I have to admit that in the run up to Oregon's May primary, I was more of a Steve Novick guy. I liked his attitude and his spunk. I liked his activism and his sense of humor. I liked his positions.

It's not that I didn't like Jeff Merkley. As Speaker of the Oregon House, he led a remarkable session in which the Democrats were able to pass legislation including (but not limited to) increasing primary education funding by a billion bucks, higher ed by a billion four, outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and providing same-sex couples with state granted rights, immunities, and benefits (this, after voters banned same sex marriage). This was no small feat, considering the slim majority that Democrats held-31-29.

But I leaned Novick.

Now jump with me to see if I flail or fly...

Having perused the comments of mcjoans front page diary on Hoyer’s  FISA treachery,  I ran across a disturbing thread...there are a lot of Kossacks that are just so pissed at the current Democratic leadership, that they are just throwing up their hands and giving up.

Jump into the ether with me...

I accidentally started my "political career" Friday! While perusing my ballot (I LOVE mail in-it gives me two weeks to make up my mind and as per usual, I've got an election, local this time, in which I'll need the entire time!) and I realized that there was nobody running for my local Democratic precinct. I joked with my wife that maybe I should do a write in and she thought it was a good idea!

We're laughing our asses off at the Liberte house! It seems that ol' Tucks (Carlson, Not the Hemorrhoid pad) has heard A TERRIFYING RUMOR! If Obama becomes president, he would "strongly consider" appointing John Edwards Attorney General!

Well, I'm watching the vote in congress to table (kill) Dennis Kucinich's resolution to impeach Dick Cheney and the vote is R=141 yeas and 50 nays, D=148 yeas 65 nays, when, out of the blue, the republicans started switching votes. Now, this is well after the 15 minutes alloted for the vote, so the time clock has been reading 0 for a while and the vote is not closed, but it looks like r=28 yeas, 163 nays D=152 yeas 68 nays (5 dems and 0 reps have voted since I started keeping track). Suddenly it looks like the dems have figured it out- they're at 142=yeas and 78=nays. will they figure it out? It looks like the republicans will be the driving force behind keeping this resolution alive, while the dems vote overwhelmingly in favor of killing it. I am ashamed. The voting is not over yet, so I'll update.

UPDATE: voting over-Republicans keep the bill alive!

We are all aware of the neocon theory of Unitary Presidential Power, and the neocons have just expanded Bush’s power to execute prisoners onto the international stage.