Fairbanks Mayor Jim Whitacker just offered his endorsement of Barack Obama. Which is the second night in a row that an elected Republican has strongly endorsed Barack Obama. Whitacker made clear that he is first and foremost an American, and while he isn’t here to talk ill of John McCain, but that Barack Obama is "best able to meet America’s challenges and seize America’s opportunities." He described Obama as a "pragmatic idealist" and lauded a "realistic and resulting wisdom whichis sorely needed in America today."
He was followed by life-long Republican Gloria Craven, who after 30 years of blue collar labor lost her job and benefits. She was, to say the least, a bit perplexed when John McCain declared "we’re making great progress economically." She’s living on her husband’s social security for lack of opportunities while he goes back to school at 62 years old. This is what the Bush economy has brought us.
Earlier, Governor Janet Napolitan...
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We all know Mike Huckabee, Sam Brownback, Fred Thompson, and Tom Tancredo are conservatives. Mitt Romney, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain also called themselves conservatives. Sometime in this past year I wrote about how the word conservative doesn’...... more
By CHRIS PACKHAM
Okay, so John McCain is finally the President of Missouri , thanks to 3,000 people who couldn’t stay the fuck home on Election Day. THANKS, YOU GUYS. Now we’ll never be rid of McCain and his horrible Alaskan spouse with her stolen wardrobe and hillbilly-like crowd of pregnant, barefoot children. When they move to their Presidential mansion in Independence, will they sleep in the same bed with Joe the Plumber, all wearing little night caps like little cartoon ... more
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McCain’s planetariophobia
And it’s not even just astronomy . The projectors can give all kinds of lessons: biology, history, local lore… anything you can create digitally can be projected in a planetarium, and kids can learn. For McCain to use this as a political …... more
Nigeria: For McCain, PDP Beckons! AllAfrica.com, Washington - 58 minutes ago The way McCain has conducted himself so far in this election shows he is not ashamed to embody all that can be wrong about politics and politicians. ... ... more
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There are a lot of ways to look at this one, but none of them are good. From KDKA:
Police tell KDKA that a campaign volunteer has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter B in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker.
If you want to read the details of what she said happened, Michele Malkin’s post on the incident has good links. Malkin also i... more
Progressive Outpouring for Roselli, SEIU-UHW
by Randy Shaw‚ Nov. 19‚ 2008Â
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A Who’s Who of progressive San Francisco came out to honor SEIU-UHW last night, striking a
defiant stance against efforts by SEIU International to change the local’s leadership. Hosted
by Dolores Huerta, John Burton, Clint Reilly and Aaron Peskin, it was attended by a long roster
of labor and political leaders including Mark Leno, Tom Ammiano, Ross Mirkarimi, Sophie Maxwell
and Eric Mar. Bille... more
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama wants Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to serve as his secretary of Homeland Security, sources told The Washington Post.... more
The latest from Change.gov :
President-elect Barack Obama today returned phone calls to five world leaders and expressed his appreciation for their congratulations on his election. President-elect Obama spoke with:
Colombian President Uribe
Nigerian President Yar’Adua
Senegalese President Wade
South African President Motlanthe
United Nations Secretary General Ban
... more
San Diego Union-Tribune / News blog - 2:45 pm
The leaders of local veterans groups and several Democratic politicians rallied today in Balboa Park to urge voters to support Proposition 12, which would extend a program that has provided low-cost home loans to about 420,000 California veterans ...
In this article: John Garamendi , Mary Salas ,... more
Randy Bayne / California Notes weblog - 7:21 pm
Lt. Gov. Garamendi An Expert on Climate Change, Say Jones’ Plan is a ’Giant Leap Forward’
LANCASTER, CA – As part of her campaign to create a stronger economy for the region, Democratic Assembly Candidate Linda Jones (36th District) today ...
In this article: John Garamendi , Linda Jones ,... more
Randy Bayne / California Notes weblog - 3:22 pm
Lt. Governor John Garamendi was in — oh, that is just too freaky — my phone just rang. It was a robo call from Garamendi urging me to vote for Alyson Huber. Okay, on with the post…
…Stockton today to send off walkers for the ...
In this article: John Garamendi , Jerry McNerney ,... more
Fresno Bee - 6:43 pm
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders emerged from a meeting Wednesday saying they’re confident California will be able to repay up to $7 billion in short-term loans, even as the state treasurer estimated the state’s revenues are likely ...
In this article: Karen Bass , John Chiang , Dave Cogdill , Bill Lockyer , Don Perata , Arnold Schwarzenegger ,... more
Fresno Bee - 11:29 am
The Schwarzenegger administration and a federal court receiver are heading toward a showdown over states’ rights in the escalating fight over inmate health care. Read comments
In this article: John Chiang , Thelton Henderson , Clark Kelso ,... more
KGO-TV - 12:57 pm
A federal judge in Sacramento says he will decide this week whether a lawsuit over Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ’s minimum wage order should be heard in his court.
In this article: John Chiang , Arnold Schwarzenegger ,... more
The California Target Book released its August "hot sheet" listing potential competitive seats throughout the state legislature. Well, two can play at this game. Here are the competitive seats as I see them and a little precis about them:
State Senate
1. SD-19. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D) v. Tony Strickland (R). Sadly, thanks to Don Perata’s bungling and undermining this is likely to be the only competitive race out of the 20 up for elect... more
? Over to our east, the Nevada Dems aren’t doing so bad. Two Congressional Races were just upgraded by CQ , with state Senator and former gubernatorial candidate Dina Titus now in a toss-up in the Vegas ’burbs. Titus is a good candidate, and everything is looking up for her: fundraising, name ID, and the polling.
? Speaker Pelosi tells JoMentum to STFU. It seems she’s had enough of the ridiculous attacks on Obama. About time.
? Some grassroots activists... more
I will be on KRXA 540 AM at 8 this morning to discuss this and other California politics issues. Cindy Sheehan will be on at 9 - any questions you want asked?
The supposed budget deal that Don Perata claimed he had with Arnold and that we roundly denounced yesterday apparently was a figment of Perata’s imagination , according to the Sacramento Bee:
Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata began Wednesday saying he had made enough concessions to secure a budget deal with the go... more
(a commenter on Daily Kos suggested I cross post this diary here. It’s the right place. Please hit the link in the diary and send a message to your legislator. This cannot go on. Not in California and not in America.)
I have been writing about this story since May. (after the fold are links for diaries for background). Yet another farmworker has died from the heat. This is the sixth this summer.
Maria de Jesus Alvarez, 63, mothe... more
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