Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

NewsGang Debate PostMortem

By Karoli February 23, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

Today’s NewsGang was lots of fun! Has John McCain maneuvered himself into a campaign finance corner? Who thinks Hillary Clinton signalled agreement to be Barack Obama’s running mate? What did…

Fear Itself

By Karoli February 22, 2008 Bush Administration, Domestic Policy No Comments

More here and here. Sign the petition here. Technorati Tags: FISA, fear, telecom immunity

Protect America Act and GOP: Telco Pork

By Karoli February 22, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

This is why it is absolutely critical that the House Democrats keep pushing House Republicans to come to the table and negotiate changes to FISA that do not give the…

Just. Wow.

By Karoli February 21, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

The first video is here if you want to see what he’s referring to. h/t Vanessa Technorati Tags: democracy, voting, immigration, passion

Change You Can Believe In?

By Karoli February 21, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

In tonight’s debate, Hillary Clinton said that lifting passages from others’ speeches was not “change you can believe in; it’s change you can Xerox.” Didn’t we all change our terminology…

Live-Blogging Debate

By Karoli February 21, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

Okay, a little bit late to the table here, family called. 5:26 – HRC, how will you address economy? HRC: Revise the tax code, do a ‘trade time out”, get…