Breaking Blue
desmoinesdem Myth Exposed: Loss of Dem Governorships Not Key to Obama's 2012 Battleground State Prospects http://bit.ly/akBaXO #bblue via @smartpolitics
desmoinesdem Liveblog by Kay Henderson of #Huckabee, Vander Plaats speeches for #Iowa Family Policy Center: http://bit.ly/cQ8GgA #bblue
desmoinesdem New anti-"Obamacare" House Rep doesn't want to wait til Feb for his govt health care http://politi.co/arA33c #bblue
jeromearmstrong ...let’s reach for that low-hanging, bipartisan fruit. Let’s abolish the TSA.http://bit.ly/9e0x3e #bblue
jeromearmstrong Obama=Bush? - The Boston Globe http://bit.ly/aBurOd #bblue
jeromearmstrong Archein: election http://bit.ly/ajzgTq #bblue
jeromearmstrong Archein: on trade http://bit.ly/dhlDUx #bblue
jeromearmstrong Forget left and right. The real divide is technocrats versus populists. | Analysis & Opinion | http://reut.rs/dbxpBL #bblue
desmoinesdem Senate wants to cut LIHEAP funds in FY2011. Hard to think of more stupid/cruel way to save $$. http://bit.ly/cakqRS #bblue
desmoinesdem "The Rise of Robopolling in California
in 2010 & Its Implications" by Mark DiCamillo http://bit.ly/azsxhO #bblue
desmoinesdem .@Mystery Pollster on why internal campaign polls can be more accurate than public polls http://huff.to/96vk3j #bblue
desmoinesdem Heavy turnover cd affect #food policy; 15 Dems on House Ag Committee lost. http://bit.ly/aw3UKi #bblue via @LocavoreBlog
jeromearmstrong Back to Basics: Districts and Defeated Democrats http://bit.ly/cHHiaF #bblue nice graph
jeromearmstrong Ron Paul Is About to Totally Revolutionize the House Monetary Policy Panel http://bit.ly/cLLPwS #bblue Time to stop giving money to banks
jeromearmstrong Election Results Fueled by Jobs Crisis and Voter Apathy Among Progressives http://bit.ly/beGjxW #bblue
jeromearmstrong 'Are Any Parts of Your Body Sore?' Asks the Man From TSA - http://bit.ly/aV2nWa #bblue rofl, this has the makings of a movement
jeromearmstrong The Generic Congressional Vote is actually widening in the closing days @ 7.8% now = +60 seats for GOP http://bit.ly/cQycLG #bblue
jeromearmstrong We Politics --- Point-and-Click Politics - WSJ.com http://bit.ly/baRY14 #bblue
jeromearmstrong How Big a Wave? Ask Cook and Rothenberg - By Henry Olsen - The Corner http://bit.ly/bGtbcq #bblue
jeromearmstrong Shock poll: Nearly half of Dems want a different nominee in 2012 | Raw Story http://bit.ly/cBN0fF #bblue
jeromearmstrong Baird on insurance corps raising rates prior to election http://bit.ly/9gTzXs #bblue
jeromearmstrong Patrick H. Caddell and Douglas E. Schoen - Our divisive president, redux http://wapo.st/djXqh7 #bblue
jeromearmstrong 99% there http://bit.ly/d95k8y #bblue my own ending of hyper-partisanship.
jeromearmstrong How Permanent Are America’s Afghan Bases? by Tom Engelhardt -- Antiwar.com http://bit.ly/9atHJ0 #bblue
jeromearmstrong Robin Carnahan pic, on her knee to the voters. Look at the skepticism. http://bit.ly/9OeUZW #bblue #MoSen
jeromearmstrong France to remove Afghanistan troops in 2011 http://bit.ly/aXuE2O #bblue USA must end the occupation.
jeromearmstrong @janehamsher really good. Obama vs. Reality on Jon Stewart | FDL Action http://bit.ly/99MPP4 #bblue
jeromearmstrong SIGTARP Calls Out Tim Geithner On Various Violations Including Data Manipulation, Lack Of Transparency, "Cruel" http://bit.ly/aeQIMl #bblue
jeromearmstrong Michael Moore: Juan Williams Is Right: Political Correctness About Terrorists Must End! http://huff.to/9HDd0k #bblue
jeromearmstrong Poll: Independents siding with GOP - http://politi.co/900vIt #bblue This hasn't changed in over a year.
jeromearmstrong Poll: Jerry Brown has double-digit lead over Meg Whitman - http://bit.ly/cNRj1P #bblue
jeromearmstrong Interview - 'swing voter' Moe Tucker of Velvet Underground on Tea Party & intolerant Obama loyalist liberals http://bit.ly/ayjnA0 #bblue
desmoinesdem Bleeding Heartland: Making the wrong case against Grassley http://bit.ly/dfWdmj (PCCC & DFA shd do better) #bblue #IASen
jeromearmstrong edifice of prohibition crumbling in CA, and one of the largest informal economies in America is going mainstream http://bit.ly/cbBuTG #bblue
jeromearmstrong NPR CEO: Williams' Views Should Stay Between Himself And 'His Psychiatrist' http://n.pr/aIZGdP #bblue And then she apologizes!
jeromearmstrong I'll predict that Vivian Schiller's head winds up on a pike for firing during NPR fundraising week http://bit.ly/9B0dmK #bblue
desmoinesdem Kurt Michael Friese: The Most Important Race You Never Heard Of http://huff.to/bbdRKs #bblue #Iowa #Ag @FrancisThicke
desmoinesdem Alan Abramowitz: Gallup's Implausible Likely Voter Results http://huff.to/aKUmUo #bblue
jeromearmstrong Why Are Republican-Hating Voters Voting Republican? http://bit.ly/aXLAq7 #bblue "Action bias" voters is the '10 swingvoter
jeromearmstrong House landscape: An ever-expanding and uncertain field at Campaign Diaries http://bit.ly/bI1776 #bblue
jeromearmstrong Progressive Canaries in a Political Mine | @normansolomon http://bit.ly/cuv3WK #bblue
jeromearmstrong Just Say Now Phone Banking: People LOVE Being Called For Prop 19! | http://bit.ly/9RK6PV #bblue
desmoinesdem Witness: Firm owner gave gifts for "altering documents and forging key documents used to obtain foreclosures" http://bit.ly/atcdb1 #bblue
jeromearmstrong DSCC: Rand Paul has yet to deny any charge regarding his membership in an anti-Christian society http://politi.co/bfNvPb #bblue #jesus #wtf!
jeromearmstrong Weigel : Joe Miller Has A Posse http://slate.me/9nekUy #bblue Alaska's 3-way is impossible. Go Sitka!
jeromearmstrong Alaska is gonna down to the wire in the 3-way Senate race http://bit.ly/9HUV1R #bblue
desmoinesdem DLCC announces 15 more "essential races" based on grassroots nominations http://bit.ly/cTXmoz Includes IA SD 45 Dem Becky Schmitz #bblue
desmoinesdem Part 1 of Rortybomb 4-part series on foreclosure fraud wave: The Chains & the Stakes http://bit.ly/b1u2ws #bblue via @CHR1SHartman
jeromearmstrong Hardly any TARP funds were used for the purpose that it was created, which was to buy mortgage-related assets. http://bit.ly/djtXeN #bblue
jeromearmstrong memeorandum @ 12:05 PM ET, October 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/bPd6br #bblue Look, Look, a shiny object!!!!
jeromearmstrong Biggest Local Cuts in 30 Years http://nyti.ms/9H41X1 #bblue Welcome to the era of austerity
jeromearmstrong Objectively worse off under Obama -- Deportations way up last two years http://bit.ly/9uaf7J #bblue
jeromearmstrong WSJ: Pot is Saving Brown and Boxer | Just Say Now http://bit.ly/c3TL3Z #bblue
desmoinesdem From Think Progress" Foreign-Funded ‘U.S.’ Chamber Of Commerce Running Partisan Attack Ads http://bit.ly/c9wOrS #bblue
jeromearmstrong GOP Well Positioned Among Likely Midterm Voters, LV slaughter http://bit.ly/ajiZdK #bblue #holyshit
jeromearmstrong Rahm Emanuel: Experts say not a legal resident of Chicago, cannot run for mayor http://bit.ly/bMpPRh #bblue haha, a dead fish arrives
desmoinesdem 24/7 Wall St ranks Best & Worst Run States http://bit.ly/9GgjUx #bblue 10 best: WY, ND, IA, VT, MN, UT, VA, NH, MD, HI.
jeromearmstrong Emanuel's 'Glad to be home' video filmed in Washington - http://politi.co/dfzKbl #bblue
jeromearmstrong The Daily Bail http://bit.ly/aZONj3 #bblue
jeromearmstrong "Robert Gibbs next DNC chair? Oh, right, we’re in the post-qualifications, post-experience era in politics" http://bit.ly/dD5Uwr #bblue
jeromearmstrong Prairie Weather: Chapter and verse http://bit.ly/b9mFAl #bblue
desmoinesdem EPA greenhouse regs will apply to Hyperion oil refinery in SD http://bit.ly/dzU8ly #bblue #green #climate #envir #energy
jeromearmstrong A Battle of Ideologies, Not Cults of Personality | FDL Action http://bit.ly/dpKUAw #bblue
jeromearmstrong Blogfather in Iran sentenced to 19.5 years for Dissent | Informed Comment http://bit.ly/cXbyKd #bblue
jeromearmstrong Progressives Rally To Raise Cash For Russ Feingold's Campaign | Crooks and Liars http://bit.ly/9TNcEK #bblue
jeromearmstrong Just Say Now Launches Online Phone Banking for Marijuana Reform | FDL Action http://bit.ly/bpmd9T #bblue
jeromearmstrong How About This For A Surprise: The War In Afghanistan Is Falling Apart | The Moderate Voice http://bit.ly/971nef #bblue
jeromearmstrong DSCC Cancels Ad Buy In Kentucky http://bit.ly/9eBG8W #bblue DS should head into AK imo
jeromearmstrong Romney's lead in the polls looks a lot like Lieberman around late '02 http://bit.ly/cXN78X #bblue
jeromearmstrong Obama's base fractures, as big D donors "take their ball and go home" | Corrente http://bit.ly/93MWwu #bblue
jeromearmstrong Taxpayers Against Earmarks | EndingSpending.com http://bit.ly/bpHFzr #bblue
jeromearmstrong McD's May Drop Health Plan http://bit.ly/bv7OFp #bblue These are the workers who are going to be mandated.
desmoinesdem Via @governing, state legislature forecasts http://bit.ly/biy7Fz #bblue I agree w/Iowa House as tossup, but Iowa Senate shd be likely D.
jeromearmstrong Lets start recognizing that factcheck.org is an establishment gatekeeper http://bit.ly/a0eNlY #bblue
jeromearmstrong Why is There No Political Outlet for Anger on the Left These Days? « naked capitalism http://bit.ly/apjk4m #bblue
jeromearmstrong Florida’s Kangaroo Foreclosure Courts: Judges Denying Due Process on Behalf of Banks « naked capitalism http://bit.ly/dytDFU #bblue
jeromearmstrong The Left Right Paradigm is Over: Its You vs. Corporations | The Big Picture http://bit.ly/blTkM5 #bblue
jeromearmstrong http://bit.ly/bjodNr #bblue People like Chait and Yglesias who have little or no experience in electoral politics might have an excuse..."
desmoinesdem 2 IA districts made DLCC (@demlegislators) list of 20 "essential" state legis races for 2010 http://bit.ly/cPnNer #bblue
jeromearmstrong Palin in '12? No way. Under 8% to Obama in this climate. http://politi.co/bGF2bB #bblue Palin & Gingrich both with net negative favorables
jeromearmstrong Congressional D's pull ahead of Obama on economic questions against GOP http://politi.co/bCVCfR #bblue Obama re-elect now at 38%
jeromearmstrong "Why I think you’ll see Charlie Crist back within 6% of Marco Rubio by the end of September" | Peter Schorsch http://bit.ly/9TZBxg #bblue
jeromearmstrong Rubio 40, Crist, 28, Meek 23 http://bit.ly/95EdLi #bblue Meek might get to 2nd in Oct, then to within 10% in Nov, then 5% in Dec... oh NM
jeromearmstrong The timing of Jackson behind Blago's "$6M Senate-seat scheme" FBI release? http://bit.ly/buKTnC #bblue Think Rahm, Mayor, Chicago.
jeromearmstrong Brown leads Whitman 49-44 in Greenberg poll - Boxer ahead too 51-43 http://lat.ms/c4LGtW #bblue
jeromearmstrong RT @ggreenwald: Obama can't sink any lower than with his abysmal civil liberties record / executive power abuse http://is.gd/fsUJi #bblue
jeromearmstrong YouTube - WKMG: "Webster Doesn't Want to Talk About" His Extremist Views http://bit.ly/blFPVF #bblue
jeromearmstrong YouTube - AD: "Taliban Dan Webster" http://bit.ly/cJSQfS #bblue
jeromearmstrong CNN Poll: Obama at all time low 42%– http://bit.ly/d1BLIg #bblue 56% of all Americans say Obama has fallen short of their expectations. Yep
jeromearmstrong RT @SunlightNetwork... there's been a 61% increase in spending this midterm: http://snlg.ht/9flKCb #bblue
jeromearmstrong For the third national election in a row, independent voters may be poised to vote out the party in power http://bit.ly/avwAsN #bblue
jeromearmstrong Sink leads Scott 47-40 in new Mason-Dixon poll http://bit.ly/bN3NqQ #bblue Sink leads among Indys by 44 - 37, Scott to go negative
jeromearmstrong Whom Party unity is for... and what the movement conservatives and progressives have in common. http://bit.ly/99lhMt #bblue #lieberman
jeromearmstrong A bitter poll for Murphy to swallow | PA 8th 09/23/2010 http://bit.ly/cra1JM #bblue The swing in PA & OH is massive
wvablue Would you vote for a Congressional candidate would called the President by a racial slur? http://bit.ly/cL5lWD #bblue #WV01
desmoinesdem DMRegister today http://bit.ly/9Pdp4e Harsh on revisionist history in @ChuckGrassley ad http://bit.ly/aXUHLU #bblue #IASen
desmoinesdem Coburn (R, OK) blocking Senate vote on #food safety bill he didn't object to in committee, @SenatorHarkin says http://bit.ly/9R5Jo5 #bblue
desmoinesdem #IA03 @LeonardBoswell outspending @zaunforcongress nearly 10-1 on radio/tv http://bit.ly/d9GcbT #bblue via @GoldenDomeBlog
desmoinesdem Blue America's new ad on Joe Miller, "craziest catch." So cheap to advertise in AK! http://bit.ly/aIn44w #bblue #AKSen
desmoinesdem NH-Sen: PPP finds Ayotte (R) up by 4; Hodes (D) would be up by 5 if not for enthusiasm gap. http://bit.ly/9LTIDC #bblue
desmoinesdem Robocalls in Iowa raising $$ for PAC of House GOP "watchdog" Darrell Issa #CA49 http://bit.ly/b5tPuG #bblue
jeromearmstrong Rasmussen http://bit.ly/dwn72x #bblue "any poll, any language"
jeromearmstrong Lady Gaga, Harry Reid Tweet Over Don't Ask Don't Tell http://bit.ly/aWcfBW #bblue Smart online politics at work.
desmoinesdem DE-Sen: PPP sees chance for O'Donnell against Castle in GOP primary (good news for Dem Coons) http://bit.ly/9bkzVG #bblue
jeromearmstrong Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire http://bit.ly/9ls5nf #bblue If Dems/Obama extend billionaire tax cuts its over
jeromearmstrong Obama '12 strategy talk here with '10 midterms http://bit.ly/95PJfu #bblue
desmoinesdem Dave Murphy of @food_democracy: Half a Billion Eggs, DeCoster, Factory Farms & Consolidation: View From Iowa http://huff.to/cTWcCp #bblue
jeromearmstrong Bill White is gaining on Rick Perry in governor's race | http://bit.ly/bsumh7 #bblue
jeromearmstrong OH's Rowland with the ugly ttp://tiny.cc/6koaw #bblue After a 20% blowout 4 years ago, Strickland & Fisher both at 37%
jeromearmstrong Paul up by 15 over Conway (disputed) http://bit.ly/cAXMKH #bblue Interesting poll discussion. V lame anti-drug strategy by Conway
jeromearmstrong Big F'n Disaster (July 7th) http://bit.ly/cN2SN4 #bblue Nothing has changed in the past 2 months, will anything the next 2?
jeromearmstrong U.S. To Tolerate Afghan Corruption In Latest War Strategy http://huff.to/bTcM6T #bblue And his Afghan surge/strategy stinks too
jeromearmstrong Iraq Combat Continues: Despite Formal End, U.S. Joins Baghdad Battle http://huff.to/9PE83f #bblue Obama's deadlines ain't worth shit.
desmoinesdem Senatus: Democrats Ready to Move DADT Repeal http://bit.ly/b5C0ND (hoping post-primary McCain won't delay) #bblue #lgbt
jeromearmstrong Dick Wadhams moves from VA to CO, brings GOP chaos-- we want him back! http://politi.co/bjYLSk #bblue
jeromearmstrong Cooked? http://bit.ly/d3fdqc #bblue CC mentioned CT & WV on bubble as well; 13 Dem Sen seats in play, predicted 8-10 losses
jeromearmstrong Uh-oh, hyperventilating loyalists, Looks like PPP, with LV, finds same thing as Rasmussen -- http://bit.ly/atGVXI #bblue
jeromearmstrong The Tea Party and the GOP: Change You Already Believed In :: Dave Weigel http://bit.ly/9drEk9 #bblue
jeromearmstrong AP refuses to use WH/NBC propaganda terms for Iraq http://bit.ly/bhPA7i #bblue
jeromearmstrong Wow, what a meltdown: Dept. of stage fright http://politi.co/dbXaiO #bblue
jeromearmstrong Hullabaloo "It was all politics from the minute they hit the ground. And they were wrong on both politics and policy" #bblue
desmoinesdem Lost decade: median real income for working-age households was $60,804 in 2000, $58,718 in 2007 (pre-recession). http://bit.ly/cei51w #bblue
desmoinesdem Want to add $4 trillion to U.S. deficits/debt over 10 yrs? Try the Boehner, GOP economic plan http://bit.ly/deKO6q #bblue
jeromearmstrong The Health Care Bill Nobody Wants to Talk About http://bit.ly/co2VGT #bblue
desmoinesdem DLCC memo on redistricting & legislative chambers being targeted this year: http://bit.ly/b9gAdr #bblue
jeromearmstrong ""I think the next couple of years, we've got to focus on debt and deficits." That's Obama bunking with DeMint http://bit.ly/94rHSo #bblue
jeromearmstrong Tea Party out for fresh blood in Delaware, N.H. primaries http://bit.ly/aKr3B5 #bblue
jeromearmstrong GOP Takes Unprecedented 10-Point Lead on Generic Ballot http://bit.ly/9Cxd6b #bblue Peaking too early?
jeromearmstrong YouTube -What happens when the candidate gets shoved off the stage in Brazil http://bit.ly/dzbKuP #bblue
desmoinesdem Surviving members of Peter, Paul & Mary ask NOM to stop playing “This Land Is Your Land” at rallies http://bit.ly/a0nECm #bblue #lgbt
jeromearmstrong Obama's 'The war is ending' 'mission accomplished' speech is a mere linguistic game of troop naming. http://bit.ly/cELkIF #bblue
desmoinesdem DCCC: IRS Should Investigate Americans for Prosperity Foundation (501c3 org operating as political action group) http://bit.ly/9pHXnV #bblue
desmoinesdem Good work @PPHeartland! Nebraska abortion law unconstitutional, wont be enforced http://bit.ly/cfyToR Background http://bit.ly/bBYGnG #bblue
jeromearmstrong @HotlineReid http://bit.ly/9tozRZ "GOP won't come close to gaining the 39 seats they need" #bblue #SOS Shiny Object Strategy works?
desmoinesdem Coal ash water contamination much worse than previously estimated: http://bit.ly/cTXVlj #bblue (covers 39 sites/21 states)
jeromearmstrong @janehamsher post: President Obama, It’s Time to Can the Catfood Commission http://bit.ly/dmwnVh #bblue
jeromearmstrong Blippy Has Pretty Much The Best 404 Page Ever. What Does It Mean? http://tcrn.ch/bFKHDe #bblue #omg
jeromearmstrong Six Drug Czars, and Between Them They Can't Muster a Decent Argument for Marijuana Prohibition http://bit.ly/c9872a #bblue
jeromearmstrong Creative petition | Tell Facebook to Stop Censoring Marijuana http://bit.ly/b6by0r #bblue
desmoinesdem St. Petersburg Times on 5 things to watch in #FLGov race btw Repub Rick Scott & Dem Alex Sink http://bit.ly/at3Y2I #bblue
jeromearmstrong I agree with John Boehner?!?! "Fire Timothy Geithner and Larry Summers" http://politi.co/ce3iZo #bblue He's still a snake.
desmoinesdem Reagan Revolution Home To Roost -- In Charts by @dcjohnson at OurFuture.org http://bit.ly/djDSDq #bblue #economy #deficit
desmoinesdem Bailout #fail: Big Wall Street banks rescued, but not the responsible ShoreBank of Chicago http://huff.to/b3AoH9 #bblue
jeromearmstrong HA Seattle: Recent polling in the Murray—Rossi race http://bit.ly/aG310j #bblue
jeromearmstrong Iraq: 50K troops remain and doubling of private contractors, Obama plans "promised delivered" speech http://bit.ly/cepVrS #bblue Not a joke!
desmoinesdem U.S. Army Troops: Refusing to attend Christian concert got us into trouble http://bit.ly/cTtz7T #bblue
desmoinesdem Target Corp. feels backlash from shareholders - latimes.com http://bit.ly/9uuqrY #bblue #MNGov #LGBT #boycott
jeromearmstrong Iran unveils bomber drone http://bit.ly/9zq0S2 #bblue the cia has its drone war scenario http://mydd.com/2009/12/4/the-bush-doctrines-drone-war
jeromearmstrong Pentagon Lawyers Eye WikiLeaks Charges http://bit.ly/b0xtlE #bblue First WikiLeaks, such measures against other media outlets is next
jeromearmstrong BBC News - Swedish rape warrant for Wikileaks' Assange cancelled http://bbc.in/cF0dH6 #bblue Smear, then step away
desmoinesdem How Polling Places Can Affect Your Vote by Tom Jacobs for Miller-McCune Online http://bit.ly/d0dC1v #bblue
jeromearmstrong Dean: 'Some' Dems demonizing N.Y. mosque opponents - http://bit.ly/aCyAp6 #bblue Am not even an opponent and got some zealots up in arms
jeromearmstrong ROFLOL: Our Muslim Miss USA Thinks 'Ground Zero Mosque' Should Move! http://bit.ly/8YIYau #bblue Time for some orthodox liberal jihad!
jeromearmstrong "for those who are happy Obama waded into the Cordoba Controversy" http://bit.ly/b5NTur #bblue
jeromearmstrong Target should get a refund, make a equal contribution, or else go forward without my money, like Walmart does http://bit.ly/cFa2ot #bblue
jeromearmstrong Howard Dean sounds right on the Mosque issue, but quite defensive after the zealotry unleashed on him http://bit.ly/blNTjn #bblue
jeromearmstrong Yea, it does get worse: Dem pollster shows Bush 6% more popular than Obama in "Frontline" districts http://bit.ly/ch2evA #bblue
jeromearmstrong Howard Dean right on about Islam's being "in the 12th century" in Iran and some other Muslim countries. http://politi.co/dCkAti #bblue
jeromearmstrong Obama the unelectable: 41% approval 52% disapproval. Isn't the mosque defense, but his priorities of conviction. http://bit.ly/bnnVHe #bblue
desmoinesdem KY-Sen: Kentucky Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Jack Conway http://bit.ly/bA3QeO #bblue via @HillbillyReport
jeromearmstrong But will the Dems/Reps vote to give the middle-class 100 cents to the dollar like they did AIG? http://amzn.to/azLagh #bblue
jeromearmstrong "The middle class is teetering on the brink of collapse just as surely as AIG was in the fall of 2009.” http://amzn.to/azLagh #bblue
jeromearmstrong Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval now at 42% The anti-Midas touch of his with Park51 no doubt http://bit.ly/bnnVHe #bblue
desmoinesdem Could Rod Blagojevich be acquitted? Jeralyn of TalkLeft on weaknesses in prosecution's case: http://bit.ly/d84KLc #bblue
desmoinesdem "Voters are united on this key point: Social Security & Medicare are off-limits as a way to reduce the deficit." http://bit.ly/aoSd3b #bblue
jeromearmstrong Candidate Obama should primary President Obama http://huff.to/bMNFnb #bblue
jeromearmstrong Dems shouldn't feel overconfident about beating wacky Republican nominees. - By David Weigel - Slate Magazine http://bit.ly/d5fYUp #bblue
evanmoody Paulo Skaf http://bit.ly/bK515A #bblue
NathanEmpsall Matt Dunne airs first TV ad in #VTGov - "Future" http://bit.ly/9MlTCT #bblue
desmoinesdem Been a while since I read a profile as devastating as Esquire's piece on @NewtGingrich. http://bit.ly/buQzIX #bblue
jeromearmstrong Heck of away to energize the party three months before a pivotal election. http://bit.ly/b2aXzy #bblue #cangibbs
desmoinesdem WaPo: 2010 #Census was $1.6 billion under budget http://bit.ly/98yEFi #bblue
desmoinesdem Nice tv ad by Blue America & Americans for America. Boehner Whacked For Golf Addiction http://huff.to/d5ohp7 #bblue
desmoinesdem Got Medieval (blog on "slipshod use of medieval Eur hist in media"): Professor Newt's Distorted History Lesson http://bit.ly/bTeVqd #bblue
desmoinesdem Republicans waging war against judicial independence in Iowa http://bit.ly/dz3QWB #bblue #lgbt #IAGov #iagaymarriage #iagop
NathanEmpsall Bill McKibben, "a mild-mannered guy, a Methodist Sunday School teacher" on climate failure: "This is fucked up." http://bit.ly/9ieRWf #bblue
NathanEmpsall #COGov: 43% Hickenlooper, 25% McInnis, 24% Tancredo (Rasmussen 8/2) http://bit.ly/93aEwd #bblue
desmoinesdem If only white females had voted in 2008 pres election, McCain wd win pop vote but Obama wd win electoral college http://bit.ly/9KqywB #bblue
NathanEmpsall Why isn't the party listening? | Why blaming Bush is a dead end for Democrats - Salon.com | http://bit.ly/ds9Tua #bblue
NathanEmpsall New 60 second positive ad from Dem Bill White in close #TXGov race - "Prepare for the Future" - YouTube - http://bit.ly/ccWBP7 #bblue
NathanEmpsall Think Progress » Boehner Spouts Anti-Intellectualism Screed: ‘I Don’t Need To See GDP Numbers Or Listen To http://bit.ly/cMxSMf #bblue
NathanEmpsall EPA chief highlights tribal relations | Indian Country Today | Content http://bit.ly/98Y3Yz #bblue
desmoinesdem Dept of Defense can't account for $8.7 bil (96%) of Iraq reconstruction funds http://bit.ly/9oK05F #bblue via Boing Boing
NathanEmpsall Fate Of Idaho Wilderness Battle Comes Down To One Man | Environment.Change.org http://bit.ly/bSA6jG #bblue
desmoinesdem Reagan's OMB director David Stockman slams Repub push to extend "unaffordable Bush tax cuts" http://nyti.ms/cQwEHT #bblue
desmoinesdem Auto industry rescue worked. http://bit.ly/c72yaJ Now some Repubs pretend they didn't oppose it: http://bit.ly/cIDz7q #bblue via @stevebenen
NathanEmpsall Six more Democratic Representatives call for Rangel's resignation | TheHill.com http://bit.ly/cpkHTt #bblue
NathanEmpsall House passes oil spill response bill but Senate plans uncertain - The Hill's E2-Wire http://bit.ly/dA8OdT #bblue
NathanEmpsall #FLSen: Quinnipiac: Crist 39, Rubio 33, Meek 13 or Crist 37, Rubio 32, Greene 17 http://bit.ly/aZgRHs #bblue
NathanEmpsall #WASen: Rasmussen: Dem Murray leads Repub Rossi 49-47 http://bit.ly/bKolyy #bblue
NathanEmpsall #PASEn: Rasmussen: GOP Toomey leads Dem Sestak 45-39. http://bit.ly/c1wwmN #bblue
NathanEmpsall Wow! Think Progress: Is Bill O'Reilly to the left of Obama on DADT http://bit.ly/abRg6o #bblue
NathanEmpsall Seven of eight living former STRATCOM commanders come out in support of START | Wonk Room http://bit.ly/aUfgpu #bblue
NathanEmpsall Third consecutive poll shows Democrat Giannoulias with slim lead over Repub Kirk in #ILSen. Rasmussen, 43-41. http://bit.ly/9pq5Ix #bblue
NathanEmpsall Rasmussen claims Russ Feingold has fallen behind one possible opponent 48-46; leads another 49-39. http://bit.ly/aQicWo #bblue #WISen #p2
NathanEmpsall A third consecutive poll, this one from Rasmussen, shows Reid ahead of Angle in #NVSen, 45-43 http://bit.ly/cPDiGf #bblue
NathanEmpsall New UNH poll shows Repub Ayotte still ahead of @PaulHodes in #NHSen, but by a narrower margin than before, 45-37 http://bit.ly/9E6zKk #bblue
desmoinesdem NV-Gov: Sandoval (R) says not worried about AZ #immigration law b/c his kids don't look Hispanic http://bit.ly/aCTynR #bblue #NVGov
NathanEmpsall #KYSen: Democrat Jack Conway takes the lead against Rand Paul, 48-46, in new Benenson poll http://bit.ly/cZxbq1 #bblue
NathanEmpsall So What If California Has No Coal? Fiorina Cozies To Industry Anyway | Change.org http://bit.ly/ciMKlo #bblue
NathanEmpsall CA-Sen: New PPP polls has Boxer in clear lead over Fiorina | Daily Kos http://bit.ly/aSeGqM #bblue #p2
NathanEmpsall Jeb Bush Says No to 2012 Run - WSJ http://bit.ly/c77h7N #bblue
NathanEmpsall How to end the filibuster with 51 votes | Ezra Klein http://bit.ly/auIkps #bblue #p2
NathanEmpsall Please sign this petition to prosecute Massey Energy for the deaths of its coal miners in April. http://bit.ly/cm4aAa #bblue #p2 #green #WV
desmoinesdem TN-09: Congressional Black Caucus endorses incumbent Cohen over Herenton in Dem primary http://politi.co/cnTHeS #bblue
NathanEmpsall Murky land deals mark Gov. Rick Perry's past | Dallas Morning News http://bit.ly/cPoOEX #bblue #TXGov
NathanEmpsall Al Franken and Jeff Merkley endorse Elizabeth Warren for Consumer Protection Bureau http://huff.to/bFjyKO #bblue #p2
desmoinesdem CO-Gov: Dem Hickenlooper's prospects improve as Tancredo launches third-party bid http://bit.ly/bfWi9x #bblue
NathanEmpsall NOAA, academic studies confirm huge undersea oil plumes are from BP gusher http://bit.ly/dymkGd #bblue
desmoinesdem Paul Dobson, Phoenix Cop Who Opposes Arizona #Immigration Law, Is Now Under Investigation http://huff.to/aDAJCa #bblue
NathanEmpsall From overcrowding and dispersants to Jindal's uninformed haste, messy cleanup of BP spill damages the Gulf | AP http://bit.ly/b3JpZg #bblue
desmoinesdem 4 billionaires gave 97% of $$ raised by Karl Rove's astroturf 527 group American Crossroads http://bit.ly/betClt #bblue
NathanEmpsall 4 Massey foremen plead guilty to faking safety records before deadly coal mine fire | The Charleston Gazette http://bit.ly/bMLVte #bblue #p2
NathanEmpsall EPA slams State Department tar sands pipeline study « Climate Progress http://bit.ly/aDFJ9V #bblue #p2 #green
desmoinesdem House Tea Party Caucus not just for fringe: Pence, Sessions join Bachmann, King, Broun et al http://bit.ly/a3uwMJ (via @MotherJones) #bblue
NathanEmpsall Rand Paul: I don't remember if I said we should abolish the USDA or not | FrumForum http://bit.ly/ceEZuH #bblue #KYSen
NathanEmpsall The last of the Murrow Boys, NPR commentator Dan Schorr, dies at 93. His insights and wisdom will be missed. http://n.pr/aEt7kw #bblue
NathanEmpsall 'Bout time. || Rangel charged with multiple violations by House ethics panel - TheHill.com http://bit.ly/bCrPTz #bblue
NathanEmpsall #FLGov: New PPP poll shows Democrat Alex Sink taking a commanding lead http://bit.ly/8WXbb2 #bblue
desmoinesdem DCCC buying air time in 17 Dem-held House districts, including #IA03 http://bit.ly/9uR2co #bblue (via @hotlinereid)
NathanEmpsall BP buys up Gulf scientists for legal defense, roiling academic community | Mobile Press-Rgister http://bit.ly/aEaC8x #bblue
NathanEmpsall President Obama signs Wall Street reform into law - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/aec1Nc #bblue
desmoinesdem WV-Sen: Capito (R) not running http://bit.ly/aW3W31 Gov. Joe Manchin should easily hold Robert Byrd's Senate seat for Dems. #bblue
NathanEmpsall Lib Dem support in free fall | Left Foot Forward http://bit.ly/bmRY9w #bblue
NathanEmpsall Long Island town threatens to sue Fannie & Freddie over opposition to clean-energy program | Grist http://bit.ly/d0F0i2 #bblue
NathanEmpsall Union Seminary President Serene Jones to Glenn Beck: We're sending you Bibles! http://huff.to/bGUm8K #bblue
NathanEmpsall Nightline: Glenn Beck's sponsor Goldline under investigation for fraud (VIDEO) http://huff.to/9w2B93 #bblue
desmoinesdem Media Matters compiled 45 "myths and falsehoods" about Elena Kagan's Supreme Court nomination http://bit.ly/97Bfgx #bblue
NathanEmpsall Two Year After Spill, EPA Still Debates Whether Coal Ash Is Hazardous http://bit.ly/918zuo #bblue
NathanEmpsall Senator Robert Byrd's replacement Carte Goodwin more conservative on coal than Byrd; blasts climate legislation http://bit.ly/aNsZea #bblue
NathanEmpsall Rep. Walt Minnick (D-ID), lone Dem endorsed by Tea Party Express, rejects endorsement over racist comments http://huff.to/dtGJdB #bblue
desmoinesdem By @cliffschecter at The Political Carnival: The NRA Protects a Potential Serial Killer http://bit.ly/batbWf #bblue
desmoinesdem Piece by @benpolitico: A conservative dismisses right-wing Black Panther 'fantasies' http://bit.ly/avUkvu #bblue
desmoinesdem WaPo: House Dems hit boiling point over perceived lack of White House support http://bit.ly/cKJM7i #bblue
desmoinesdem 30 yrs ago today, Jimmy Carter laid out 6-pt energy plan in this televised speech http://to.pbs.org/aEO0Yz #bblue
desmoinesdem CO-Gov: McInnis (R) bid derailed by plagiarism charges http://bit.ly/ajugTH More links here: http://ssp.bz/cEc61K #bblue
desmoinesdem By Robert Reich (who shd be in cabinet): The Root Of Economic Fragility And Political Anger http://bit.ly/a4Smr2 #bblue
desmoinesdem Mitt Romney's dumb critique of Obama's New START nuke treaty. By Fred Kaplan at Slate http://bit.ly/bRcMGl #bblue
desmoinesdem First Read on advantages & disadvantages for GOP as they try to take back U.S. House http://bit.ly/agwrp1 #bblue
desmoinesdem Wonk Room's Pat Garofalo on the false Jones Act meme the right-wing noise machine is pushing: http://bit.ly/bHvRmK #bblue
desmoinesdem CA-45: Mary Bono Mack (R) silences opposition on official Facebook page paid for w/tax dollars http://bit.ly/cKcQMs #bblue
desmoinesdem Pollster.com honors @markos request to remove Research 2000 polls commissioned by Daily Kos from active charts http://bit.ly/9bb9Lx #bblue
desmoinesdem Speculation at Bleeding Heartland on the 2012 Iowa Republican caucuses http://bit.ly/dlj8FX #bblue
desmoinesdem Vote Grassley in Wonkette's 2010 Weeping Eagles contest: Help Choose History’s Worst Political Twitterers! http://bit.ly/cxh9iJ #bblue
MikeConnery Siena Poll: 66% of New Yorkers Reject GOP Control of the State Senate http://bit.ly/bh7fQz #bblue
NathanEmpsall McCaskill says she's two votes shy of ending Senate's secret holds http://bit.ly/bm8vQ4 #bblue RT @YatPundit RT @BrkingPolitics
NathanEmpsall Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson: Repealing DADT will enhance, not harm, the separation of church and state http://huff.to/acuhmT #bblue
NathanEmpsall New Fed survey shows the economy is growing in all regions of the country for the first time since 2007. http://n.pr/9PqE9F #bblue
NathanEmpsall 1999 BP ad: "We're bringing oil to American shores." No, really: http://huff.to/dCzstM #bblue
NathanEmpsall Time: How Florida's Forgotten Democrat Could Win the Senate Race http://bit.ly/9ac4fC #bblue #FLSen
desmoinesdem Blue Arkansas is covering outrage in @BillHalter stronghold where not enough polling places will be open: http://bit.ly/aNppXr #bblue #ARSen
desmoinesdem Two Iowa polls have similar numbers for #IAGov, #IASen primaries but differ on general election matchups. http://tinyurl.com/26z9cw9 #bblue
NathanEmpsall PA-SEN: One Democratic polling firm shows Dem Admiral Sestak now leading Tea Partier Toomey 47-40 http://bit.ly/cXmPWl #bblue
NathanEmpsall Kos shows #KYSen at Rand Paul (R) 44, Jack Conway (D) 41 - not exactly Rasmussen's 59-34 http://bit.ly/dD1v03 #bblue
NathanEmpsall NJ Gov Christie defends low teacher pay: "Well you know what? Then you don't have to do it." Video: http://bit.ly/9H0VXf #bblue
NathanEmpsall Mitch McConnell on fellow Kentucky Repub Rand Paul: ""I think he's said quite enough" http://bit.ly/9p7f57 #bblue #KYSen
desmoinesdem #KYSen RT @MotherJones Meet Rand Paul's New Campaign Manager http://mojo.ly/9yJgq9 #bblue
NathanEmpsall Palin-endorsed candidate Vaughn Ward in ID-01 plagiarizes Obama http://bit.ly/9rUjUg #bblue
NathanEmpsall Pat Toomey by the numbers: more conservative than Santorum and DeMint? http://bit.ly/a3g7o3 #bblue
NathanEmpsall WCAX profiles Matt Dunne, the former AmeriCorps head, Google exec, and state Sen. running in the VT-GOV primary http://bit.ly/d8mCkv #bblue
NathanEmpsall Airlines Against Democracy http://bit.ly/cDs9ov #bblue
NathanEmpsall Last minute momentum for Conway continues in KY-SEN with endorsement from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Enquirer http://bit.ly/annVPC #bblue
NathanEmpsall RT @wonkroom Blanche Lincoln doesn't seem to understand the estate tax http://bit.ly/co9LUt #bblue
NathanEmpsall Specter repeatedly refers to county Democrats as “the Allegheny County Republicans." Talk about poor timing. http://ht.ly/1K2Au #bblue
NathanEmpsall Rep. Mollohan (D-WV) loses primary. This on the heels of Bennett. Shaping up to be a real anti-Washington wave. http://bit.ly/caOTFX #bblue
BobBrigham If Elena Kagen is confirmed, court shifts to right. If GOP rejects, Obama shifts to right. If Dems reject, all issues shift to left. #bblue
NathanEmpsall PA-SEN: After gaining in three straight Muhlenberg polls, Sestak has taken the lead over Specter, 44-42. http://bit.ly/8ZritI #bblue
NathanEmpsall DSCC creates a high quality move trailer as a "Demon Sheep" sequel, starring Carly Fiorina. Pretty good, actually: http://ht.ly/1HOeS #bblue
NathanEmpsall White House puts PA-SEN primary odds at 50-50 between Adm. Sestak and Swift Boater Specter http://bit.ly/c7aHr2 #bblue
NathanEmpsall FL-Sen: Rubio still supports offshore drilling. http://bit.ly/an2yx9 #bblue
NathanEmpsall Nate Silver on why the mood in the White House is getting more optimistic http://bit.ly/a4Tirj #bblue
NathanEmpsall Schwarzenegger withdraws support for off-shore drilling, cancels plans in California http://bit.ly/9coGtM #bblue (Link fixed)
NathanEmpsall Schwarzenegger withdraws support for off-shore drilling http://bit.ly/b4bYTw #bblue
NathanEmpsall FL-Gov: Former Repub Crist tries to call White House; is rebuffed. Sign that he may want to caucus with Dems? http://bit.ly/bRUGZn #bblue
NathanEmpsall @Sierra_Club, @Earthjustice, and others sue Massey Energy for Clean Water Act and surface mining law violations http://bit.ly/cdNvXV #bblue
NathanEmpsall NYT coverage of Levees.org, which educates people about the man-made reasons behind the flooding of New Orleans http://nyti.ms/ddZOLq #bblue
NathanEmpsall Huffington Post on VT-Gov candidate and Google exec Matt Dunne's plans for high speed Internet in Vermont http://huff.to/aIsNZc #bblue
ChuckieCorra Good NYT article on the LDP's surge before the UK elections http://nyti.ms/9173u1 #bblue
NathanEmpsall WA-Sen: New SurveyUSA poll, an obvious outlier. has Rossi (R) leading Murray (D) 52-42 http://bit.ly/aIdUzt #bblue
NathanEmpsall Even the conservative Wall Street Journal says the new Arizona immigration "law" is unconstitutional. http://bit.ly/a2PFUA #bblue
NathanEmpsall The Repub Governors Association openly embraces terrorism and all it stands for: http://bit.ly/aKgZ2r #bblue
lpackard First AR-Sen Democratic debate tonight: starts at 7PM central / 8PM eastern. Catch it on CSPAN or online at http://bit.ly/9H6QV7. #bblue
NathanEmpsall VT-GOV: Environmental leader and scholar Bill McKibben endorses Matt Dunne http://bit.ly/azIydR #bblue
NathanEmpsall The Kentucky Professional Firefighters Association endorses Jack Conway in the Democratic primary for KY-SEN http://bit.ly/am5FP9 #bblue
NathanEmpsall Nick Kristof from Darfur: "Obama and his aides have caved, leaving Sudan gloating at American weakness" http://nyti.ms/9j26TA #bblue
NathanEmpsall Kentucky's largest newspaper endorses AG Jack Conway in the Senate Democratic primary http://bit.ly/cHkbYF #bblue #Kentucky #p2
NathanEmpsall Harry Reid's opponent wants you to pay for that MRI with 1,472 chickens instead of with insurance http://huff.to/9vn21Q #bblue #LowdenCare
NathanEmpsall Sources say Crist has made up his mind and will bolt the GOP - unless pressure not to increases. Which it will. http://bit.ly/d7xAPK #bblue
NathanEmpsall Rep. Issa and the GOP think it's "suspicious" that the DNC knows how to use Google properly: http://bit.ly/a9GbdL #bblue
NathanEmpsall Strongest sign of an indie bid yet: Crist's website no longer mentions the Republican Party. http://bit.ly/d5Yz5b #bblue H/T @marcambinder
NathanEmpsall In a Sun newspaper poll out today, Clegg and the Lib Dems lead the Conservatives and Labour 33-32-26 http://bit.ly/cOuiGT #bblue
NathanEmpsall Maggie Fox, CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection, in Politico today: "Optimism for a clean energy future" http://bit.ly/bdObpe #bblue
MikeConnery NY Senate Dems (our state DSCC) launched a new website today: bit.ly/d2MOhR #bblue
NathanEmpsall Porn star wont run for LA-Sen. Vitter wont get to meet a law-abiding sex worker & will stick with the illegal kind http://n.pr/dsxCWM #bblue
NathanEmpsall It's official: Pataki won't run for NY-Sen. And only those who thought Giuliani would win in '08 are surprised. http://bit.ly/buHPHx #bblue
NathanEmpsall Huge victory! Could this be the end of mountaintop removal mining? http://bit.ly/cXAOyq #bblue
kyleshank Breakthrough Month for U.S. Job Market http://bit.ly/d1dyAp #bblue
kyleshank Judge: Bush overstepped wiretapping authority http://bit.ly/b8w7KJ #bblue
kyleshank Halter doubles Lincoln's fundraising http://bit.ly/dBWUgL #bblue
kyleshank Tea party leaders: Abolish Social Security http://bit.ly/btqbMF #bblue
ChuckieCorra MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics http://bit.ly/d2NxLg #bblue
kyleshank Daily Kos: Sarah Barracuda Returns http://bit.ly/9Gp7rG #bblue
kyleshank Subway Blasts Kill Dozens in Moscow - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/c1vBjG #bblue
