You know, for 22 months, we had Robert Mueller coming out of our ears. Mueller was like the weather, he was everywhere. The media helped to fuel this feeding frenzy by specifically referring to “the […]
Category: 2018Midterms
A quick, easy weather vane for gauging the way the 2020 wind is blowing.
Many, many years ago, all the way back on November 10th, 2016 ore so, Mitch McConnell was one chipper turtle, he was living high on the hog. That’s because the hog had just gotten elected […]
The “first step” is to admit there's a problem. The GOP may be taking that step on healthcare.
I’m shedding a tear here. It’s kind of like the day when you finally throw out your favorite old pair of socks because you can put them on from either end, a melancholy sense of […]
NC-09: Sen. Cory Booker (D. NJ) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09) There is a grave situation going on in North Carolina’s 9th district […]
NC-09: Sen. Kamala Harris (D. CA) Refuses To Let The GOP Get Away With Election Fraud
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Dan McCready (D. NC-09) This is shocking news — Multiple people have stepped forward to […]
NC-09: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps Dan McCready (D) Win His Do-Over Election
Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of Dan McCready’s (D. NC-09) campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Republicans love to pretend that “voter fraud” is a national crisis. They […]
GA-SoS: Mother Jones, “A Runoff Election Tuesday Could Reverse Brian Kemp’s Voter Suppression in GA”
Tomorrow is a big day in Georiga: After an election marred by voting problems, Georgia voters will decide in Tuesday’s runoff who should fix them. One candidate for Georgia secretary of state wants to tackle […]
GA-SoS: Stop Voter Suppression In Georgia, Sign Up To Make Calls To GOTV For John Barrow (D)
Received this e-mail today from the People For The American Way in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) campaign for Secretary of State: Our virtual phone banking is now open! Call today and/or tomorrow to […]
NC-09: VoteVets Wastes No Time Helping Dan McCready (D) Fight Back Against GOP Voter Fraud
Received this e-mail today from VoteVets: Election officials in North Carolina just voted against certifying the results in the NC-09 race and to hold an evidentiary hearing into possible Republican fraud. It was a close […]
GA-SoS: Let America Vote Helps John Barrow (D) End Brian Kemp's (R) Voter Suppression Legacy
Received this e-mail today from Let America Vote in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) Secretary of State campaign: Georgia’s last secretary of state purged the voter rolls, tried to block voter registrations — a […]
GA-SoS: Sen. Mazie Hirono (D. HI) Refuses To Let The GOP Steal This Race From John Barrow (D)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono (D. HI) in support of John Barrow’s (D. GA) Secretary of State campaign: John Barrow (D. GA) I am angry about this Stacey Abrams had […]
“Little things mean a lot.” Pebbles from 2018 that could be an avalanche in 2020.
One thing is for sure, 2018 had something for everybody. Well, pretty much everybody who was a Democrat, if you’re a Republican, you were shit out of luck. Election night turned into election fortnight, what […]
The real “contrast” that can sink the GOP in 2020.
I know, I know, all of you poor people must be sitting around wondering, “What ancient pagan god did I piss off, to deserve a triple scoop of the Murfster on the day after Thanksgiving?!?” […]
You wanna blame somebody for Trump? Blame his supporters. Seriously.
Supporters are a wonderful thing. And the most wonderful thing about them is that we all have them. If you come from a normal background, your family are your biggest supporters. Your friends, however many or few […]
GA-SoS & Public Service Commish: Stacey Abrams (D) Helps Her Fellow GA Dems Win Their Runoffs
Received these e-mails from Stacey Abrams (D. GA) in support of two fellow Georgia Democrats facing runoff elections next month. First, John Barrow (D. GA) for Secretary of State: John Barrow (D. GA) The […]
MS-Sen: DFA Launches Major Dial Out The Vote Effort For Mike Espy (D)
Received this e-mail from Democracy for America in support of Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Five hundred and eighty one. That’s the number of lynchings that occurred in Mississippi between 1882 and 1968. […]
The midterms in the rear view mirror. Reflections of a calm mind.
OK, you can come out from under the bed now. Come on, admit it, two weeks ago today, you were scared shitless. S’alright, we all were. I had one friend tell me on election day that it […]
GA-SoS: Libertarian Runner-Up Candidate Endorses John Barrow (D) In The Runoff Election
Here’s some big news out of Georgia today: Democrat John Barrow picked up a surprising endorsement in his Dec. 4 runoff bid for secretary of state: The third-place finisher who forced the race into overtime. Libertarian J. […]
The real reason why Trump is so unhinged lately
Ya know, when you were a kid, your parents always told you that the only to handle a bully was to stand up to the bully. That was easy for your parents to say, because they weren’t […]
CA-39, TX-23 & GA-07: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps Flip These Remaining Seats Blue
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA): Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) The midterm election is not over – not in these make-or-break House races. Right now, just a handful of votes separate […]
MS-Sen: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Teams Up With DFA To Pull A Doug Jones-Style Victory In Mississippi
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) on behalf of Democracy for America in support of Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Late last year, […]
FL-Sen: Vanity Fair, “Rick Scott (R) Is Already Pretending He Won The Recount He's Trying To Kill”
So Gov. Voldemort (R. FL) is already acting like he’s officially U.S. Senator Voldemort (R. FL): x A warm welcome to the incoming class of Republican Senators. pic.twitter.com/yNcqWvX0qp — Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) November 14, 2018 […]
FL & GA-Gov: Shaun King Refuses To Let GOP Steal Elections From Abrams (D) & Gillum (D)
Received this e-mail today from Shaun King on behalf of Our Revolution in support of Stacey Abrams (D. GA) and Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) campaigns: Right now votes are still being counted in Florida and […]
GA-Gov: Hillary Clinton, Cory Booker & Sherrod Brown Call Out GOP's Efforts To Steal This Race
The Georgia Governor Race continues to get more mainstream attention and Stacey Abrams (D. GA) fellow Democrats are rightfully calling out the Brian Kemp’s (R. GA) voter suppression tactics. First, U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. […]
MS-Sen: GQ, “How a Democrat Could Swipe a Senate Seat in Deep-Red Mississippi”
GQ has a great piece out about the upcoming runoff election in Mississippi between U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R. MS) and Mike Espy (D. MS). The piece highlights her idiotic, racist dog whistling “lynch mob” remark […]
FL-Sen, Gov & AG Sec: Gwen Graham (D) Helps Sign Up Legal Volunteers To Help Dems Win Recounts
Received this e-mail today from Gwen Graham (D. FL): It’s official: The races for Florida governor, U.S. senator, and agriculture commissioner have gone to a recount. And we need help to make sure Democrats can […]
Healthcare. Healthcare. Healthcare.
OK Democrats, in another two months it’s going to be time to put up or shut up. We got the House over the finish line, and we did it the old fashioned way, we worked […]
MS-Sen: DFA Goes All In To Help Mike Espy (D) Pull Off A Doug Jones-Style Victory
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Mike Espy’s (D. MS) U.S. Senate campaign: Did you see this over the weekend? Mississippi GOP Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith made an appalling “joke” while […]
ME-02 & CA-39: VoteVets Helps These Democrats Flip These Remaining Races
Received this e-mail today from VoteVets: Gil Cisneros (D. CA-39) It isn’t just the elections in Florida and Georgia that are still going. A pair of our progressive veteran candidates are locked in super-close […]
FL-Gov: DFA Goes All In To Help Andrew Gillum (D) Win His Recount
Received this e-mail from Democracy for America in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: BREAKING: It's OFFICIAL! 1) The Florida gubernatorial election has now officially met the threshold for a statewide machine RECOUNT. The […]
GA-Gov: VoteVets Refuses To Let Brian Kemp (R) Steal This Election From Stacey Abrams (D)
Received this e-mail today from VoteVets in support of Stacey Abrams’ (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign: Stacey Abrams (D. GA) Stacey Abrams is racing against a deadline. On Tuesday at 5pm, all counties in Georgia are required […]
The GOP lost more than the House on Tuesday night. They lost their favorite talking point too.
The thrill is gone baby, the thrill is gone away BB King Just because I haven’t been writing for the last three days doesn’t mean that I have been idle. Far from it. I’ve […]
I think we may have an answer to the age old question.
Q: How many licks does it take to get to the middle of a Tootsie-Pop? No, not that question, I was just jerkin’ your chain. But there is a very serious question in politics, one that has been brewing, in […]
FL-Gov, FL-Sen & GA-Gov: Bernie Sanders Helps These Dems Win Their Recounts & Runoffs
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT): Tuesday night was an historic night for progressives across the country, for our political revolution and for the revitalization of American democracy. Nationally, the […]
FL-Gov: Andrew Gillum (D) Wants To Make Sure Your Vote Is Counted Heading Into The Recount
Received this e-mail today from Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: Friends, This election has always been about the voice of the people. We need your help to ensure every voice and vote is counted. […]
GA-Gov: DFA & Stacey Abrams (D) Keep Up The Fight To Count Every Vote In Georgia
Received this e-mail today from Stacey Abrams (D. GA) on behalf of Democracy for America: When Georgians chose me as their Democratic nominee for governor, I made a vow: In our Georgia, no one will […]
FL-Sen: VoteVets Wastes No Time Helping Sen. Bill Nelson (D) Win His Recount
Received this e-mail today from VoteVets: It looks like veteran Bill Nelson's election against Rick Scott in Florida is so close that it's heading to an automatic recount. He needs our help — fighting to be sure […]
Watch Brian Kemp in Georgia try to “pull a Trump.”
Ya know, the funny thing about history is, it kind of takes a while. Like a fine single malt, it has to age properly before it can be fully appreciated. There is no way that […]
One last reminder about those voter enthusiasm polls.
What? Am I worried? Nope, not at all. Actually, I’m fucking terrified. I can sum up my paranoia in three simple words. lifelong Cubs fan. November 2016 will never be number one for me, September 1969 scarred […]
IA-Gov: New Selzer Poll Has Fred Hubbell (D) Leading Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) 46-44
Some good news today out of Iowa: Democratic businessman Fred Hubbell heads into Election Day with a narrow lead over Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds among likely voters, a new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows. Forty-six […]
Brian Kemp only has one path to victory on Tuesday. Stacey Abrams has two.
Mike Pence is sooooo cute! Did you catch him the other day, down in Georgia, stumping for Brian Kemp? Boy, after 2 ½ years if getting more and more insignificant in Trump’s shadow, he really let his insecurity flag fly […]
CT-Gov: New Gravis Poll Has Ned Lamont (D) Beating Bob Stefanowski (R) 46-37
Some more good news today out of Connecticut: x [email protected] poll of Connecticut:#CTGov🔵@NedLamont 46%🔴@bobforgovernor 37%#CTSen🔵@ChrisMurphyCT[…]
WI-Gov: New Emerson Poll Has Tony Evers (D) Beating Scott Walker (R) 51-46
Here’s the latest news out Wisconsin today courtesy of Emerson University’s latest poll: In Wisconsin, Democratic candidate Tony Evers is at 51% with Incumbent Republican Scott Walker at 46% while US Senator Tammy Baldwin (D) […]
OH-Gov: New Gravis Poll Gives Richard Cordray (D) Beating Mike DeWine (R) 48-43
Here’s some good news today out of Ohio: x [email protected] poll of Ohio:#OHSen 🔵@SenSherrodBrown 46%🔴@JimRenacci 37%#OHGov🔵@RichCordray[…]
Does anybody remember “Operation Jade Helm 15?” Anybody?
Well hell, if there’s one thing I hate, it’s coming off looking like an idjit, but as Britney Spears sings,:Ooops, I did it again.” For years now, I’ve been ridiculing the end-of-days nuts, and survivalist […]
AK-Gov: New Poll Confirms A Tied Race Between Mark Begich (D) & Mike Dunleavy (R)
Here’s the latest news out of Alaska: Republican Mike Dunleavy’s lead in the race for governor has become razor thin. That’s according to the latest tracking poll by Alaska Survey Research. Dunleavy led Democrat Mark Begich 42.5 percent to […]
CT-Gov: Joe Lieberman Is Back To Screw Over Ned Lamont (D) Again
Fuck off, Joe: Maybe Joe Lieberman still hasn’t gotten over 2006. The estranged Democrat, who survived losing his party’s U.S. Senate nomination to Ned Lamont that year and campaigned for John McCain against Barack Obama in 2008, has agreed to serve on the transition team […]
AZ, MD, MI & WI-Gov: Bernie Sanders Teams Up With DFA To Flip These Governor Seats
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) on behalf of Democracy for America: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I. VT) I am about to ask you to do something very, very important. I'm […]
TX-Sen: Ted Cruz's (R) Lead Over Beto O'Rourke (D) Is Shrinking Fast One Week Before Election Day
So here’s some big news today out of Texas: Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz leads challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, D-El Paso, by 3.6 percentage points among likely voters in a new University of Texas […]
IN-Sen: Fox News Poll Has Sen. Joe Donnelly (D) Beating Mike Braun (R) 45-38
Here’s the latest news out of Indiana courtesy of the latest Fox News poll: Incumbent Democrat Sen. Joe Donnelly bests Republican challenger Mike Braun by seven points among Indiana likely voters, 45-38 percent. His lead […]
