Senate should make its own decision about the president’s judicial nominees, rather than just generally confirming them. (...)
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Voters Dissatisfied with Bush, Congress:NBC/WSJ Poll Reveals ’Angry Electorate’
19 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
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The Edison/Mitofsky report and the theory of the shy republican
12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsByron York has treated me fairly and without rancor, and I am grateful for that. Certainly I am more in his wheelhouse than mine, and I’m honored that he saw fit to engage me in this little set-to we’ve conducted since Monday. I fired a lead right, Rep. John Conyers shouted encouragement from my corner, then York delivered a hook to the body. I shot back an uppercut, then he loaded up a right hand and attempted to bring an end to the discussion.
Byron York’s most recent refutation of my (...) -
The Number One Threat to Progressive Politics in America: Bob Casey jr.
12 May 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsBy Rob Kall
www.OpEdNews.com
Centrists in the Democratic party don’t want the party to become more progressive. They want to move it to the right, to make the average Democratic candidate look more and more like a Republican. They will use the Bob Casey jr. campaign for US senate as an example to set a precedent which will be devastating to progressives nationwide.
Recent polls have shown that Rick Santorum is very vulnerable in PA-a state where Kerry won and the last governor (...) -
JEALOUS KERRY FUMES AS DEM BOOSTS HILL
25 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
15 commentsA fuming John Kerry had "daggers in his eyes" after a fellow Democrat promoted Hillary Rodham Clinton for president - suggesting the 2004 loser is green with envy at a potential rival.
The flap was touched off two weeks ago when Clinton spoke at a Minneapolis Democratic dinner and Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) told the cheering crowd that he was introducing "the next great president of the United States."
Two days later, Kerry came over to Dayton on the Senate floor "with daggers in his (...) -
Howard Dean Becomes Leader of the Other Pro-War Party
23 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
5 commentsDean on Iraq: “We’re There and We Can’t Get Out”
April 21, 2005 - It didn’t take long, the former anti-war presidential candidate has now become the pro-occupation leader of the Democratic Party. Just when a majority of the public is saying the Iraq War is not worth it, Howard Dean the new leader of the Democratic Party is saying: “Now that we’re there, we’re there and we can’t get out.”
Like the good partisan he is Dean blames Bush for a war most in his party voted for and an (...) -
Backing Democrats has pulled the antiwar movement to the right
21 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
11 commentsBacking Democrats has pulled the antiwar movement to the right Why “inside-outside” is getting nowhere
ELIZABETH SCHULTE explains why the antiwar movement has to remain independent from the Democratic Party.
FOR OPPONENTS of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, there was a big question hanging in the air in the wake of the 2004 election. How could George Bush—the man behind the war that so many people protested—be re-elected?
Unfortunately, many on the left have offered answers that are less (...) -
Italian Government in Danger of Collapse
15 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
Italy’s longest post-war government risks collapse. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is in trouble after two small parties withdrew their support from the governing center-right coalition.
The centrist UDC party, which has four ministers in government, was the first to decide to withdraw its support from the center-right government. Then, the new Italian Socialist party, which has only two minor government posts, followed its example.
The parties had called on Prime Minister (...) -
Rep. Dennis Kucinich and Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen debate the war in Iraq
13 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
10 commentsBEGALA: Welcome back to CROSSFIRE. Both President Bush in Texas today, and Donald Rumsfeld in Iraq, were talking about just how swell things are going in Iraq. But, a new survey says most Americans believe the war was not worth it. In the CROSSFIRE to debate Iraq, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen — she is a Republican from Florida, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich, he is a Democrat from Ohio.
HOLT: Welcome to the program, Mr. Kucinich, nice to see you.
During the presidential campaign, (...) -
Kerry: Trickery Kept Voters From Polls
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
9 commentsBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer
BOSTON - Many voters in last year’s presidential election were denied access to the polls through trickery and intimidation, former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told a voters’ group Sunday.
"Last year too many people were denied their right to vote, too many who tried to vote were intimidated," the Massachusetts senator said at an event sponsored by the state League of Women Voters.
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Once Invincible Schwarzenegger Looking More Mortal
11 April 2005 par (Open-Publishing)
9 commentsBy Adam Tanner
SAN FRANCISCO - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is showing himself to be an ordinary mortal after all with a significant policy retreat on Thursday and a new poll showing his approval rating down sharply.
Swept into office in an unprecedented recall election in 2003, the Republican’s approval rating fell to 43 percent from 59 percent in January, according to a Survey and Policy Research Institute poll released on Thursday.
The former bodybuilding and Hollywood (...)