Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

PTSD: One family’s struggle

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Election 2008, Iraq No Comments

Go read the heartbreaking story over on The Political Carnival of a recently-returned soldier from Iraq. I spent the past year comforting Tiffani as best I could, knowing full well…

Aw. Lanny’s Mad

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Election 2008, Uncategorized No Comments

There’s great dialogue on Lanny Davis’ latest post about the four things that Obama supporters have done to aggravate Clinton supporters. I especially liked one commenter’s list of things Hillary…

Clinton’s Project T-Shirt – Now?

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

I just received an email inviting me to vote on my favorite Hillary Clinton t-shirt, and wondered… what is her point, exactly? The finalists are here. Isn’t it a little…

An Alternative Solution to FL and MI?

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Seat the delegations, but move them to the end of the roll call to prevent any last-minute machinations on the convention floor. I’m more or less convinced that if Clinton…

Florida and Michigan Analysis Done Right

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

Required reading. After researching the issue myself and getting ready to write about it for one last time, I found this post by poblano on Daily Kos, which has so…

Iowa: Where it all began

By Karoli May 27, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

After a weekend of sometimes cynical, sometimes negative, and most often, contentious discussion around the Internet, an invitation to visit Iowa on January 3, 2008. This is where the journey…