Burns Strider and the “Bosslady”: The work continued after the campaign was over.

Sorry for being rather late on this one; I don’t write here much anymore. The reaction was ever so predictable. After the New York Times’ report that Clinton shielded campaign … Read More

For the Party of Lincoln, everything is 'worse than Dred Scott'

On Dec. 12, Alabamans will go to the polls in a special election to determine the replacement for Sen. Jeff Sessions, who is now Donald Trump’s hatchet man at the Justice Department. … Read More

Warner, Heitkamp, Manchin, King: Rex Tillerson's enablers from the left

Earlier this afternoon, the Senate voted to confirm Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State. Plenty has been written here about what a loathsome choice Tillerson is for the position, and … Read More

What Convicted Governor Rod Blagojevich Taught Me About Hillary Clinton

With primary season at an end, it appears that Democratic delegates won’t come to their senses and nominate a candidate who can unite the party to defeat Trump. Bernie Sanders supporters … Read More

A reminder about Democratic unity: there's a whole world out there beyond dKos and it's happening

The bitter primary rancor at Daily Kos might, if you didn’t venture out into meatspace, make you think that Democrats are as divided now as they were in 2008. Facebook, … Read More

Rules are for Fools: CAN the GOP Dump Trump?

So, one of the questions that is on a lot of people’s mind lately is whether there’s any way that the Republican Party could somehow divest themselves of Trump at … Read More

Reflections on Clinton’s historic achievement, superdelegates, and the fight against demagogue Trump

Originally posted at​ Eclectablog. On May 21st of this year, I was elected to be the male delegate pledged to Hillary Clinton for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District. To say I’m … Read More

The Decline Of The Two Main Parties

From Gallup Around 30% are registered Democrats. Around 26% are registered Republicans. Around 43% identify as Independents, a record. A hint, many of this 43% is not in the center … Read More

Playing With Race In The Democratic Party Primary

I am actually confused by what is going on, it seems to have become established talking points. Hillary is better for “African American/People of Color voters” Bernie is better for … Read More

Primaries, shmimaries: How the Republicans might win the Presidency

The person having the greatest Number of votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed; and if no … Read More

So Fed Up Of The Bullsh1t

Some say why are the campaigns/debates not talking about climate change? I reply looking at the bullshit going around here and elsewhere that climate change is of little or no … Read More

Will Barack Obama Run For Governor of Illinois?

President Obama’s nostalgic speech in Springfield has local Democrats wondering what he has planned after leaving the White House. “I miss you guys,” Obama said during his address in the … Read More

The Reason I Can't Write Dispassionately [or even fairly] About The Clintons

DADTDP: don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue. DOMA: Defense Of Marriage Act I was 15 [16 when it came into effect] at the time of DADTDP coming to terms with … Read More

The Primary: The Impression Left Upon Reading The Comments on D-Kos

I thought of looking at this as if I never have seen this site before and if I was  blindly looking for information on the Democratic Party Primary. I would … Read More

“Getting things done” in Washington

An increasingly frequent refrain appearing in the media casts the democratic primary as a Manichean struggle between Sanders’ unrealistic goals and the staid pragmatism of Clinton.  Clinton, we are told, … Read More

Bill Clinton endorsed Al Gore 44 days before the Iowa caucus. Why hasn't Obama endorsed Hillary?

Why hasn’t Barack Obama endorsed his former Secretary of State?  There’s precedent. Bill Clinton endorsed and was giving speeches for Gore by this point in the 2000 election. There’s no … Read More

What did you expect?

With the establishment marginalized on the right by the Cruz  or Trump crisis where do you think they will turn? By the establishment I mean, the serious money, the superPacs, … Read More

20 Years An Expat “I just don't get it anymore”

It has been longer than that if you include my school years [St George’s Edinburgh, it would be 26] but 20 years a full time expat split between the UK … Read More

Dear FSM. I'm Sick Of This Primary Season

With some supporters putting me off any candidate. The final straw is the  DNC data fiasco, nobody appears to have done anything illegal such as hacking, the data storage was … Read More

Do you believe Clinton is unaware of top fossil fuel donors?

Hillary Clinton’s opponents in the Democratic primary pledged to not take donations from the fossil fuel industry. It’s an appropriate response to the fossil fuel industry’s tremendous influence in Washington, … Read More

Will The GOP Dare To Kick Trump Out? Ha.

Even the right is beginning to realize that Donald Trump is a fascist. He also happens to be the GOP’s front runner for their primary by a considerable margin. Will … Read More

Myth busted: Access to doctor appts after Medicaid expansion in Michigan unchanged (or improved!)

In the run up to the expansion of Medicaid by states, some of the fecal matter flung at the wall by anti-Obama types was that, if Medicaid expansion took hold, … Read More

Democratic Candidates Agree on Climate Science, Differ on Solutions (IL-18)

The two Democrats running to replace Aaron Schock in Illinois' 18th Congressional district supported action on climate change in a recent debate sponsored by several news organizations.  Both candidates mentioned … Read More

UPDATE: CENTCOM watched 30 ISIS truck bombs roll on Ramadi and did nothing. May 14th? A bloodbath

See evil. This goes to May 14th when the U.S. military does surveillance and gets all the proper details: how many truck bombs, how many ISIS fighters came in, how … Read More

Hillary Clinton is Taking Democrats Backward on Climate Change

When Barack Obama announced his Presidential campaign in Springfield, Illinois he spoke of climate change. Let's be the generation that finally frees America from the tyranny of oil. We can … Read More

Libertarian Plagiarist and Credentials Faker presents details of his 2015 plan for governing America

Note how few ideas for managing the Federal government appear in this speech. I think that he's copying Ronald Reagan's stump speech from the 1976 and 1980 primary campaigns, mixed … Read More

Illinois Poll Shows Strong Opposition to Fracking

Nearly half of Illinois voters oppose fracking, according to a new poll by the Simon Institute. The statewide poll reveals 48.6% oppose fracking while only 31.8% believe it should be … Read More

It doesn't pay to be a fossil fuel Democrat on election day

This was a difficult election for Democrats and it was even worse for Democrats still pushing fossil fuels. The Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Coal Caucus lost his seat along … Read More

As Above So Below: Tea Party Hate In Michigan

Whether you live up north or down state in Michigan, one of the most interesting aspects of the 2014 election that barely anyone's talking about is the split in the … Read More

Who will be the climate change candidate in 2016?

Will the climate movement have a serious contender for President in 2016? Now's the time to find someone strong on the most urgent crisis of our time and serious about … Read More

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL

Dear Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan: I realize the state of Michigan is out of your jurisdiction, but I wanted to bring to your attention that one of your citizens … Read More

Democratic Congressional Candidates Callis, Gollin, Green Talk Climate Change, Fracking (IL-13)

The three Democrats running in Illinois' 13th Congressional district primary recently answered my questions about climate change and energy issues. It's one of the hottest Congressional races in the nation … Read More

Video: Why Illinois Regulation Won't Make Fracking Safe

A disturbing new video of poisoned water, leaking oil rigs, and lax enforcement at Illinois oil wells highlights why proposed fracking regulation won't protect the state's environment or people. The … Read More