I wonder what Eleanor Smeal thinks now?

Flashback: This Is What A Feminist Looks Like It’s not every day Ms. puts a man on its cover. In choosing the cover for this special Inaugural issue, Ms. wanted to capture both the national and feminist mood of high expectations and hope as the 44th President of the United States takes the oath of [...]

It’s time for some fresh blood

Old guard fades from Dem ranks Slowly but surely, the old guard of the House Democratic Caucus is fading. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), with his announcement Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2012, joins a growing list of senior Democrats who have retired or lost races in the last two years. The departures [...]

Spoonville

I decided to drop by Hullabaloo to see what our old friend David Atkins (aka “Spoony”) thought of the Obamacrats decision to abandon the white working class: The New Realignment [...] Less educated whites have been a stumbling block for Democrats for decades. Democrats held them together under the New Deal coalition pretty much until [...]

Ask not what your party can do for you

House Dem: Liberal groups need to back off for party to win in 2012 Liberal groups need to stay out of Democratic primaries if the party is going to retake the House majority, according to a conservative Massachusetts Democrat. Rep. Stephen Lynch was one of several Democrats who faced an aggressive primary challenge from the [...]