Once again from the USA Today Vote Summary Page, I do a little addition (this time with 100% of votes counted). Total Votes by Candidate Obama 645,990 Clinton 452,774 McCain 224,186 Huckabee 151,162 Total Votes by Party Democrats 1,111,326 Republicans 409,207 So once again, turnout on the Dem side overwhelmed Republican turnout entirely. The other interesting thing to note is that, even though McCain is acknowledged to be the only Republican with a chance of winning the election, Huckabee took 37% of the Wisconsin vote, and in Washington Huckabee took 22% while Romney, who isn’t in the race any more, … Continue reading →

Among last week’s good news, of course, was the fact that the House Democrats refused to blink. House Defies Bush on Wiretaps …White House officials and their allies were angry that the Democrats did not “blink,” as one outside adviser said. The decision to defy the White House came in the form of a weeklong adjournment of the House yesterday afternoon…. I wanted to share this bit of an excellent letter to President Bush from Chairman Reyes. Dear Mr. President: The Preamble to our Constitution states that one of our highest duties as public officials is to

Huge congratulations to Donna Edwards on her victory in Maryland yesterday. She’ll be a strong progressive leader in the House of Representatives. This is one important step in the campaign for not only more Democrats, but better Democrats.

We were listening to MSNBC last night, and they were discussing patterns in the Super Tuesday voting. We usually watch parts of Tweety and all of Countdown, and I don’t recall exactly which two talking heads were on at that moment, but the two white men who were speaking were very excited that Obama had gotten a couple points more among white men than Clinton had. Now I’m impressed and happy that there seems to be so little of a racist effect among white Democratic voters. But the excitement they expressed was over the top. “Democrats have had such a … Continue reading →

So, I listened to John’s resignation speech. He sounded very upbeat, though I thought I saw Elizabeth wipe her eyes a couple of times (I did that myself). He didn’t say why he’s dropping out. It seems odd when he was so gung-ho for continuing recently, even purchasing TV ads, and planning for Thursday’s debate. I really hope all is well with the family. And he didn’t say anything about his long-term plans, only that he remains completely committed to his causes, and that he was going off to work with Habitat for Humanity for the day (building houses in … Continue reading →