BRAZENLY LIBERAL — a fact-based initiative

AARGH! I hate oversleeping. I like to ease gently into the day. Jumping out of bed and rushing around leaves me foggy-brained and irritable for a good part of the morning.
Waiting for the coffee to kick in and jumpstart said brain, I am essentially on automatic pilot this morning. Normally, I [...]

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racaulk’s brilliant idea for a 2006 Democratic campaign theme. It’s a message that can address local issues without losing its unifying qualities. Have you had enough
record gas prices while oil companies rake in record profits?
death in Iraq with no end in sight?
being treated like a criminal because you’re government has been so bad [...]

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Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) told her caucus members during their weekly closed meeting Wednesday “that impeachment is off the table; she is not interested in pursuing it,” spokesman Brendan Daly said. (Read the rest)
Impeachment would be sweet revenge, indeed. It would be justice. It would be a righteous dragging of the Decider [...]

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Saturday’s mayoral election in the Big Easy didn’t give any one candidate enough votes to win. But it sent a message loud and clear to the Republican Party.
After all precincts and absentee ballots were reported, the result will be a two-man runoff between high vote getter, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin and runner up, [...]

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What really gets under my skin is hearing Republicans say the Democrats only criticize and offer no solutions. The reason it gets under my skin is they’re kinda right.
Don’t get me wrong – the current administration and its Congressional lapdogs are doing just about everything wrong and deserve plenty of criticism. [...]

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