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 Progressive Democrats of North Carolina held their annual meeting Dec. 8 in Chapel Hill. The Rev. William Barber, president of the N.C. NAACP, gave the welcoming address. If you have not heard this man speak, drop what you are doing and find out where he will be speaking next. I’m serious. This man is […]

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The Human Rights Coalition of North Carolina will award N.C. Rep. Paul Luebke of Durham its International Human Rights Award for 2007.
Luebke has been a member of the N.C. General Assembly since 1991. During this past legislative session, he was the senior sponsor of House Bill 291, the Sudan (Darfur) Divestment Act, and led the […]

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