Michael Kinsley gets it. He gets the fact that the media can criticize the Bush administration’s arguments against Democrats and for war, especially when the arguments are flat wrong. He gets that Cheney’s attacks on critics consist of flat out false statements. More so, Cheney’s depictions as Democrats as reprehensible, dishonest, corrupt and shameless only […]

Pretty much all of the Democrats in the statewide races we’re covering have embraced a total-state campaign strategy for victory and won’t be sticking to the Democratic strongholds of Baltimore, Howard, Prince George’s, and Montgomery Counties. The good news is that Frederick County, which constitutes a Republican stronghold, has been an early stomping ground for […]

Ever since I first saw him on C-Span, I’ve thought that Joe Biden looked like a President. When I read Biden’s account of how John Kerry asked him not to run, lest it hurt Kerry’s chances, I was angry because I thought Biden’s name should have been out there. Again, this is just because, to […]

In the Cold War, the United States adopted a policy of containment that demanded fighting Communist expansion on every front. We found ourselves fighting in Vietnam to prevent a rival ideology from spreading beyond Vietnam.
This is the logic of Al Qaeda today. They see the establishment of American democracy in Iraq as a potential […]

Scott Shields over at MyDD has a post about a Seattle Times piece about Democratic Rep. Norm Dicks went from being adamantly supporting the war with Iraq to regretting it. Shields focuses primarily on how the White House deceived Congress and the public with its doctored intelligence:
The White House has all but admitted misleading Congress. […]

Philo has already made a clear case why Iraq should be the central theme of any 2006 campaign for the House or Senate. Mfume has already called for a complete withdrawal of US troops within 12 months. Ben Cardin, Mfume’s major primary opponent, has shied away from advocating a set withdrawal date:
Democratic Rep. Ben Cardin, […]

Victory for Democrats running for state and federal level positions hinges on securing high turnout in a few key counties: Howard, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George’s.
Duncan, running for Governor, has criticized past Democratic strategies that have neglected Anne Arundal and Howard counties. He may be right, but Prince George’s (800,000 people, 62.7% […]

This cartoon is exactly why I blog for candidates who will restore America’s moral leadership. It’s sickening that this is the result of the leadership of an American president and vice president. This is not who we are, yet this is why we need a Democratic congress to lead America. What a sad statement […]

The two races we’ve spent the most time discussing for our MD2006 project have been the Sarbanes’ senate seat and the governorship, though we intend on devoting attention to contested congressional races, the Bawlmer mayoral race, state comptroller, and a few important state government races.
The overarching question that we must ask ourselves when commenting on […]

Via Kos:
According to the DCCC, these are the Congressional races in Maryland for 2006.

MD-1: GOP Incumbant Wayne Gilchrest

Challenged by:

Jim Corwin

Jerry Sampson

MD-2: DEM Incumbant Dutch Ruppersberger
MD-3: OPEN SEAT

DEMS Running:

Peter Beilenson

Paula Hollinger

Kevin O’Keeffe

Neil Quinter

John Peter Sarbanes

MD-4: DEM Incumbant Albert Wynn
MD-5: DEM Incumbant Steny Hoyer
MD-6: GOP Incumbant Roscoe Bartlett

Challenged by:

Andrew Duck

Savas Karas

MD-7: DEM Incumbant Elijah Cummings
MD-8: DEM […]