Bang the Drum

rants and ramblings of a political junkie

Gas Tax Holiday: The Crux of the Matter

By Karoli May 3, 2008 Domestic Policy No Comments

Memo to Old Guard Party Hacks

By Karoli May 2, 2008 Election 2008 No Comments

In response to your memo of 5/2/2008: Hillary Clinton is not running against John McCain today. She is running against Barack Obama, for the nomination for President so that one…

To Omid Memarian – Yes, We Can

By Karoli May 2, 2008 Barack Obama, Election 2008, Foreign Policy No Comments

Omid Memarian is a blogger in Iran, who is writing extensively about the presidential election campaign in English and Farsi. He confirms some facts that I know from my own…

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…