I’ve been pessimistic about the elections lately but this cheered me up:
A massive apparent move by the middle class away from the Republicans has 56 percent of likely voters saying they plan to vote to send a Democrat to the House on Nov. 7 compared with 37 percent who said they would vote for President [...]

SEE THE ADWe have the video here.
Who knew the producer of the anti-Harold Ford racist ad that was paid for by Ken Mehlman and the Republican National Committee was named Terry Nelson — or that he worked for Wal-Mart? We all know it now, thanks to the fact that Wal-Mart forced Nelson to resign late [...]

Surprise! Saddam Death Penalty to be Announced Two Days before U.S. Elections

“Power always has to be kept in check. Power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”
— Sen. William Proxmire (1915-2005)

Every chance we get. AP:
The White House said Friday that Vice President Dick Cheney was not talking about a torture technique known as “water boarding” when he said dunking terrorism suspects in water during questioning was a “no-brainer.”
…Earlier, White House press secretary Tony Snow denied that Cheney had endorsed water boarding.
Asked to define a dunk [...]

Does it never end? Now NBC is reportedly refusing to run ads for the documentary about the Dixie Chicks, “Shut Up and Sing.” Before we go on, view the trailer.
Looks good, right? I wish it were released a couple of weeks ago and in wide release instead of only heading to New York and L.A. [...]

(Via BuzzFlash.net and The Law Party)
In a February 1989 raid on a gay escort service, the Secret Service showed up and confiscated key evidence. Law enforcement officials said that involvement of the Secret Service in a local operation was highly unusual and never happened before.
Forget Mark Foley’s electronic dalliances with underage pages and the dozens [...]

Even in the Bay Area, the state’s most solidly Democratic stronghold, Schwarzenegger has pulled slightly ahead of his challenger.
California is about to make a huge mistake in reelecting Gov. Schwarzenegger. It’s like watching a train rushing headlong toward a bridge that has collapsed into a ravine:
State Treasurer Phil Angelides has failed to narrow Gov. [...]

Talk about a concept rendered quaint by the passage of time, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued a ruling yesterday that instructs the state legislature to create marriage-like legal arrangement for same sex couples. The ruling sounds suspiciously like an order to create a “separate but equal” class for gay Americans:
[The] court gives New Jersey [...]

As soon as Schwarzenegger is ensconced in Sacramento for his first full four-year term, he’ll revert to his old ways: Handing the state’s resources over to its financial elite.
The playbook for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s reelection campaign has been clear from the outset:

Ensure that every public appearance is scripted and stage managed in order [...]