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teddy20 commented on the diary post Gabrielle Giffords to step down this week. by Teddy Partridge.
I wonder why she used the techniques of a campaign commercial in this video? That bothered me, and I couldn’t watch it all the way to the end.
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teddy20 commented on the diary post Occupy Boise: Democracy Visits the Idaho Legislature by sagesse.
Good job, y’all. Stay strong.
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teddy20 commented on the diary post Kansas HS Student Won’t Apologize to Governor for Tweet by Teddy Partridge.
I think Emma Sullivan’s tweet was sort of dumb and gratuitous, but I sure am glad she won’t be writing a letter of apology for it. I hope she won’t get a lot of hostility from people over this, but she seems like a person who wouldn’t let that bother her anyway. Congratulations, Emma.
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teddy20 commented on the blog post Obama Punts Keystone Pipeline Decision Until After 2012 Election
It could be he’s already decided to kill the pipeline but wants to wait until after the election before announcing the “official” decision, thus minimizing backlash from the right. If this is true, it’s certainly a calculating, political way to do business, but not as cynical as the scenario most of the posters here are foreseeing. We’ll see, I guess.
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teddy20 commented on the blog post Grijalva Statement Opposing the Bill He Voted For Yesterday
The Reid bill was not going to pass the House, so in my opinion any position taken on it by Democrats (Progressive and otherwise) was not going to be as meaningful as it would on a vote where the outcome was in doubt. I do think it’s odd that not even one member of the Progressive Caucus stood up and opposed the Reid bill, if only because it would have been a good opportunity to get some attention as a lone defender of progressive values, and most politicians jump at the chance to “stand out” when the down side for doing so seems minimal. Jane Hamsher’s explanation for why no self-described House Progressives opposed the Reid bill is that they’re not truly progressive, but are instead corrupt, cowardly sell-outs. Maybe. But even if that’s true, it seems to me the temptation for any one of them to oppose that bill on an essentially meaningless vote — to grandstand, in a sense — would have been very great. Yet none did so. If they are as cowardly as Jane says, here was the perfect opportunity to camouflage that cowardice with a show of “principle”, at no cost.
I’m honestly not sure what conclusion to draw from the fact that not even one member broke from the Progressive Caucus on what turned out to be a meaningless vote. You’d think political opportunism alone would have led somebody to oppose the bill. Maybe the discipline in that caucus is better than I would have imagined. Is it even possible the Democrats (and indirectly the Progressives) got something good (?) in the final bill in return for a show of party unity on the Reid vote? (Or they got something bad left out of the final bill.) Maybe I’m over-thinking this, and they’re all as venal and awful as Jane says. I’ll be interested (sort of) to read the history of this episode. -
teddy20 commented on the blog post Kloppenburg Declares Victory by 204 Votes in Wisconsin
Don’t forget to raise a glass to Ian Murphy. All this may not have happened without his contribution.
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teddy20 commented on the blog post Kloppenburg Declares Victory by 204 Votes in Wisconsin
Word. (Do people still say that?)
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teddy20 commented on the blog post WI Supreme Court Election Liveblog
This is a good list. Even so, sometimes we still win.
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teddy20 commented on the diary post Poor Minnesotans to be Barred from Carrying Cash by Teddy Partridge.
Here are a couple relevant passages from HF 171, as of 3/17: “Subdivision 1. Electronic benefit transfer or EBT debit card. (a) Electronic benefit transfer (EBT) debit cardholders in the general assistance program and the Minnesota supplemental aid program under chapter 256D and programs under chapter 1.13256J are prohibited from withdrawing cash from an automatic [...]
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