WASHINGTON -- So much for voter suppression. So much for the enthusiasm gap. So much for the idea that smug, self-appointed arbiters of what is genuinely "American" were going to "take back" the country, as if it had somehow been stolen. On Tuesday, millions of voters sent a resounding message to the take-it-back crowd: You won't. You can't. It's our country, too. … [Read more...] about A New America Speaks
Prosecute Karl Rove’s Consumer Fraud?
When newly minted Sen. Elizabeth Warren gets to Washington, a spectacular case of Dodd-Frank deception awaits her—-all those Super PAC millions that were guaranteed but failed to sweep Barack Obama out of the White House. In a financial democracy, where bilking billionaires should be no more acceptable than preying on the poor, Karl Rove has a lot to answer for, starting … [Read more...] about Prosecute Karl Rove’s Consumer Fraud?
Amazing Video Moment: Obama Gets Emotional Thanking Young Staff: “I’m Really Proud of All Of You” (Video)
I don't think there is a precedent for a video of a President speaking in such a heartfelt way to his young campaign workers. He starts to thank young campaign workers at his campaign headquarters and expresses his admiration for them and he tears up. This video will be shown for many years: … [Read more...] about Amazing Video Moment: Obama Gets Emotional Thanking Young Staff: “I’m Really Proud of All Of You” (Video)
Getting To 60 (Guest Voice)
Getting to 60 by Harry Boswell One of the real surprises of Election Night was the added strength of Senate Democrats. While going in, Republicans had hopes of taking over the Senate, when the dust finally settled by mid-day on Wednesday, Democrats had actually gained 2 seats, giving them 53, with 2 more seats held by independents (Sanders in Vermont and Angus King in … [Read more...] about Getting To 60 (Guest Voice)
Israel braces for Obama ‘payback’ after re-election
Israel braces for Obama 'payback' after re-election (via AFP) Israel was bracing on Thursday for chillier ties with Washington, with pundits unanimous that a re-elected President Barack Obama will seek payback for Benjamin Netanyahu's supporting Mitt Romney. "Netanyahu gambled, we will pay," said a headline in top-selling daily Yediot Aharonot, referring to … [Read more...] about Israel braces for Obama ‘payback’ after re-election
Obama Campaign Says it Won Florida
Obama campaign says it won Florida (via AFP) US President Barack Obama's top aide in Florida said Democrats have won the vote in the officially undeclared Sunshine State, where officials are under fire for mishandling the ballot. Obama in the end did not need the biggest swing state as he won enough states across the country to romp to a decisive… … [Read more...] about Obama Campaign Says it Won Florida
Can the GOP Win Without the Crazies?
Birthers, truthers, paranoids, conspiracists -- the whole angry, resentful, frightened mob of right wingers who make up a good portion of the Republican base scares the wholly living hell out of most of the rest of us. They exist on a different plane of reality -- uncomfortable with deep thinking, irrational when their delusions are challenged, and unable to climb out of the … [Read more...] about Can the GOP Win Without the Crazies?
Loughner Gets Seven Life Sentences
Justice is done, my only wish is that he could somehow serve the all consecutively. … [Read more...] about Loughner Gets Seven Life Sentences
Las Vegas Business Owner Fires 22 ‘Mostly Hispanic’ Employees Over Obama Win
Las Vegas business owner fires 22 ‘mostly Hispanic’ employees over Obama win (via Raw Story ) A business owner in Las Vegas on Wednesday told a CBS radio station that he had fired 22 of his 114 “mostly Hispanic” employees because President Barack Obama had won re-election. “I’ve done my share of educating my employees,” business owner “David,” who … [Read more...] about Las Vegas Business Owner Fires 22 ‘Mostly Hispanic’ Employees Over Obama Win
Israel PM Turned Memorial Into Poll Speech: Hollande
Israel PM turned memorial into poll speech: Hollande (via AFP) French President Francois Hollande has criticised Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for transforming a memorial service for Jews slain by an Islamist gunman in southwestern France this year into a campaign meeting. "Netanyahu came to France to campaign and we knew that," Hollande told … [Read more...] about Israel PM Turned Memorial Into Poll Speech: Hollande
The Perils Of Unforseen Consquences
In September 1911 a British warship HMS Hawke was on patrol when it collided with a passenger liner, the RMS Olympic. The liner was badly damaged and had to go into the repair yard for several months. Not long after returning to duty the Olympic lost a propeller, the result of unrepaired damage from the prior collision. On the surface these incidents seem to be a minor bit of … [Read more...] about The Perils Of Unforseen Consquences
Aftermath of a Sweep for Sanity
After all those millions, so many lies and so much voter suppression, the forces of American darkness come up empty. The White House and Senate elude the Tea Party, even as its stranglehold on the House becomes an isolated island in a sea of sanity. The American nightmare is not over, but daylight is on the horizon. Barack Obama’s reelection victory carries with it exhausted … [Read more...] about Aftermath of a Sweep for Sanity
Damn the Demographics- Full Speed Ahead
The Republican loss in the national election was due to a combination of hubris and a disregard of demographics. While the party won the overall white vote by a substantial margin, they lost the black, Latino, and Asian-American vote by an even greater margin. And the youth vote, which Republican pundits had predicted would be down this cycle, was actually higher than in 2008. … [Read more...] about Damn the Demographics- Full Speed Ahead
Youth Vote Decides Presidential Election – Again. Is this the new normal?
Youth vote decides presidential election – again. Is this the new normal? (via The Christian Science Monitor) Millennials made it to the polls in droves Tuesday – proving themselves a central voting bloc in swing states and defying speculation that their enthusiasm had waned since the days of Barack Obama’s historic candidacy in 2008. People age 18 to … [Read more...] about Youth Vote Decides Presidential Election – Again. Is this the new normal?
Keeping Storms at Bay
NEW YORK -- Let me propose an initiative for the second Obama administration, starting with Day One: Get the nation started on the surge barriers, flood walls and other big infrastructure projects that can protect our coastal cities from being ravaged by the next Hurricane Sandy. Here in the nation's biggest and most vibrant city, last week's hurricane is a bigger … [Read more...] about Keeping Storms at Bay
A Big Election About Small Things (Guest Voice)
A big Election About Small Things by David Goodloe "If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things." Barack Obama 2008 Democratic National Convention Presidential elections are seldom about what they should be about. I probably should have learned that on this day … [Read more...] about A Big Election About Small Things (Guest Voice)
GOP Raincloud (Cartoon)
LEGAL NOTICE ON CARTOON: This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Reproduction elsewhere without licensing is strictly prohibited. See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about GOP Raincloud (Cartoon)
No, Virginia, the 2012 Election’s Hyperpartisanship Will Not Last Forever
"DEAR COLUMNIST: I am 13 years old and in the 8th grade. "Some of my friends say America will never be able to put back together after the highly divisive Presidential election and that due to hyperpartisanship people will never work together to solve our problems. They say it's getting almost impossible. Papa says if you hear people say it on TV, in newspapers and on blogs … [Read more...] about No, Virginia, the 2012 Election’s Hyperpartisanship Will Not Last Forever
Always a blame game
Romney lost so let the blame game begin. Conservatives just can't believe they are out of touch with the American people so some are blaming Romney. Conservative leaders on Wednesday lashed out at Mitt Romney, saying his attempts to paint himself as a centrist and hide his principles cost him the presidency. They vowed to wage a war to put the Tea Party in charge … [Read more...] about Always a blame game
China’s leadership change leaves Obama little respite
As President Barack Obama basks briefly in the glory of a second term, hundreds of Chinese leaders open a historic conclave in Beijing a couple of hours from now to appoint their new boss in eerie opacity. Xi Jinping is expected to replace paramount leader Hu Jintao but nothing is certain until it is done. It seems that Hu’s faction was out-voted when it tried to keep Xi out … [Read more...] about China’s leadership change leaves Obama little respite