Is this this a trend?
April ‘05 marks “the sixth consecutive month where FNC declined versus prior month in M-F, primetime P25-54 (every month since Nov ‘04),” CNN’s press release says. The 25-54 demo is coveted by advertisers. One insider called it a “downward spiral.” FNC still has more demo viewers than CNN, though (443k vs. […]

It’s good to see that the county government in Charlotte, my old hometown, is considering giving spousal benefits to same sex couples. Pam’s House Blend out of Durham has a great round up of the ins and outs.
Naturally, wingnuts are threatening recrimination at election time for Mecklenburg County Commissioners who support the move, […]

My congressman, Rep. Henry Waxman, Ranking Minority Member of the Committee on Government Reform and a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent a letter to his constituents yesterday that perfectly illustrates how the GOP is avoids dealing with issues that would redound poorly to their backers in the corporate plutocracy that is […]

Sometimes the facts speak for themselves, and this is one of them. What can I add to this, posted by the American Advertising Federation?
Bush States Indecency Position, Then Clarifies
President Bush said he supports extending indecency standards to cable and satellite programs, currently exempt from such regulations. Responding to a question on cable and […]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been getting nothing but bad press here in California for the past few weeks - all of it is richly deserved, of course. Seems a lot of people are fed up with his bad acting when applied to governance - “I’m not the governor. I just play him on TV.” […]

President George W. Bush, right, and Prince Abduhllah held hands today at Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Texas. They were not seen skipping but who knows what went on when the cameras were turned off.
You gotta admit, this is pretty gay. Jon Stewart is going to have a field day with it.

So “Justice Sunday” has come and gone. The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Bill Frist, right, played his part in the evangelical video conclave to help turn the Christian Right’s court-packing into a religious crusade. It just slays me how far these folks have strayed from the teachings of the leader they claim to follow.
For […]

What’s the speck of light on Florida Sen. Bill Nelson’s forehead that follows him wherever he goes these days? It’s the laser from the scope of the rifle of national Republicans, who are trying to sweep him up in the “Democrats hate people of faith” war they invented.
Miami Herald:
The Democrat is one of 20 […]

When Reagan invited Jerry Falwell and his Moral Majority into the GOP tent in the 1980 campaign, I remember thinking that the “real” Republicans - the folks who resent every penny the government takes out of their pay but who gladly spend the equivalent of tuition to Harvard on country club dues - weren’t going […]