Justin touched on this story. Let me expound…
“I did not know about these remarks, but I take responsibility for them. I repudiate them. My entire campaign I have treated Senator Obama and Senator Clinton with respect. I will continue to do that throughout this campaign.”
That was John McCain yesterday, apologizing for remarks made by talk [...]

When it comes to fair and open standards that benefit all, Lessig has to be one of the more brilliant minds you’ll ever read or listen to on the subject. Now he’s thinking about running for Congress, but he doesn’t want to just serve…he wants to change congress.
He has 3 things he’s basing that change [...]

This podcast looks at (1) results of the South Carolina Democratic Primary; (2) a brief discussion about the media coverage of identity politics and (3) a look ahead to the Florida and February 5th primaries…
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This podcast covers the results of the Iowa Caucuses. We discuss the significance of Huckabee’s victory, the state of the Republican race after Iowa and we also dissect Obama’s victory and analyze the rest of the Democratic race.
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This podcast covers (1) problems with Bill Richardson’s campaign, (2) the reality of Mike Huckabee’s recent momentum, (3) Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama argue over a Novak Column, (4) the significance of experience in the 2008 election, (5) Fred Thompson’s troubles and (6) more…
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This podcast covers the MSNBC Democratic debate in Pennsylvania. Specifically, we discuss (1) Hillary Clinton and immigration, (2) the styles of Obama and John Edwards, (3) how the campaign has progressed since the debate, (4) Biden and his quips and more…
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My blogmate Pete Abel over at Central Sanity, came up with an idea of a letter to GOP Leaders urging them to pay attention to the moderates within the Party. The letter is catching on and I wanted to share what he has written with you.
Yeah, I know some will think this is a [...]

A good point by one of our soldiers in Afghanistan:
An Army sergeant complained in a rare opinion article that the U.S. flag flew at half-staff last week at the largest U.S. base in Afghanistan for those killed at Virginia Tech but the same honor is not given to fallen U.S. troops here and in Iraq.
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The recent spat between California Governor Arnold Scharzenegger and talk show host Rush Limbaugh shows two examples of modern conservatism.

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It’s become fashionable to put down Barack Obama, just to compensate for the embarrassing fervor of his fans. But that too can go too far, and today I read something that reminded me what it is about him that genuinely appealed to me before he was a superstar. From an excellent Seattle Times [...]

The National Review contributor sums it up best…
John Kerry is awful, and anything we can do further to degrade his political prospects is worth doing. But really, I saw a clip of him making the much-deplored remark, and it was obvious that the dimwit in Iraq that he referred to was George W. Bush, not [...]

If you’ve never visited “The Best Page In The Universe,” what can I say…you’re missing out on so much.
As always, the author Maddox tears apart 9/11 conspiracy films like Loose Change with the greatest of ease.
One note, his site isn’t safe for work, but really…who cares.

Mr. President,
On behalf of millions of gay and lesbian Americans, I write to denounce your decision to divide the American family by promoting an amendment that would insert discrimination into the United States Constitution. Your decision to use the grounds of the White Houseâ€â€?America’s Houseâ€â€?to advance discrimination is an insult to millions of fair [...]

Senator Pat Roberts: “I am a strong supporter of civil liberties. But you have no civil liberties if you are dead.”
What the Senator is saying is that saving lives trumps all else. And I cannot disagree more.
Saving lives trumps much. And how much it trumps is a valid area for discussion and disagreement. But there [...]

I ran accross a great column by George Will, that busts the myth of the so-called “values voter.” Actually, it’s not that he busts the myth, it’s that he believes we all vote our values. Here are some choice quotes:
An aggressively annoying new phrase in America’s political lexicon is “values voters.” It is [...]

I have to go to the extended quote with bolds added for this. Newsweek editor John Meacham writing about John McCain at Liberty University:

Speaking of Iraq, McCain said: “Should we lose this war, our defeat will further destabilize an already volatile and dangerous region, strengthen the threat of terrorism and unleash furies that will assail [...]

From Political Wire:
“Some historian should really look at all of the proposals that have been forth throughout the history of our country for possible constitutional amendments. Maybe at some point in time there was one that was sillier than this one, but I don’t know of one.”
— Former Sen. John Danforth (R-MO), in a [...]

Know what that’s a picture of? If you guessed Three Mile Island, you’d be right. Not a very good way to start out a post about the upsides of nuclear energy, eh? Well, just wait.
Sure, we’ve seen a few examples of nuclear plants going wrong over the years, but what about the good? Well, if [...]

Here’s the conclusion….
It is vitally important for the future of progressive politics that people of liberal, egalitarian and internationalist outlook should now speak clearly. We must define ourselves against those for whom the entire progressive-democratic agenda has been subordinated to a blanket and simplistic ‘anti-imperialism’ and/or hostility to the current US administration. The values and [...]

I would never pollute the pages of Donklephant with a post that was little more than a toldja so.” But I have no problem doing it at home.”