Mark Murray has an really good piece up at MSNBC called “The Do-Something Congress”. In it, he makes this rather dramatic statement: [L]ost in the poll numbers and the voters’ message in November is this one unmistakable fact: This Congress, which likely will come to a close this week, accomplished more, legislatively, than any other Congress since the 1960s (the […]

It’s been quite a lame duck session for Democrats: They got Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repealed. They got unemployment benefits for millions of out of work Americans extended for a year. They got the middle class tax cuts extended for two years. They got a economy-stimulating payroll tax holiday put in place. They got major food safety bill passed. They […]

Last night the Senate voted for cloture on the tax cut deal the Obama administration negotiated with the Republicans. The vote was 83-15. When was the last time the Senate voted as nearly a single voice on anything?! Somehow this will get spun as a horrendous failure for the president I’m sure. I’m guessing the several million people whose unemployment […]

Gee, what surprise. Turns out most Democrats think Congress should pass the tax cut deal hammered out by president Obama. So says a report by the Pew Research Center and another by ABC News/Washington Post. Republicans like it about the same or even a bit more. Pew Research says 63% support it. ABC/WasPo says 68%. Most of the major self-described […]

This week, across the country, Organizing for America (OFA) held phonebanks for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT) and passage of the DREAM Act. Last night, as Community Organizer for OFA, I participated in one in the Ann Arbor, Michigan area. It was a huge success so I thought I would share some thoughts with you on where […]

Still getting my head around the routing Democrats took last Tuesday. Lots of things play into the bloodbath but there are several things that I think were avoidable and that Democrats need to do much, much better. This one in particular makes my blood boil: Poll: Americans Don’t Know Economy Expanded With Tax Cuts. The Obama administration cut taxes for […]

Tonight, President Obama holds one of the last of his Vote 2010 campaign rallies. It takes place on the Midway Plaisance near his home on the south side of Chicago. It starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern. Watch it live here! I’m just sayin’…

Yesterday morning on MSNBC, Matt Lauer and Chuck Todd had this exchange regarding the so-called “generic poll” that asks respondents about their party choices. LAUER: …43 percent say they prefer Democrats, 50 percent say they want Republicans. When–did those questions accurately predict an outcome when people actually go into a voting booth and they’re faced not with a generic question… […]

Joe Sestak has one of the best political ads out there right now. Watch it and see if you don’t agree. It involves dog poo. I’m just sayin’…

Watch it. Share it. And for God’s sake: vote. Straight-ticket Democrat, preferably. I’m just sayin’…

Michigan dodged a bullet last week when we chose Virg Bernero as our Democratic candidate for governor over Blue Dog Andy Dillon. But here’s something to chew on: Number of people who voted for a Republican gubernatorial candidate in last week’s primary election in Michigan: 1,047,048 Number of people who voted for a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in last week’s primary […]