Liberal Talk Radio

The talk of Obama asking Clinton to be his running mate is heating up again after her less-than-stellar performance last night in IN and NC.
Can I just say this would be a bad idea? And not only because you’d have Hillary’s negatives dragging down the ticket. Obama would be a [...]

I didn’t see this one coming. Maybe the New Yorkers who hang out here feel differently?
Update: Looks like it wasn’t just the New Yorkers who were expecting something like this. Check out Matski’s post below for a more informed take on this story.

Is the fix in up here in wussy progressive Washington? Various sources are reporting that the Washington GOP watched Huckabee lead in the caucus by a point or two for most of the day yesterday. McCain seemed to take the lead by a point with around 75% of precincts reporting. When the count reached 87.2% [...]

Joe Trippi, Howard Dean’s famous campaign manager and king of the ‘netroots’, is joining the Edwards campaign. This makes me wonder, does Edwards’ continued presence help Hillary? And if so, is that poetic justice for the man who would have been the nominee in 2004?
Back in 2004, Will Saletan argued that Wes Clark [...]

When discussing political moves where there may be “more than meets the eye,” The Chief usually reminds me of the West Wing episode where President Bartlett, speaking to a TV show, “forgets” that the camera’s still recording and calls his opponent a “.22 caliber mind in a .357 world.” It later becomes clear that [...]

According to David Postman, SEIU president Andy Stern is forming a Political Action Committee. Anyone still doubt this guy has political ambitions?
Here’s a great quote from Postman’s interview:
“We’re not going to drive into the future looking into the rear view mirror. We’re as far today from the New Deal as the New Deal was [...]

Every once in a while Byron York reprints raw poll numbers in National Review’s The Corner that blow your mind. Today there are some numbers that in part confirm a scenario benefitting an independent candidate for President. Basically, for Presidential hopefuls, the only thing worse than being Mormon is if you are an atheist or [...]

Professor — regarding the glove-offing, I respectfully submit that I think vitriol is so 2004.
Now that the war is over (to take Phil Ochs out of context — since both pro- and anti-war people are working to figure out the best way to bring the troops home, for all intents and purposes the war is [...]

I got a chance to see The Last King of Scotland the other day (it opens sometime next week) and although I shouldn’t be guessing Oscar stuff — especially this early and especially because I usually suck at it — you can’t help but think that Forest Whitaker will win for his depiction of Ugandan [...]