Per aspera

Via Hullabaloo, more Republicans offering, as a public service, electoral analysis for Democrats:
The number of prominent Democrats urging pre-emptive action against North Korea’s ICBM grows as Walter Mondale chimes in.
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These are the Democrats who can win elections because they are serious.
Wrong on both counts, my ideologically provincial friend.
(This, by the way, follows the WP editorial […]

House suspends Jefferson from powerful committee
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House voted Friday to remove Rep. William Jefferson, who’s mired in a federal bribery probe, from his seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.
The vote came after the Democratic Caucus voted Thursday night to suspend Jefferson. Democrats were unswayed by Jefferson’s argument that the […]

As TPMmuckraker’s Justin Rood says, “So this is how Dems run an anti-corruption platform?”
Moran: Democratic Majority Means More Money for 8th District

If Democrats win back control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, U.S. Rep. Jim Moran said he would use his position in the majority to help funnel more funds to his Northern […]

Scott Lemieux has a post about the panty-sniffing article about the Clintons’ sex life that the New York Times put on the front page Tuesday Sunday, above the fold.
To those of you who think this entry exists only so I can link to a post that makes reference to a Rilo Kiley song in its […]

“Even Baby Jesus accepted gifts, and I don’t believe it corrupted him.”
- North Carolina State Senator Drew Saunders (D)
Now THAT’S how you weasel yourself a higher donation-reporting limit!  God damn.  It’s your world, Sen. Saunders, we just live in it.
(via Pandagon)

In a Political Animal post about John Conyers responding sensibly to the press’ totally liberally-biased repetition of the Republican talking point about how the Democrats will IMPEACH IMPEACH IMPEACH if the voters are foolish enough to elect them this fall, I read this:
When I asked some prominent Democrats how the party should conduct oversight if […]

Per Digby:
In fact, the best thing to do would be to keep losing until everything is perfect so they don’t have to do anything unpleasant and the loud and angry left will have nothing to scream about.
Sounds like the Democratic party I know.  Of course, as Digby, again, says:
This is why the establishment is becoming […]

I just called the MA offices of my two senators to see if they support Russ Feingold’s resolution to censure President Bush. For the record, their responses:
Kennedy: I was told that Sen. Kennedy “hasn’t released an official position on that,” and also some stuff about Sen. Feingold being a leader in pointing out […]