Blog for Democracy

Month: January 2010

  • What next after Massachusetts?

    Massachusetts Democrats — most especially Martha Coakley — have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory and managed to give away a U.S. Senate seat that had been held by Democrats for more than half a century. With Republican Scott Brown headed to Washington, let’s speculate on what some of the long-term effects might be.

  • MA Senate predictions open thread

    Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat will be filled today. Ataru’s prediction is that it won’t be filled by Martha Coakley, who has tried very hard to lose what should have been an unlosable race with such startling gambits as misspelling ‘Massachusetts’ and calling Red Sox hero Schilling a Yankees fan. The weather forecast is bad, meaning…

  • It’s Time to Reevaluate Our Haiti Policy

    In the last week or so, we’ve been presented with many harrowing stories of the disaster in Haiti. Though the situation is bleak (with the Haitian government estimating up to 200,000 dead) there have also been a number of stories showcasing the compassion and generosity of the more fortunate. Of particular note, the American government’s…

  • Local YD recovering from surgery

    I think many readers of this blog will be familiar with Daniel Fullerton, a Young Democrat who has been active with the Atlanta and DeKalb chapters as well as the state organization for many years. Those of us who know him on Facebook have been following his recovery from heart bypass surgery last Monday. YD…

  • Celebrating the Dream

    It’s a little overwhelming when you really think about it, but Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born a little over 81 years ago. If not for that fateful day in April, he could still just easily be amongst us today. Considering the amount of work that his former aides and lieutenants (the likes…

  • Labor Politics

    The 7th Annual AFL-CIO King Holiday Interfaith Human Rights Prayer Breakfast (yes, that’s a mouthful) was this morning and while all four Democratic gubernatorial candidates were in attendance, only Roy Barnes spoke. Not even Thurbert Baker, the first African-American Attorney General in Georgia, got to speak. Of course, it’s completely possible that the three other…