Without checking the article, decide for yourself whether the following book titles are real or satire: Thus far, the new imprint has only one writer in its stable: Katharine DeBrecht, the pen name of a mother of three whose authorial debut, Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!, generated major buzz - and sold some 30,000 copies - after receiving an on-air plug from Rush … [Read more...] about Help Mom!

Is it unpatriotic to be too patriotic? … [Read more...] about Competing Loyalties

Last night on his show Joe Scarborough bluntly laid out the differences between traditional Republican conservatives and the establishment Republican conservatives: one is more rooted in Thomas Jefferson (and we remind people in Barry Goldwater). The other wing follows whatever the White House says on most issues. He was looking at the issue of the leaks and the New York … [Read more...] about Joe Scarborough Won’t Buy The Official Line

A new poll has bad news for President George Bush, bad news for GOPers (particularly those who are steadfastly standing by Bush) and improved news for Democrats:Americans are paying unusually close attention to the congressional elections in November, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and they are more inclined to deliver big gains to Democrats than in any year since Republicans … [Read more...] about Poll: Bush Hurts GOP As Democrats’ Prospects Brighten

David Post describes why one watches even the games that are "already over": So it is absolutely true: if you're losing a soccer game 2-0 with 10 minutes to go, you have a mighty slim chance of winning, and you are almost certainly going to be walking out of the stadium depressed and disappointed. But . . . it does happen. Teams do come back. And if this is the game in which it … [Read more...] about Better Than…

She hires a prominent (both in status and talent) blogger to get her message out the the blogo-you-know-what. UPDATE by Michael vd G. From the link Joe provided: In a post announcing his new job, Dauo said that "as a true believer in the importance of [blogs], I'm thrilled about Senator Clinton's interest in building this bridge with the online community and I intend to do … [Read more...] about Hillary Clinton’s Smart 21st Century Political Move

Yesterday's Supreme Court "decision" in Randall v. Sorrell, the Vermont campaign finance case is one of those collections of concurrences, dissents and opinions that come along every year at the end of the term, the kind that must drive reporters who cover the Court up the wall. There were six separate opinions in this case: Justice Breyer announced the Court's judgment with … [Read more...] about Supreme Court Muddies Campaign Finance Waters

I have read about exploding cell phones, but never about laptops. A website claims that a laptop exploded at a Japanese conference. Has anyone heard of a laptop exploding? No more in my lap if they do!!! … [Read more...] about An Explosive Laptop!

The Zarqawi killing bump is apparently wearing off. Details at Rasmussen Reports (a firm favored by GOPers and said to be the most accurate polling firm in 2004). REMINDER AGAIN: Polls are snapshots and in the long term like see saws. Will going after the evil New York Times rally the base and get the numbers back up? A USA Today/Gallup poll taken Friday through Sunday found … [Read more...] about Bush’s Poll Numbers Apparently Dropping Again

India's largest coffee growing company, Tata Coffee Ltd., has signed a deal to acquire U.S.-based 147-year-old Eight O'Clock Coffee Co. from Gryphon Investors for US$220 million (euro175 million). The deal is the latest in a string of overseas acquisitions by top Indian companies, which are trying to increase global visibility after thriving for decades on domestic sales and … [Read more...] about Indian Company Buys America’s Eight O’Clock Coffee

...from progressive talker Ed Schultz - so CLICK HERE. ALSO NOTABLE: Whipping up sentiments against the news media (and others) has led to increasingly violent sounding rhetoric SUCH AS THIS. Will this kind of rhetoric eventually lead to some kind of tragic incident? UPDATE: And has President Bush's angry reaction to the Times story been puzzling? Larry C. Johnson, CEO and … [Read more...] about Another Take On The Leaks And The New York Times (UPDATED)

Rush Limbaugh is in the news again about a possible drug-law violation — a story that perhaps tells us a little more than we WANT to know:Rush Limbaugh was detained for about 3 1/2 hours at Palm Beach International Airport after authorities said they found a bottle of Viagra in his possession without a prescription.Since he got into hot water and reached a deal with … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Has Legal Drug Run-In Over Viagra

Republicans have turned gutter politics into an art form. That doesn't mean it will help Democrats if they try it. … [Read more...] about Getting Out of the Mud

I wrote the following letters to my Senators, Mark Dayton and Norm Coleman. Both are considered to be supporters of the flag desecration amendment (though Dayton may be on the fence). Dear Senator Coleman, We live in trying times. In world beset by instability, worried by economic insecurity, and threatened daily by the scourge of terrorism, it is easy to overlook some of the … [Read more...] about Upholding the Flag

The political campaign is heating up in my old home state of Connecticut. Two new developments suggest that Senator Joe Lieberman is now in the political fight of his life: #1: His anti-war challenger Ned Lamont has a new political ad that is — realizing it is marketed to a Democratic voting audience — truly devastating in the way it presents its argument to its … [Read more...] about Lamont’s Devastating Anti-Lieberman Ad

What's the next industry that will be turned upside down by the growth of the Internet? Is it this one? … [Read more...] about Will The Internet Revolution Continue?

Right now the conventional wisdom of many writers (including yours truly) is that the recent Congressional debate over Iraq, though shamelessly staged by the GOP as a way to define the Democrats, hurt the Democrats more than it hurt the Republicans. The Republicans argued "stay the course" and those who want to leave want to "cut and run" (although it came to light that a top … [Read more...] about The Iraq Debate: Did It Help The Republicans?

About a week and a half ago, Steve Benen of The Carpetbagger Report wrote about "the new media narrative," the one where "Bush and the GOP have momentum and are on the upswing". He argued that, in truth, there is no such "comeback" or "resurgence" for the Republicans. I responded here and at The Reaction, referring to "the shame of America's free press". What's going on here, … [Read more...] about Them misguided Dems: Iraq, the media, and the success of White House “happy talk”

Apparently YES. For Vice President...(which would mean the Bush apparatus grip on the party would essentially remain intact and even if the GOP ticket loses he'd be in line for 2012). … [Read more...] about Could Jeb Bush Run In 2008?

A paper reports an allegation that HE is now involved. (That's news? He is usually involved in campaigns, but works under a variety of names with the job description "political consultant.") … [Read more...] about Huge Power Lined Up To Keep Incumbent In Congress