Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

McCain’s Coastal Flip-Flop = Global Disaster

By Karoli June 23, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Lois Capps held a conference call today to discuss the Bush/McCain response to $140/barrel oil. Before I share the high points of the call, I…

FISA, Fox and Obama

By Karoli June 21, 2008 Barack Obama, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

“In our country, I have found that this cooperation happens not because we agree on everything, but because behind all the labels and false divisions and categories that define us;…

FISA: Democrats Capitulate to the GOP – Where’s Obama?

By Karoli June 20, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Silent, that’s where. On a day where he announces (wisely) that he will decline public funding, the Democrats in Congress bow backwards to the GOP and say ‘put it right…

It’s the Constitution, Stupid!

By Karoli June 18, 2008 Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy No Comments

I caught a few minutes of Dan Abrams’ broadcast on MSNBC where the heads were flapping about the differences in attitude between Barack Obama and John McCain on the recent…

Leadership in Action

By Karoli June 15, 2008 Barack Obama, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

“there is no problem we cannot solve…” What first attracted me to Barack Obama’s candidacy was the possibilities that I saw in his grass-roots bottom-up system of community organization. Here…

McCain-Obama Tax Proposals, Crunched

By Karoli June 13, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Here’s a screen capture of the bottom line numbers, as crunched by CNN. The entire video is available on Mother Jones blog. This further illustrates the point I was making…