One of the highlights of this week was a slapdown of a Texas Republican by a Wisconsin Democrat in the House during a debate over funding the Iraq Quagmire. Check out the video. It is wonderful to watch.
Another wonderful video is Chris Matthews, not someone I generally like, slamming a Republican for making references to Neville Chamberlain without having a clue of the real history. Parroting lame talking points is no longer working for the Republicans. Their gross ignorance is showing and even conservative talk show hosts are getting irritated by it.
This week also may mark a definitive step towards McCain's defeat. Two Republicans are so disgusted with him that they are running on third party tickets against McCain. Bob Barr, a pretty nuts Republican who does have some reasonable stands against the Patriot Act, is running as a Libertarian this year. Then Alan Keyes, perennial Republican loser, is considering his own third party run. The Republicans are in chaos.
This chaos was also represented by yet another special election loss for Republicans. Since 2005 the majority of special elections for Congressional seats have been won by Democrats. This last week a race for MS-01 Congressional seat was no exception. In this overwhelmingly Republican district the Democratic candidate won by 8 points. This was such a huge defeat for the Republicans that even they couldn't spin it well. Admittedly the Democrat is anti-choice, but he sides with the Democrats on most other issues. One interesting aspect to this race was that the Republicans heavily targeted the Democrat by trying to link him to Obama. This link was false, but basically they were trying to use Obama to defeat a Democrat in the heart of Mississippi. And it didn't work. Obama was not a negative factor in the race at all.
As long as the Democrats don't seriously fumble, it looks like this country will be a whole lot better off come 1-20-09.
Here is this week's newsletter:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
THE MOST CORRUPT POLITICIAN IN AMERICA: Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens
CORRUPTION IN COLORADO: Corrupt Republican Bob Schaffer
WINNING LOCALLY: FOUR Women in Wisconsin
ALASKA FOCUS: Diane Benson, Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events
WISCONSIN FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events
NEW YORK STATE FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Peace Vigils, Groups and Events
CALIFORIA FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
NEW JERSEY FOCUS: Blue Jersey Radio, Impeachment, Groups and Events
FLORIDA FOCUS: Christine Jennings, Joe Garcia, Groups and Events
VIRGINIA FOCUS: Tom Perriello, Impeachment, Groups and Events
GEORGIA FOCUS: Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events
NORTH CAROLINA FOCUS: Larry Kissell, Veterans for Peace, Groups and Events
MICHIGAN FOCUS: Mark Schauer, Groups and Events
TEXAS FOCUS: Rick Noriega, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
ILLINOIS FOCUS: Peace Vigils, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
PENNSYLVANIA FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events
ARIZONA FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events
IOWA FOCUS: Sustainable Agriculture, Alternative Energy, Groups and Events
OREGON FOCUS: Neighborhood Leaders, Groups and Events
OHIO FOCUS: Progressive Candidates, Groups and Events
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