Author: Juliana

MSNBC is airing the DNC Rules Committee meeting live. It’s pretty dry, but I suspect there are a lot of folks watching this.

Lasting Tribute to War Dead | LA Times, Memorial Day, 1968 In 1868, three years after the end of the bloodiest and most traumatic conflict in the nation’s history, the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic ordered that the graves of the late Union dead be suitably decorated on May 30 as a…

Former Georgia Representative Bob Barr was nominated today as the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate. I doubt he’ll put Georgia in play for the Democrats, but it’s always nice to dream. Of course, I could be completely underestimating Georgia’s disenchantment with the GOP.

Lack of Progress in McCain’s Bid Is G.O.P. Concern “They finally assigned someone to West Virginia three weeks ago,” said Doug McKinney, the state Republican chairman there. “I had a couple of contacts with him and I e-mailed him twice and I never heard back. I finally called and they said that the guy had…

We’ve all heard about how Georgia students performed miserably on the CRCT, but apparently.. the State knew it was coming, but did little about it. The state Department of Education knew as early as July 2007 that tens of thousands of sixth- and seventh-graders were on track to bomb on this year’s mandatory social studies…

Clinton and Obama were in Florida today. McCain yesterday. The fight for Florida is back on! Recent polling (polls!) has Clinton beating McCain in the general with the reverse true when Obama is the nominee. With both candidates now vowing to seat the Florida delegates, the DNC Rules Committee should officially vote to seat them…