Why wasn't Reed called to testify? He sure as hell was up to his eyeballs in the Abramoff con game and was even squeezing Abramoff and Norquist (another criminal) for more money. All three of those guys should be in chains.

BTW, I remember Jack Abramoff, and I think Americans should be reminded about who he is, his connections to Bush and how he represents the criminal depths to which the republican party sunk while in control of this country.

This also slams McCain's "maverick" BS, and that needs to be done at every turn.

We've got a HUGE trail of elephant crap in the bush administration's wake these past eight years. I really think the VP needs serious foreign policy credentials so he can implement foreign policy with a relative degree of autonomy. My choices are:

1. Bill Richardson (with Wesley Clark as Sec. of State).

2. Wesley Clark

3. Joe Biden

We got a lot of heavy lifting to do, and we need someone with the experience and more importantly, the reputation to be taken seriously by our allies and enemies.

Don't worry, you're not alone. As John Elliott so eloquently put it, these people are either PAID or need to change their prescriptions. Or they're stupid beyond belief, which explains a lot of things.

Who knows? We might get the same result. :P

It's simple: frame every domestic program financially in Iraq War time cost. I'm pretty sure there are sites out there doing that.

Here's one (from a 5-second Google search): http://theiraqinsider.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-much-does-iraq-war-cost-per-month.htm

As of 2/28/08, here's a breakdown:

IRAQ

Per Month - $10.3 billion

Per Week - $2.4 billion

Per Day - $343 million

Per Hour - $14 million

Per Minute - $238,425

Per Second - $3,973

The current figures are much higher now, of course.

My uncle used to drink Brew 102. I think they used just enough ingredients to change the color of the water. A true SoCal budget brew.

On the other hand, the Green Death was a rite of passage at my SoCal high school. A domestic import, it seemed there must have been some intrepid Rainier salesman who liked coming down south a lot, because every liquor store seemed to have it (especially the ones that sold to minors). You got used to the taste after about six, then you blew chunks.

Ah, the tender memories of youth.

My bad. There was a 48% figure regarding affirmative action. The issue remains the same: what is the party affiliation of these people?

The highest percentage quoted is 33%. The missing statistic: what percentage are republicans? Cuz they're not voting for Obama anyway.

"On a related note, there is a new Democracy Corps poll showing that the economy, not the war, is the key to keeping the youth vote."

Can't BOTH issues (plus a lot of others) keep the youth vote? There's absolutely no logic underlying that sentence.

Here's another quote from that article you conveniently left out:

"Obama economic advisor Jason Furman said Obama compares his tax plans to Bush's instead of to current law because it draws a clear distinction with Republican Sen. John McCain, who wants to keep all the Bush tax cuts and add even more. According to the Tax Policy Center, McCain's tax plans would increase the national debt by at least $5 trillion over the next 10 years. McCain has said he would balance the budget through massive spending cuts.

Furman said Obama would consider abandoning Democratic promises to cover the cost of extending the Bush tax cuts if it were part of 'a really tough deficit-reduction bill' that significantly improves the nation's grim financial outlook. 'President Bush created this problem. We would put in place rules so it never happens again,' Furman said. 'But a sound budget is based on making realistic promises and sticking to them.' "

How's McCain going to reduce the budget? Sure as hell not through any reductions in military waste. That leaves regulatory programs, social services and infrastructure. McCain, like most republicans, wants to EVISCERATE any positive impact that government can have on the average taxpayer.

After 8 years of charging up the national credit card, we're not getting out of this hole through eliminating government. Tax funds applied to public service programs and transitioning to newer energy technologies is what will change the economic paradigm and give this country a chance to return to greatness.

Obama, in his energy speech, alluded to the fact that the American public will have to sacrifice and make some significant changes in order to achieve the goals necessary to restoring the economy. Anyone who says otherwise is talking out of his ass.

Hamdan was one of the few detainees that willingly provided useful information. No way in hell anyone else will make that mistake.

"You do understand that her respose hurts Obama?"

I'm sure it does among clueless, humorless voters, but they're voting republican anyway.

BTW, Paris Hilton does not equal Barack Obama. Anyone who can't figure that out shouldn't be allowed to drive, let alone vote.

I say let it play. The key to this election is energizing the people who already have a clue.

It's all the pundit BS that happens before and afterwards. There's about a 2 or 3:1 ratio between media spin and actual debate, and that's not good for Obama, not matter how well he performs.

Both Al Gore and John Kerry DESTROYED Bush in their debates, and all you could hear from the pundits was how mean they were and how well Bush did to not crap in his pants.

Henry Waxman represents my district. We need more like him. Boxer can stay too. But Feinstein and Pelosi I will glad oppose.

I don't think so. Even if you buy everything there, it's not worth the weight on your conscience.

Unfortunately, this country is full of clueless shoppers who kneel at the alter of the almighty dollar.