Remember, right after 9-11 when the big Republican talking point was "thank god the grown-ups are in charge"?
Doesn't have quite the same ring today.read more

Brooks neglects to mention that Lieberman brought the wrath of his own party on himself, not only by making out with President Bush but by repeatedly bashing fellow Democrats on Fox News.read more

A lot of progressive Democrats insist that we must claim the flag for our own. Think of the Bill of Rights, think of the Statue of Liberty, think of the ideals of democracy our country stands for. I like that attitude. But this year, as a private citizen, I didn’t have the energy for it. read more

The Bush Administration uses the specter of terrorism to justify government secrecy and spying, suspension of due process, wiretapping, phone-record and bank data collection, and prosecution of the press for reporting on all of this.read more

It is getting harder to hold these casualties at a distance. And it is getting harder to believe that this waste of young lives is somehow making America safer.read more

The official who made the comment came from Pepperdine University. By installing ideologues like these at every level of the federal government, the President has given over public policy and diplomacy to the lunatic fringe. read more

Beware trend journalism, whether it’s Newsweek on the prospects of unmarried women or The New Yorker on the need for Democrats to abandon principle.read more

A neighbor of mine, back on a short leave from an 18-month tour as a National Guardsman in Iraq, expressed disgust with the Iraqis. That alienated feeling is mutual.read more

All the nonsense about NSA spying gives people the vague idea that the government is keeping bin Laden on the run.read more

If stalling is a viable strategy, why be surprised that some Dems are even promoting losing as a winning prospect?read more

Democrats can't have it both ways. They can't say that Bush's actions are egregious, and then say that censure for those actions is beyond the pale.read more

A big, bold message about democratic values, high-quality education, opportunity, and economic justice could have tremendous power. But the people who will carry that message are the people the party has come to ignore.read more

Too poor to benefit from massive capital gains tax cuts? Not a captain of industry who stands to gain millions from tax shelters, incentives, and deregulation? Now you, too, can get $100!read more

Is anti-Lieberman sentiment in Connecticut so strong that Democratic voters will come out in droves just to say no to Joe?read more

"If you make your politics a matter of waiting to see what the other fellow will do, you have already lost the argument, or the election. And it is this kind of pussyfooting on the part of the Democratic Party that has led us into this morass."read more