Blog for Democracy

Category: Campaigns+Elections

  • Too Corrupt for Congress

    Barnes pops Deal in new commercial:

  • 2006

    Well folks, I’m going to try and piece together what we know, and what we don’t know, post-Deal Dump.  I’ve got to admit, this isn’t something I’ve taken much time to consider or really dive into.  If I’m a little slow on the uptake here you’ll have to excuse me as I come up to…

  • Friday Trash? Surely Not.

    Here we are on the Thursday afternoon before Labor Day, and Nathan Deal continues to do his “I’ll reveal my tax returns when I’m good and ready strip tease” while his lawyer defends him. Anyone who’s ever watched the West Wing knows  that more often than not, whatever a politician intentionally releases on Friday is…

  • Fighting Dems 2010?

    Remember the “Fighting Dems“?  Back in 2006, there was a movement spearheaded by Markos Moulitsas et al promoting military veterans (most of them OIF and OEF vets) running for Congress.  Granted, only 5 of the House candidates won, but that cohort notably included folks like Joe Sestak, Tammy Duckworth, and Jim Webb, all of whom…

  • Certainly Not

    The RGA is investing hundreds of thousands of dollars on television advertising in Georgia, so you’d think that every word, every frame, every image was carefully chosen, not only the actual content but the the feelings and associations the images and words evoke. Nevertheless, I’m sure they meant no harm in their latest creation when…

  • Phil Kent’s Pants Are On Fire