Evangelicals Undertow Drowning Republican Bastion

This video interview of author Frank Schaeffer by Rachel Maddow is worth a listen to if you want some insight into the Evangelical power hold over the Republican Party.

It was aired back in September in the lead up to the November election. In it, the former Evangelical turned critic Schaeffer describes the cultish undertow drawing the Republican Party away from what many of us call reality into "La-La land." Schaeffer says he knows of no Republican brave enough to bark down the mad dogs for whom anything good is bad because they seek negative feedback to reinforce their belief that America is being punished for its "sinfulness".

Nancy Pelosi Should Listen to Karl Rove

In this editorial, activist Medea Benjamin criticizes Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi for failing to meet with her constituents because of time constraints, yet observing that Pelosi has been attending fundraiser and coffee clutches in So-Cal and other Western states.

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DNC Strips Florida Of 2008 Delegates

The DNC has jumped on Florida organizers who pushed up their nomination date. The DNC is experiencing a bit of chaos an unruliness from its state satellites and this time stripped the state of its delegates. The article also suggests that we might see the GOP do the same thing as more and more states try to increase influence on the 2008 election

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