Thinking about thereisnospoon's diary up right now, and all of the reasons that Clinton needs to drop out right now for the good of the party, I started thinking about under what conditions that might actually happen.

One factor that we might reasonably expect to sway the Clinton team would be polling that shows a significant shift towards Obama. But something tells me that they are totally committed to seeing Pennsylvania through assuming all other non-polling variables remain constant. Even if he were to be shown ahead in the polls you cant very well drop out after weeks of campaigning and prior to any actual vote taken.

So what might sway them?

Ok folks, (and BTW, if you agree with this idea please hit recommendend. Lets get the message to the top of the list so all those Hill staffers reading the site get the message!)

I just want to repeat what has already been suggested a number of times: The time for bullshitting is over. The Democratic party needs to do a full-blown and permanent freeze of the Fake New Channel.

Plain and simple: Fox is the Pravda of the Republican party and will do, as we have seen time and time again, quite literally anything to get Republicans into office. Thats all they care about, its all they want.

The only way to delegitimize them is to stop appearing on their programs. Each time a democratic politician appears on their program it sends the following message: "this is a place worthy of taking seriously, a place that, thought it may have leanings, is fundamentally more or less a real news organization."

Let's get on our pol's asses: no more bullshit. Freeze out the FNC.

If we do, we absolutely must keep lieberman in the caucus at all costs. Bitching at Reid/leadership for doing this could possibly result in giving the reps control. Joe clearly is looking out for himself and at this point in time it seems like we must do the same by welcoming him back in.

Certainly people like Jeffords or Wiecker have switched from their parties to independent candidacies, but has anyone ever tried to have their cake and eat it too as Lieberman is doing here (and i mean, of course, for a federal senate or house race.)?

Simply put, is Joe's sore Loser move unprecendented? If so I think it is of tremendous importance to the mainstream discussion. Does anyone know the answer? UPDATE: apparently he almost, or sort of, is. See the comments bellow about Senator Javitz being co-nominated by the liberal party and getting crushed in november. Someone should point this out to Joseph. Also, did anyone else catch samantha bee's speculation on the daily show tonight? She is betting that if Loserman loses in november he is going to start his own (presumtively independent) Senate. I cant wait for the Leiberman shadow government.

1) He believes in his heart of hearts he would do a better job than either the republican or democratic nominee.

2) "Most of the people here think that at best, there will be 25 or 30 percent of the Democrats who come out.  That means about five percent of all the registered voters in Connecticut might have the final say as to whether I continue to serve Connecticut and my country in the U.S. Senate.  I think all the voters of the state ought to be able to make that decision.  That's why I've done what I've done today."

also: " And that's what I am saying, one way or another I am going to be on the ballot in November.  I want it to be as a Democratic, as the nominee of the Democratic Party.  If for some reason that doesn't work out, I'm going to be there as Senator Joe Lieberman, individual Democrat asking for their support for reelection."

Reason number 1 is his opinion and we mostly disagree with him, lets think about 2 below.

How do I know this and what do you all need to know? I have a local progressive talk radio show. True, it is only one day a week, but thats better than nothing. The best thing is that I diddnt need connection, money or power to get. Even better, its possible that with very little effort you can get one too within a very small amount of time.

Find out how to take back the airwaves on the flip.

Poughkeepsie, NY - The Progressive Student Caucus (vassarprogress.blogspot.com), a caucus of Vassar student groups and their leaders, has announced its alliance with campus professors in support of the Princeton-based "Filibuster Frist" movement now underway at college campus's around the country (Official Website: FilibusterFrist.com). Universities currently involved in the rapidly growing movement to prevent the elimination of the judicial filibuster through the "nuclear option" include Harvard, Cornell, Georgetown, Howard, Trinity, Stanford, George Washington, Boston College, Tufts, Boston University, Northeastern, Wellesley College, Carleton College, American University and Yale.

    As part of its support of the growing movement the caucus has drafted an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist:

I figured that the kos community would know of resources/contacts in this area and so Im asking for any help you can share.

I would love to work for some organization like the DNC but they certainly dont make it easy on their site to figure out who to contact or whats available!

     What should be clear by now is that Bush is hell bent on invading Iran. He has simultaneously called this "ridiculous" and claimed that all options are on the table. As we all know, thats bush-speak for: give us a month before we tell you some of the details.

These are not for me, a friend wants to know.

Also, does anyone know of other sites where you can get progressive video's/news in video format thats funny. Or, alternatively, anything funny in video format that easy to download?

Does anybody know how to navigate the techinical and/or the political issues involved in setting up such a venture?

Your help would be very much appreciated and will hopefully lead to the success of democratic initiatives in Dutchess County.

It occurred to me that the Kos "Think Tank" could probably uncover substantial links between the managment and ownership of these companies and the administration/major media outlets and/or other interesting information that could be compiled into a report of sorts.

Here is the list: What do you guys know about any of these companies?

This information is from the new federal data library that one of the top diaries was talking about (check the link for verification and many more govt documents)

http://www.fpdsng.com/downloads/top_requests/top_10_individual_awards_04.pdf

I was going to organize this myself via the meetup.com website but it doesnt seem to be functioning well--i can't figure out how to start the group.

Is there anyone who can either do this and get things started or tell me what im doing wrong?

Lets get the ball rolling!

      A very useful and fun thing for the Kos community would be weekly dinners or once/twice weekly discussion groups wherever there are enough Kossacks to warrant it (these, of course, can and should include any other democrats/greens/progressives or other political/fun friends who want to get together and discuss political issues).

      In an time of dwindling community WeeklyKos  will be a great way to make "political" friends--the best type of friends as we know from our net community.

More below the fold...

I am a Junior @ Vassar College in  Poughkeepsie NY, a Philosophy major and president of the Forum for Political Philosophy + member of the United Students Reformation Party with excellent GPA.

If you have contacts or information about important and interesting internships this summer i would really appreciate them!

Thanks!

The importance of this type of venue is obvious--we have already seen how decisions made here can create tidalwaves that can eventually reach the highest reaches of our government. At DailyKos we dont just report the news, we are increasingly helping to make the news both literally, with opinion pieces, and more literally, when we change the conditions under which the rest of the country speaks and acts about politics.

Still, i cant help but feel that something is missing at KOS. We are a community that is connected anywhere and everywhere yet in many ways we are fundamentally disconnected--we have no physical contact and cannot share in the truly important forms of human association that can only happen on a face-to-face level.

(I quote liberally from a professor of mine but thought it better to change his name to a john doe (John Livingston) - he is not aware of this post.)

A Vision for democrats:

        "The realities of global interdependence are challenging traditional principles of national autonomy and sovereignty. Because the international realm is changing so rapidly, democratic citizens must revise their background picture of the world and the place of their nation within it. To do this responsibly, they will need to accept and explore the difficult and unfamiliar concept of a Global Common Good, an idea that when taken seriously, challenges narrow and outdated interpretations of the national interest."
                John Livingston

I quote liberally from a professor of mine but thought it better to change his name to a john doe (John Livingston) because he is not aware that I am posting this.

I think you will find this more helpful than the last which was mainly criticism

Towards a Global Common Good:

        "The realities of global interdependence are challenging traditional principles of national autonomy and sovereignty. Because the international realm is changing so rapidly, democratic citizens must revise their background picture of the world and the place of their nation within it. To do this responsibly, they will need to accept and explore the difficult and unfamiliar concept of a Global Common Good, an idea that when taken seriously, challenges narrow and outdated interpretations of the national interest."
                John Livingston, from his lecture.