Why the Democrats are afraid of Howard Dean (tags)
Both power centers of the Democratic establishment — the Kennedy left and the Clinton middle — are frantic at the prospect of losing control of their party to Howard Dean. They fear a McGovernesque debacle that would hand the G.O.P. a super-majority in the Senate.
Is Dean the Blackest White Candidate We Can Find? (tags)
It's a given that black candidates are unelectable. So who's the most black-friendly white candidate the Democrats have to offer?
Kookcinich gets a big fat zero from South Carolina Democrats (tags)
Looks like Dennis "Seabiscuit" Kookcinich is having some problems getting out of the starting gate.
AP: House Rejects Airport Security Plan (tags)
By a 214-218 vote, House Republicans lined up with Jefferson Davis Ossama bin Laden against the great Satan of the US government. They rejected the unanimous bipartisan Senate bill that would have federalized 28,000 airport security positions. Florida Republican. John Mica, said he was determined "not to create the biggest bureaucracy in the history of a generation." Democratic leader Dick Gephardt asked, "Do you want to contract out the Capitol olice?" Gephardt asked his colleagues. Do you want to contract out the U.S. Marines? If it is good enough for us, it is good enough for the American people."