I hate to give Brian Rooney more attention than he deserves because the only thing that would be worse than Tim Walberg regaining his seat in MI-07 would be if Brian Rooney were to succeed in defeating Mark Schauer. But his latest “press release” screams to be addressed. It is a nauseating example of exploiting one’s children, in this case […]

Any Republican who argues that they are not the Party of NO should be told flatly to shut the hell up. Ugh. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has put an extraordinary “blanket hold” on at least 70 nominations President Obama has sent to the Senate, according to multiple reports this evening. The hold means no nominations can move forward unless Senate […]

I’ve recently had the honor of being invited to be a front page blogger for the Blogging For Michigan website. It’s really flattering to be asked and I’m thrilled to join their ranks. Stop by and check us out! I’m just sayin’…

First it was Rahm Emanuel calling liberal activists “fucking retarded” last summer. That earned a sharp rebuke from Sarah Palin this past week when she called for his head on her Facebook page: I would ask the president to show decency in this process by eliminating one member of that inner circle, Mr. Rahm Emanuel, and not allow Rahm’s continued […]

After my diary about the epic Frank Luntz fail spent most of the day at the top of the Rec List yesterday, I emailed Countdown with Keith to bring it to their attention. It seemed to fit in nicely with their segment about Luntz from the day before. Sure enough, they picked it up and it was the subject of […]

I emailed Countdown with Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) yesterday after my blog entry which I cross-posted at Daily Kos spent the day at the top of the Recommended List. Looks like he liked it: Now, tell me Mark Schauer and the Dems in general are going to use this to stick this “War is Peace/Hate is Love” message right up the […]

This is brilliant. Republican Message Guru Frank Luntz recently sent out a memo to Republicans giving them his assessment of how they should best combat Financial Reform legislation that is being pushed by the Obama administration along with numerous Democrats. Here’s the FAIL: On page 14 of the memo he shows an example picture of a happy couple in front […]

On the heels of his co-sponsorship of one of Rep. Alan Grayson’s “Save Our Democracy” bills, John Conyers, Jr. has signed on to co-file an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reverse the horrendous Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decision commonly known as the Citizens United decision. Way to go, Representative Conyers! Here’s the amendment language: 111TH CONGRESS2D […]

This. Check out the sneaks: Well, that and the fact that she’s the smartest, wittiest and most insightful political commentator in the country. But those sneaks are pretty awesome, too ;) I’m just sayin’…

Meet Brian Rooney. Brian Rooney is running for the Republican nomination in MI-07 this year. He has only lived in Michigan since 2007 and he recently moved into MI-07 in order to run for this seat. His main Republican opponent, Tim Walberg, doesn’t have much nice to say about him: Walberg questioned if Rooney runs whether he can win over […]

While I don’t agree with him on everything, I appreciate Andrew Sullivan and his outsider’s (British) perspective on American politics. His essay in the Sunday Times this past weekend, titled “Listen up, the president is not for turning” is no exception. And it has some common sense observations that all of us, conservatives and liberals alike, would do well to […]