If you were around in 2006, you might have seen my Taking Back the House State-by-State series.  Well, this year, I've gotten a bit more ambitious.  Anyway, take a jump with me, and let's just see...

ALABAMA!

Hey there Friends!

As you may know, I am a long-time Kossack (UID 3725) and one of the owners of Eclecticity, Chicago's Snazziest Store, and really, one of the bluest stores I know of: we advertise on Air America, we host benefits for blue candidates and blue causes.  We're blue through and through.  

We've been having a hard time in this sudden turn of the economy, and are now looking for your help to keep our heads above water.  

I'm not terribly comfortable coming here and asking for help, but I remember what Gary Trauner told me at the Daily Kos Convention in Chicago.  People came up to him after the election and told him if they knew how close it was, they would have come out and vote, or volunteer, or helped out in various different ways.  

We're a blue community, and we help our own.  

So, in that spirit, let me tell you how you can help us and be the coolest kid on the block doing it

OK, he's not a governor and he's not a general.  But, a solid progressive liberal with strong finance and foreign affairs cred.  From the Florida 19th, a strong blue district of Jewish wealthy people including Coral Springs and Boca Raton, will help Obama with the Jewish community, a community that is 92% Democratic yet oddly leery of Obama.  Also, it couldn't hurt to have a strong Floridian on the ballot.

I like Sebelius.  I like Richardson.  I like Clark.  But, more and more, I'm coming to like Wexler.  I know Congressmen don't often go into the Number 2 spot, but, really, why not?

What do you think?

Hey there Friends!

As you may know, I am a long-time Kossack (UID 3725) and one of the owners of Eclecticity, Chicago's Snazziest Store, and really, one of the bluest stores I know of: we advertise on Air America, we host benefits for blue candidates and blue causes.  We're blue through and through.  

We've been having a hard time in this sudden turn of the economy, and are now looking for your help to keep our heads above water.  

I'm not terribly comfortable coming here and asking for help, but I remember what Gary Trauner told me at the Daily Kos Convention in Chicago.  People came up to him after the election and told him if they knew how close it was, they would have come out and vote, or volunteer, or helped out in various different ways.  

We're a blue community, and we help our own.  

So, in that spirit, let me tell you how you can help us and be the coolest kid on the block doing it

Hey there Friends!

As you may know, I am a long-time Kossack (UID 3725) and one of the owners of Eclecticity, Chicago's Snazziest Store, and really, one of the bluest stores I know of: we advertise on Air America, we host benefits for blue candidates and blue causes.  We're blue through and through.  

We've been having a hard time in this sudden turn of the economy, and are now looking for your help to keep our heads above water.  

I'm not terribly comfortable coming here and asking for help, but I remember what Gary Trauner told me at the Daily Kos Convention in Chicago.  People came up to him after the election and told him if they knew how close it was, they would have come out and vote, or volunteer, or helped out in various different ways.  

We're a blue community, and we help our own.  

So, in that spirit, let me tell you how you can help us and be the coolest kid on the block doing it

Hey there Friends!

As you may know, I am a long-time Kossack (UID 3725) and one of the owners of Eclecticity, Chicago's Snazziest Store, and really, one of the bluest stores I know of: we advertise on Air America, we host benefits for blue candidates and blue causes.  We're blue through and through.  

We've been having a hard time in this sudden turn of the economy, and are now looking for your help to keep our heads above water.  

I've never done this before, and I'm not terribly comfortable doing it now, but I remember what Gary Trauner told me at the Daily Kos Convention in Chicago.  People came up to him after the election and told him if they knew how close it was, they would have come out and vote, or volunteer, or helped out in various different ways.  

We're a blue community, and we help our own.  

So, in that spirit, let me tell you how you can help us and be the coolest kid on the block doing it.

OK.  McCain first.  

Hey, John, wanna wrap up the election right now?  I've got the secret for you.  Ready?  Sitting down?  Got the digitalis ready?

MCCAIN/CLINTON - Yes, that's right, get those 18 million voters.  Sure, you'll piss off some Republicans, but, John, they don't like you anyway.  And, Hillary, if you want to be VP, here's your ticket... you were a lot more supportive of a McCain presidency than an Obama presidency from the beginning.  You want a ticket that passes the Commander-in-Chief test, here it is.  I hope you guys are happy together.

And on the other side of the fence...

Ready to show you're serious about Change?

Obama/Clooney '08.  Yes, you heard me.  Sure, there are lots of Hollywoodians who would be good on the ticket, but he's already come out about the drugs and the women, and, face it, he's really really good looking.  And nice lefty porgressive values, he's got em.  Plus, this shows he's not hostile to white men.  Especially those trying to save Darfur.

Seriously... think outside the box... who do you think the candidates should pick for VP?  Really?

Yes, there are people out there, people of both genders, btw, who say that, if (when) Obama is our candidate, they, Hillary supporters that they are, will vote for McCain, not vote, or encourage Hillary to run third party.

And that's bad and wrong.  Of course it is.  The people who will vote for someone who opposes your candidate 95% of the time, rather than someone who agrees with your candidate 95% of the time, or encourage the like-minded candidate's loss in favor of the opposing candidate's victory, is sheer idiocy.  And the stakes are awfully high.

But.

Am I the only one who remembers the LEGION of Obama supporters who said that they would vote for the opposition, or sit out the election, if Hillary was the nominee?

And that was supposed to be OK?

Come on.  It shouldn't matter whose ox is being GOREd.  We're all Democrats, and it's time to kiss and make up.  No matter WHO the nominee is... even if SHE does pull off a miracle... or even if HE does coast to the nomination.

Let's stop saying bad things about Hillary, and those people who would rather vote for her that anyone else.  We are all Democrats after all.

Obama is an incredible phenomenon.  And Clinton is, too.  In many ways, Clinton is the more impressive.  After all, when this thing was hers to lose, knowing that whoever goes negative first loses, Clinton starts a series of bizarre attacks designed, primarily, to shoot herself in the foot.  She then has her husband load up, and shoot her in the foot.  Then, whilst hopping around, she has her surrogates, one by one, line up, and shoot her in the foot.  And, when it becomes clear that she really has no chance whatsoever to salvage what was once a shoo-in, she continues hiphopping around, shooting herself in the foot.  Oh, to be sure, Obama got some shrapnel as collateral damage as he was often in close proximity to the foot-shootin, but really, he's come out of this sparkling.

I love these things!  I loved when, just after Mark Warner declared that he was running for Virginia's Senate seat, CQ Politics was referring to the current senator (a Republican) as Senator John Warner (D).  Yeah.  We're gonna take that seat.  

But today, I was looking for news on "superdelegates" and what headline pops up?  From Las Cruces - El Paso - Juarez...

Link
Bill Clinton woes Cal. superdelegates
KDBC, TX - 24 minutes ago
He went to a California state Democratic convention there today to woo superdelegate support for his wife. The former president told the convention that ...

Woos?  Woes?  What's the difference when it comes to Clinton?  Hahahhahaha!

Well, that's it, isn't it?  Have sex with a hooker, and, if you're a Democrat, you can be impeached.  If you're a Republican, well, it's ok.  Because they're the party of VALUES.

But torture is ok.  And an illegal war is fine.  And warrantless wiretapping is good too.

But, boy, if you're a Democrat, you'd better watch your zipper, cuz it'll get you impeached faster than you can say RECOUNT.

Maybe it's time for the Dems in Congress to wake up and learn a thing or two from the minority party.  Good God, they have like a zillion seat disadvantage in New York, but watch 'em squawk!

And the reddies in the Senate gum up the works left and right too.

But when we were in the minority, we played nice.  Hell, we're in the majority, and we're playing nice.

How bout this?

You try to impeach Spitzer and we try to impeach Bush.  Quid pro quo.

Or maybe y'all are just spineless wimps and you like Republicans kicking your ass up and down the map, and it just doesn't matter if they're a massive majority or a teensyweensy minority?

Well, what are ye?

I was late coming to Hillary.  Mere days before Superduper Tuesday, I just didn't care who won the Democratic Primary.  We had rockstars.  They had rocks.  But, in the last debate, she won me over.  The cool confidence.  The smooth answers.  Health care for everyone.  Mortgage relief.  Help the poor.  Help the sick.  Help the elderly.  OK.  

Plus, I just never got over Obama and his giving his stage and his microphone to a homophobe.  I'm not over it now.  I'm not going to get over it.  You can't get over it, if it's you and people like you that are getting thrown to the dogs.  His letter didn't sway me... it just took the bile from my mouth.

But, even so.

Hillary, it's time to go.

Yes, it's true.  As incredible as Obama's numbers have been, you're gonna need a lot more of them now.  With McCain out of the race, all those Republicans in open primary states can vote for Hillary with a clear conscience.  In fact, since the writing was on the wall yesterday, she probably got a nice boost in both Texas and Ohio.

There have to be WAAAAAAAAAAAY more Democrats voting in Democratic primaries, and, if Obama's got 55% of Democratic votes now and calling it a win, he's not gonna do anything against 45% of Democrats for Clinton and all the DittoHeads and other Conservatives who reeeeeeeeeally don't want to run against him.

Turnout, Turnout, Turnout.

And maybe an olive branch.

What about an Obama/Clinton ticket?

Friends --

There's a special election coming up on 3/8 to replace Denny Hastert.  Our guy is Bill Foster, a scientist, and attendee at the last Yearly Kos.  He seems to be a decent sort... he wants to end the war and bring the troops home... he wants affordable and sustainable energy... and he wants to take the 14th Congressional District back for the Dems.  

On the other side is the Odious Oberweis of dairy fame... our very own Tom Tancredo of the Midwest, except that he likes illegal immigrants just fine when they're cleaning his restaurants for him.

The latest polling I can find shows Oberweis at 45 and Foster at 43.  This is a race we can make THE difference in.  Contribute Here!

OK, I wanted Romney to do better.  I wanted Pera to do better.  But, big picture, the BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME for last night was for our two great candidates to basically split the delegates.  Oh, I know you wanted this to be a Barackathon, a PhenOBAMAon or whatever you call it.  And I know that, as a recent Hillary convert, I don't carry a lot of weight when I sing from the rafters that we should all be popping our champagne corks.  But, take a second and put on your We're-All-Democrats Hat.

Can anyone help make calls and stuff?  Is anyone in district?  This is going to go down to the wire and the great turn-out today has to be good for Mark!  This is a race we can make a difference in!  

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I can't believe I'm writing this diary.  I really can't.  First let me tell a little history.

UPDATE:  Woof!  Number 1!  Thanks guys!

OK.  I'm a Dodd person.  And Dodd dropped out.  And then I was an Edwards person.  Then Edwards dropped out.  And now, it's down to Clinton and Obama.  And I just don't care who wins.  I don't.  I see really good things about both of 'em.  I see really irritating things about both of em.  Hillary's my gender.  Barack's my hometown kid.  One of 'em is going to win.  I don't care which one.  I just don't.  Whoever wins is gonna have my support as soon as this is over.

But it ain't over yet.