And I'm not talking politics. I'm talking about how Republicans love (and steal) the music of liberal performers. Senate candidate Chuck DeVore (R-CA) got burned for using for using altered-lyric…
One of the continuing stories/themes these days is just what effect, short-term and long-term, the Tea Party movement will have on American politics in general, and the Republican Party specifically.…
This story has apparently been bouncing around for a few weeks, but has just recently come to my attention. It's no secret that many old guard, big money Republicans have…
Remember how, not long ago, Republicans were saying how bad the health care reform bill was because it was created through "backroom deals"? And remember how a lot of smart…
Anyone who's been around this site lately should recognize the title of this post. It's the little signature that commenter anonone has been putting at the end of his comments.…
Despite all the stories of the GOP resurgence, the possible implementation of an RNC purity test has bigger implications for the Republican Party. Members of the conservative group within the…
What's a liberal to do except watch as Republicans eat their own. And I'm not even getting into the NY-23 race. First we have Dobbs vs Rivera. Rivera accuses Dobbs…
James Carville's political polling organization, Democracy Corps, released a very interesting report last week (warning: PDF). They surveyed the base of the Republican party and found that they had a different understanding of the world than the rest of the U.S. It's a much more paranoid view.
Bruce Bartlett's piece at the Daily Beast is well worth your time. For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Bartlett here's a brief synopsis: Bruce Bartlett was one of the…
Electing the first black President was always going to shake things up, or, rather dig things up, but I really wasn't prepared for the in-your-face racism spewing out of Republicans. …
Sometimes we have people that aren't really liberal show up at Drinking Liberally. Tyler Nixon came out to the last one, and in the past we have had a few…
Sorry, I can't claim credit for that title. It comes from a Newsweek article about the writings of an influential British conservative, Henry Fairlie. He predicted the state of today's…