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A Hot Time in Florida Tonight...

It's not just the dead-heat GOP primaries that have Florida bloggers contemplating politics, but also the hotly-contested Property Tax Amendment #1, the 75th anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, and a blogger getting sued for $25M....

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My Left Nutmeg

website: http://www.myleftnutmeg.com
location: CTUnited States

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Tag line: Where Connecticut Dems scratch that progressive itch.

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Chris Matthews mocks Chris Shays

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 21:40
Chris Matthews ridicules Chris Shays' new ad saying he supports both Obama and McCain. As Matthews says "Talk about sitting on the fence!" with Shays' latest bipolar bipartisan effort. Perhaps like Hu...

Obama Responds to Shays' Ad, Supports Jim Himes

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 17:07
Barack Obama's campaign issued this response to Chris Shays' ridiculous political ad, prominently featuring Obama...
"Barack Obama has strong, positive vision for America and a long record ...

The Hopefulness of Obama, the Dishonesty of Shays

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 16:40
About a month ago, Politico predicted that Chris Shays would air ads linking him to Barack Obama. Sure enough, Politico was right. Shays' first ad of the year leads with a photo of Barack and the word...

Cappiello takes campaign web ads to a new low (while stealing my work)

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 11:31
Cross post from HatCityBLOG This is probably the worse ad I've ever seen from someone running for Congress. In fact, I had to do a double take and make sure this wasn't some type of joke. While in a ...

Closing the Wage Gap is About Fairness, Opportunity, and Values

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 07:56
Monday begins the 2008 Democratic Convention and it is a critical time in our nation's history. I am pleased to share my experiences with you at MyLeftNutmeg.  At this convention we will talk abo...

Christopher Shays is Wrong For America

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 14:59
Shays, co-chair of McCain campaign, claims "straight talk" in new ad but neglects to mention his support of Bush-McCain policies and 90% partisan GOP voting record on close House votes. And Shays is n...

McCain's Mansions

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 13:56
Inspired by a recent video by Robert Greenwald, and an earlier one by JedReport, I slapped together some video and audio to make this. Obama, who owns one home on the Southside of Chicago (with a 5.62...

Can we get rid of him now? Please?

Thu, 08/21/2008 - 11:41
Joe Lieberman has done it again.  Stepped up on the world platform and embarrassed the good people of Connecticut.   What did he do this time? He's calling for Russia to be kicked out of the...
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Blue Jersey

website: http://www.bluejersey.com
location: NJUnited States

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New Jersey's progressive source of news, political analysis and activism.

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Can a Catholic be Pro-Life?

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 20:04
Before anyone gets up in arms, I know the answer to the title question is a resounding "Yes!"  But I also know that John Kerry served his country faithfully and well in Vietnam.  The differe...

The Reckoning is Now - Obama/Biden Team in Springfield

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 14:34
I'm in a free wifi Moe's Mexican food bar in Branchburg. Big screen TV, but I can barely hear the first speech Joe Biden is making with his running-mate Barack Obama, over the blues blasting Moe's sou...

Flashback: Joe Biden talks to Blue Jersey

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 01:00
It feels like ages ago, but I clearly remember when Jay Lassiter scored an exclusive interview (others were jealous, I remember) with then-presidential candidate, now vice presidential candidate, Joe ...

Nobody texted me, but the nets are all calling it: Obama picks Biden for VP

Sat, 08/23/2008 - 00:28
Update: Text arrived 3:29am, two hours after this diary was posted. Woke me up. Dang- - Rosi Boom. It's Joe Biden. In Biden, Obama gets a street fighter whose toughness may serve as a needed counter...

Photocopy this press release - stat!

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 16:38
Posted to PNJ at 4:12pm:
Despite leaving her post at Ancora amid controversy last year, the state Department of Human Services has now put Wood-El in charge of overseeing statewide investi...

A little help for our friends

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 16:15
I haven't done this in a while, so here's what is being discussed in the Jersey netroots: Alive and Kicking wonders about windmill-scrapers (I gave you a link - how about an invite for horse-ridin'?)....

Do this right now: Click to promote Dennis Shulman as Progressive Patriot

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 15:06
Dennis Shulman, who is challenging Rep. Scott Garrett in NJ-5 is a finalist in the 2008 round of Russ Feingold's national donation and recognition program for emerging progressive powerhouse challenge...

Paging Governor Milgram! Paging Governor Milgram!

Fri, 08/22/2008 - 15:03
The Star-Ledger points out that we will have four - FOUR - transfers of power next week:
Corzine will hand over the state to Sen. President Dick Codey on Saturday. When Codey heads to Denv...
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A Time and Place for Everything

location: Mullica HillNJUnited States

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Political Forecast

website: http://www.politicalforecast.net
location: Des MoinesIAUnited States

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Examining Iowa politics from local elections and issues to the 2008 Presidential Caucuses.

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Edwards rakes in the dough online

Mon, 01/07/2008 - 15:47
Over the weekend I posted over at Bleeding Heartland noting an Edwards campaign press release that talked about a big increase in their online fundraising. There weren’t too many specifics in t...

Bye-bye Duncan Hunter

Mon, 01/07/2008 - 14:12
UPDATE (4:07 PM): Duncan Hunter was supposed to be making a big announcement this afternoon, which is what I was referring to in this post. I assumed that his major announcement was that he was going...

Debate Talk Clock

Mon, 01/07/2008 - 13:07
On Saturday night I lamented the lack of the Dodd Debate Talk Clock for the Democratic debate in New Hampshire. Thanks to MSNBC we have the breakdown of time each candidate spoke as well as the numbe...

My thoughts on tonight’s debate

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 23:58
I offered my winners and losers of tonight’s debate over at Bleeding Heartland. Go check ‘em out and criticize me. I’m waiting.

New Hampshire Democratic Debate

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 20:47
I’ll be commenting on and talking about the ABC News/Facebook/WMUR New Hampshire Democratic Debate tonight over at Bleeding Heartland. It starts in a few minutes, so head on over to BH and leav...

Thank you emails

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 20:39
From the random asides department: Is it telling that Sen. Clinton’s thank you email to Iowa supporters went out on today (as in this afternoon) rather than the night of or the day after the com...

Citizen journalism in Iowa

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 18:14
Maybe I’ve missed something in my absences from blogging over the past few months, but has the Register ever really done a serious news or feature piece on Iowa’s bloggers and citizen jour...

O’Reilly out of control

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 16:48
It is times like these when you wonder why the man still has a TV show, and why couldn’t the Secret Service have shot first, asked questions second?* *As to the second part of that statement I a...

DemocraticGAIN.org

Sat, 01/05/2008 - 16:36
With the news that Gov. Bill Richarson is laying off a lot of his campaign workers, as well as the fact that both Sens. Biden and Dodd have left the race, there is likely an abundance of campaign staf...
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BlackWednesday

location: LouisvilleKYUnited States

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Kentucky based Progressive Blogs, Politics, Opinion and Community.

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David Bobzien for Nevada Assembly 24

location: RenoNVUnited States

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News and views from David Bobzien, representing Nevada Assembly District 24. Website: www.davidbobzien.com

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