Many readers of BCB may already read Pam’s House Blend, but for those who don’t, Pam has highlighted a great video out of The Bronx, where high school kids have frank discussions about race and politics and are genuinely inspired by the possibilities offered in the 2008 election. Specifically, they are reacted to having just […]

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Confused about Super Delegates? The 2008 Democratic Convention Watch blog is doing a pretty good job of tracking who is pledged to whom, and having more fun than the mainstream media sites. They do a pretty good job of tracking total delegates, too.
(Electoral-vote.com also does a fine job tracking delegate totals, as well […]

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The News & Observer published the following report in their “Under the Dome” section today:
Sen. Elizabeth Dole knows how Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton feels. Before the Wake County Republican Party’s annual Presidents Day Dinner in Raleigh this week, Dole was asked whether she sees any parallels between her failed 2000 bid for the Republican presidential […]

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Roll call vote results from the FISA bill amendment votes, specifically the Dodd-Feingold amendment stripping retroactive immunity for telecoms, are here.
Last night, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) said “This is our defining question, the question that confronts every generation: The rule of law, or the rule of men?”
Republicans unanimously voted for the rule of men. Every […]

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The primary process has whittled down the once large field of Democratic contenders to just two. And one thing’s for sure. The Democratic Party will make history with this year’s nominee.
Whether you will support the first black male Democratic presidential nominee or the first female Democratic presidential nominee, most Democrats agree that come November they […]

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Time To Lead
Dear Mr. Dependable,
John Edwards should challenge his rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to go back to Washington, DC and fight against retroactive immunity for the telecoms.
The Republicans are not going to let Harry Reid punt and extend the Protect America Act for another 18 months so it looks like the FISA […]

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If only last Tuesday’s Las Vegas Democratic “debate” had, as the saying goes, stayed in Vegas instead of being broadcast nationwide.
It was terribly boring. Why? Because rather than debate, Obama, Clinton and Edwards quite calculatedly sat back and held their fire, letting each other repeat their familiar position statements. At this point they sounded like […]

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Big media flexes its muscles and interferes with the democratic process once again.
The Dennis Kucinich campaign reports that the Ohio congressman met the criteria to participate in the Jan. 15 debate and was issued an official invitation from NBC to participate in that debate. Less than 44 hours later, the network redefined its criteria for […]

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Question: Does this help or hinder the Obama campaign?

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The Daily Kos reports that a Research 2000 North Carolina Poll indicates that Senator Elizabeth Dole is polling at less than 50 percent.
The poll, performed Dec. 16-18, 2007, surveyed by telephone 600 likely N.C. voters who vote regularly in state elections. Details about the methodology and results can be found at the Daily Kos by […]

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