Democrats on the March

House Dems Like Earmark Reform. Senate Dems? Not so much…

By Marc Comtois | January 12, 2007 |

Ah yes, see how much has changed! Looks like the House Democrats earmark reform bill is being supported by most Senate Republicans and a few Democrats….but the heartiest opposition is being put up by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (via Glenn Reynolds). TPM Muckraker has one report and Andy Roth at the Club For Growth…

Democrats 9/11 Commission Bill: Both Less and More Than Advertised

By Marc Comtois | January 10, 2007 |

So, the 100 Hours continue and Speaker Pelosi has gotten her 9/11 Commission legislation through. And though some may think that every one of the 9/11 Commission prescriptions were included (the necessity or wisdom of implementing them all is another discussion), apparently, that’s really not the case (via The Corner). Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, independent…

Sen. Kerry, Thank You

By Marc Comtois | February 1, 2006 | Comments Off on Sen. Kerry, Thank You

Sen. Kerry, thank you for keeping such a high profile. Whether it be instigating a doomed-to-fail filibuster of Justice Alito from the slopes of a Swiss ski resort or claiming that “53 percent of our children don’t graduate from high school” or “The average American struggles to find time to take care of families, working…

Democrats and Democratization

By Carroll Andrew Morse | March 11, 2005 |

The New Republic‘s Noam Scheiber beleives that President Bush’s democracy agenda abroad may help build a Democratic majority at home. Over at TechCentralStation, I explain why I believe Scheiber’s argument is flawed.

Goading the Opposition

By Justin Katz | November 8, 2004 |

It has become a commonplace among right-leaning pundits that Democrats’ greatest problem is their reluctance to objectively assess the causes of their defeat and, more importantly, to reconsider their positions accordingly. Of course, that the observation is commonplace doesn’t make it untrue. Here’s Matt Russo, from Exeter, in a letter to the Providence Journal: The…