does anyone else not find it utterly sickening that we are still deep in 3 fucking wars after all this time? after the fact that our long term finances are utterly appalling? and that there isn't a strong anti retarded war spending wing of congress now? it's clear this country is broken, most likely beyond repair. anyone yelping about government spending cannot be taken seriously if he or she is not strongly advocated a major defense pullback, including ending our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan in the major military presence sense.

U.S. special ops forces are being deployed in more and more nations -- and the public has no idea

Oddly, I think it's too soon to make any judgment about HCR... they probably should have taken parts of it bit by bit... and done single issue legislation.

And it was turnout, not political will, that shifted. Americans voting for Obama - 66 million. Americans voting for Republican congress - 33 million. General election 2008 turnout - 62%. Mid-term election turnout - 44%.


Also, no... Obama has a long list of "promises" of a "change" or (horrid!) even "progressive" agenda that have not been fulfilled... ICE arrests and deportations and much higher rate than under Shrub... guantanamo open and functioning... renditions increased... drone attacks at hugely higher levels... on and on. There perception that Obama has "let down" his base has plenty of evidence. And getting that base out to vote in 2012 is key to our future.

Perry's gonna run through that field like Hannibal into Italy until it's him and Romney. Then it's a matter of what journalist out there can break the Perry-homo story first. I know for a fact there are people digging away at it right now.

Yeah, Bush, Inc. is already talking to male staffers Perry has played around with. Mark my words.

But failing that I can see Romney-Perry, 2012. The Biden/Perry debate could be a hoot.

Better or worse than the Newsweek photo?

the on-gawker at the bottom left makes the photo for me

If he was more balding, I'd SWEAR that was Jon Benjamin.

"I've watched my husband do this to plenty of men....it's can't be THAT hard *choking sound*"

On an unrelated note, this Elizabeth Warren lady is getting every bit of available political press up here...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65186.html

They wait until the next-to-last paragraph to even mention the other candidates' names.

I am incredibly curious to watch her race develope. She seems capable of the impossible - being a liberal who can explain their position forcibly.

Speaking of Walker what's the latest on him? I remember him getting elected with shit-tons of righty support, and then right away he did something that pissed them all off, right? So is he no longer a right wing darling or what?