Democrats turn on Debbie Wasserman Schultz Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is in a behind-the-scenes struggle with the White House, congressional Democrats and Washington insiders who have lost confidence in her as both a unifying leader and reliable party spokesperson at a time when they need her most. Long-simmering doubts about her have reached…
‘They refuse to admit they were wrong’: How nightmare prosecutors pervert American justice Last week, historian Rick Perlstein wrote an important piece about the Nixon pardon, which he shows was the true beginning of the political culture that holds that business elites and government actors cannot be held accountable for corruption and malfeasance because it will “destabilize”…
The September LAC Meeting takes place Sunday 9/21, 2:00-4:00 at the Kirkland Library, 308 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland, 98033. Our special guest will be Peggy Maze Johnson of Heart of America Northwest, the Hanford watchdog group.
Democrats take the offensive in culture wars After a generation of campaigns in which Republicans exploited wedge issues to win close elections, Democrats are now on the offensive in the culture wars. Democrats see social issues as potent for the same reasons Republicans once did, using them as a tool to both stoke concerns among moderate…
“Behind every Tea Party, there’s a billionaire. Or Two.” The 30th District Democrats are hosting a one-time private screening of “Citizen Koch”, a documentary by the directors of “Bowling for Columbine” and “Fahrenheit 9/11” with Michael Moore. Q&A immediately following the film. Tuesday, Sept. 30, 7pm-9:30 Century Theater, The Commons, Federal Way $10/ticket (purchase online…
The agenda for our September 23 Executive Board meeting (7pm, Renton Carpenters’ Hall) will include consideration of additional KCDCC endorsements for the November General Election. Please note that received candidate questionnaires are available here and that, as per KCDCC Bylaws 11.3 (passed in February), the only legislature, county, or local candidates who may be voted…
This is what’s truly at stake in the battle for Senate control Arguably the most significant consequence of a Republican Senate takeover in 2014 is absent from the campaign trail, and hardly registers in any polls asking Americans what their top election issues are. It’s not Obamacare. It’s not taxes or spending or immigration. It’s not…
The inflation cult: They’re always wrong, yet they persist Wish I’d said that! Earlier this week, Jesse Eisinger of ProPublica, writing on the Times’ DealBook blog, compared people who keep predicting runaway inflation to “true believers whose faith in a predicted apocalypse persists even after it fails to materialize.” Indeed. Economic forecasters are often wrong. Me, too! If economists…
Kansas election: GOP scrambles to save Pat Roberts The GOP’s political machine is kicking into overdrive to save a Senate seat in Kansas that’s suddenly complicating its path to the majority. With polls showing Sen. Pat Roberts in serious trouble against independent Greg Orman, top Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen….
Democrats can win on Social Security—by fighting to increase it A new poll confirms that voters don’t just want their Social Security benefits protected, they want them expanded—in overwhelming numbers, across geographical distances, and crossing all party lines. It’s not just “liberals” who feel that way. Three out of four Republican voters support it. What’s more, voters say they’re…