Progressive Democrat Issue 120: THOUGHTS

Well we have had the first two primary debates. Many criticized the Democratic Debate's format, and felt that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were the clear frontrunners in that debate with Gravel being perhaps the star of the event, but not likely to pick up votes despite that. Edwards has an image issue going partly due to smears from Republicans and partly because he really needs to LOOK a bit more like his blue collar upbringing and less like a lawyer...no offense to lawyers out there, but if you are running as the son of a steelworker who wants to solve poverty, you need to make sure you look the part. And though many liked Gravel, none of the others distinguished themselves enough to compete with the top three. All in all, I think most people find the Democratic candidates pretty darned good overall. And I STILL can't decide who I support.

By contrast, the Republican Debate has been described as little more than an attempt to invoke the Zombie Reagan (not my term! saw it floating around the internet) and to duck blame on Iraq. I looked at right wing sites and found that they thought that Fred Thompson won...because he was the likely candidate who WASN'T there. The general consensus from the right is that McCain won by default but they all came off poorly.

This goes back to my "McCain and the Seven Dwarfs" diary where I hypothesize that the Republicans have squat to offer for 2008. Even the right wing websites like Red State seem to be underwhelmed by their candidates.

Here is this week's newsletter:

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

BUSH IS KILLING THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

BUSH VETOES FUNDING FOR OUR TROOPS

BILL RICHARDSON IN NYC

FIGHTING RIGHT WING TERRORIST ADVOCATES

CALIFORNIA FOCUS: Target Ann Coulter in California

CALIFORNIA GROUPS AND EVENTS

INDIANA FOCUS: Fighting Ann Coulter in Indiana

WISCONSIN FOCUS: Fighting Ann Coulter in Wisconsin

IOWA FOCUS: Have dinner with Democratic Presidential Candidates

MIDWEST GROUPS AND EVENTS

VIRGINIA FOCUS: Fighting Ann Coulter in Virginia

VIRGINIA GROUPS AND EVENTS

NEW JERSEY FOCUS: Global Warming

NEW JERSEY GROUPS AND EVENTS

NYC FOCUS: Bloomberg asks Taxpayers to buy land for rich developers

NYC GROUPS AND EVENTS