BILBO: Every Democrat Should be Thankful for Bill Halter
Tyler Bilbo, Yellow Dog Democrat
Blanche Lincoln’s vulnerability transcends the ideological preferences of Arkansas’s conservative electorate. For the sake of keeping Lincoln’s seat in Democratic hands, Bill Halter cannot afford to feed into an ideological dichotomy that distracts voters from Lincoln’s corrupt presence in Washington. Even if Halter does play into this liberal vs. conservative game, however, his primary will ultimately help Lincoln by making her appear more conservative in the general election.
SIEFF: On California Part 3: The Governorship
Adam Sieff, Liberal
On Thursday, a Daily Kos-Research 2000 poll released numbers on the state’s upcoming gubernatorial race: Jerry Brown (D) leads Meg Whitman (R), but only barely. Adam Sieff takes a closer look at this year’s California gubernatorial race and its longer term implications.
HOLLINSHEAD: Dems Need Their Own Attack Machine
Kevin Hollinshead, Progressive
The Democrats need to go on the offensive on health care reform.
ROGERS: Obama’s Vote of Confidence – America’s First
By Conor Rogers, Moderate Republican
If Congress can’t pass healthcare, America may find itself in a situation like we’ve never seen before – a President dealt a no confidence vote by a system that has no remedy for the situation.
CUEVAS: Theatrical Redemption
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
In light of The Hurt Locker’s success at the Academy Awards on Sunday, Cuevas reflects upon popular culture’s portrayal of war.
PETERSON: California’s Catch-22
Tim Peterson, Independent
Unfortunately for Californians, the current politicians would rather be elected than effectively solve the budget problem, and cater to voters’ conflicting wants as opposed to serving up their own menu.
BARON: What Progressive Strategy?
Noah Baron, Religious Progressive
I would much rather have one more moderate Democrat in the Senate and a Democratic majority than a failed progressive Democratic candidate, and no majority at all.
ROGERS: But Is It Inevitable?
By: Conor Rogers, Republican
The big question surrounding the gay rights movement seems to not even have been asked yet: What if the Internet Generation gets more socially conservative as it grows up?
McCAFFREY: The Most Expensive Violin
Kathleen McCaffrey, Libertarian
No healthcare system is perfect. However, the way to debate healthcare reform is not through dueling anecdotal evidence.
CARPENTER: The Democrats’ Western Blues
Emma Carpenter, Columnist
Ideology: Liberal | Writing from: University of Colorado – Boulder
Starting in 2004, with the election of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar, the west steadily got bluer and bluer. By [...]
HOLLINSHEAD: Boy’s Health Insurance Company a Real ‘Death Panel’
Kevin Hollinshead, Progressive
Five year-old Kyler VanNocker of Edgewater Park, NJ has neuroblastoma, a rare and deadly type of childhood cancer that attacks the nervous system, leaving his body riddling his body with tumors. But Kyler’s health insurance company denied him the proven-effective treatment and decided to place their profits above a doctor’s opinion. To deny Kyler coverage was to prescribe his death.
NEAL: Profile in Courage – Senator Jim Bunning
Malik Neal, Conservative – Debut Column
Political courage can come in some strange packages, but no matter how the package is wrapped, the contents are still good news for citizens. Jim Bunning, whose Senate career has not been otherwise particularly noteworthy, lately shines like a supernova.
CUEVAS: A Force to be Reckoned With
Jesse-Justin Cuevas, Independent
The power of the editorial is assessed by Jesse-Justin Cuevas, a recent college graduate and aspiring journalist.
MARIN: RE: The Right to Struggle — The Fair Struggle
Paul Marin reflects on “the right to struggle,” the tradeoffs its entails, and the fair balance between the right to struggle and its costs in a response article to Conor Rogers’ “The Right To Struggle.”
PETERSON: The “Terrorist” Label: A Cursory Exercise
Tim Peterson, Socratic
Following Andrew Joseph Stack III’s February 18th attack on an IRS building in Austin, Texas, many have asked: did Stack commit a terrorist attack and was he, in fact, a terrorist? Indeed, the pecking over the terrorist label is a superficial debate that buries the more dire discussion of issues.