Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

State of the Race 5/1/2008

By Karoli May 1, 2008 Election 2008, Uncategorized No Comments

Full results, along with the delegate breakdown by state for the upcoming primaries. Technorati Tags: Obama, Clinton, Democrats, delegates, stateoftherace

John McCain’s Challenge

By Karoli May 1, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

To see if he could get any health insurer to cover him, especially with his pre-existing conditions. If so, how much would it cost? Chris Weigant: John McCain should be…

The Swiftboat is out of gas

By Karoli May 1, 2008 Barack Obama, Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Evan Bayh really has nothing to worry about with regard to his concerns that the GOP will try to swiftboat Barack Obama. We have seen a veritable swiftboating frenzy in…

MOMocrats ask REAL debate questions; Obama answers

By Karoli April 30, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

After the ridiculous debate on ABC, readers and writers over at MOMocrats alike were outraged. While countless prime-time minutes were spent on pins and pastors, we were robbed of an…

Kyla’s Story and why we should care

By Karoli April 30, 2008 Domestic Policy, Election 2008 No Comments

Momocrats has the text of Kyla’s testimony before the Texas State Legislature, about her daughter’s life-threatening condition, the deficiencies of employer-provided insurance, and the direct impact that the veto last…

Miles from Nowhere

By Karoli April 29, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008 No Comments

They certainly don’t portray accurately my values and beliefs. And if Reverend Wright thinks that that’s political posturing, as he put it, then he doesn’t know me very well. And…