I am wondering if anybody on here lives in New Hampshire's first Congressional district represented by Democrat Carol Shea-Porter.  The reason I am asking is that new polls out show her beating one candidate(John Stephen), but trailing the other(former Rep. Jeb Bradley).  
http://www.politico.com/...

I am thinking that anyone who lives in this district should grab a Republican primary ballot on September 9th and vote for John Stephen, who is almost certainly the weaker candidate.  

Posted at Politico yesterday, Ben Smith pushes a piece arguing that the current media cycle doesn't benefit... wait for it.... JOHN MCCAIN.

Let’s look at some the events of the last few days, to see what they have in common:

1. Dennis Kucinich introduced a single new article of impeachment against the president, for his and his administration’s lying us into a disastrous and illegal war;

2. Karl Rove not only failed to appear before the HJC on Thursday after being subpoenaed, but he skipped the country without notifying Congress(!);

3. Nancy Pelosi, in her signature style (vague, ambiguous, and vague again), made a statement which seemed to leave the door open for impeachment hearings hearings (back on the table?);

4. I, Adam Sullivan, filed well in excess of the number of required petition signatures to gain ballot access for the Democratic primary here in NYC, where...

I thought transparency was the cornerstone of the Obama campaign.

Last year, he even introduced a bill to mandate presidential candidates identify their bundlers.

It looks like that policy has been "refined".

Today's NYT reports “
In March, “after months of requests from the Chicago Sunday Times,
the Obama campaign released a roster of nearly 300 people
on its National Finance Committee to the Newspaper.  But the
 campaign declined this week to release a more recent roster to
 the New York Times.“
http://www.nytimes.com/...

Maybe it is just me. Did anyone else wonder what transpired in early February causing Mitt Romney to suddenly suspend his presidential election campaign? Just as he enjoyed the near unanimous support of talk radio’s conservative elite and the secular right, He threw in the towel! When speaking before CPAC, he put aside his prepared speech which had been distributed to the press and he unexpectedly withdrew from the race. He is said to have spent $40 million dollars of his own money on the race. Why quit?

What was the Deal??

Markos, you addressed this district last year, it deserves some more attention.  There is a new challenger in the race for Florida's 10th district, Mayor Bob Hackworth.  A staunch opponent of telecom immunity and already established as a successful politician in the district, Hackworth is the only one of the three democratic challengers who has actually held public office, twice elected to the City Commission and elected as Mayor of Dunedin, Fl. He also helped make Dunedin only the 3rd Florida city to be considered "green". This is a seat that democrats CAN win in November.  With groundbreaking officially beginning on the new Walter Reed, now is a perfect time to hit Republican incumbent C.W. Young hard on his failure to alert congress to what he knew to be poor conditions at the old medical center.  

Odd. Barack Obama has shown him self to be well within the current view points of Democratic Senators - and I ain't talking Bayh, the Nelsons, Conrad, Pryor or .. [edited] one of the more conservative Democratic Senators, Jim Webb as the markers for where Obama ends up in the political spectrum. [Webb is not a liberal, folks.]

Every thing Obama has done to [gasp!] "shift his position" has still placed him well within the group of Harkin, Feingold, Leahy, Levin, Schumer, Cantwell, Reed, Democratic centrists all .. and yet some people here appear to be egregiously disappointed ..

Every move Barack makes is being scrutinized, torn apart and attacked. I am flummoxed by the viciousness of the attacks being made. I'm scratching my head wondering if I entered a parallel universe.

As most every one here knows, I'm way off to the left. Bernie Sanders, and the House CPC is my idea of where the country should be headed. Sometimes, even they are too 'conservative' for me.

So why am I not screaming bloody murder that 'Obama has abandoned me'?

Yes; The Hillary wars are over (and I certainly don't want to fight them anymore)! She should be repsected, for what's she's accomplished. But the speculation in the media, and by so many Hillary supporters, continues to push the meme (while many of us in net-roots continue to pull our hair out) that HRC would make Obama's best Vice President. I think it's over.

Well,even the informed citizens of the State of NY (which I am one), in the latest Rasmussen Poll says no to this!

Nearly one out of four voters (23%) in New York would like to see Hillary Clinton go away, and a plurality of unaffiliated voters would prefer she stay in the Senate than serve as Barack Obama's running mate.The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Empire State found that 29% of all New Yorker voters think Clinton should become Barack Obama's running mate while 37% think she should remain a senator.

Half of New York Republicans (50%) would like to see the former Presidential hopeful go away. Among New York Democrats, 42% would like to see Clinton as Obama’s running mate and 42% think she should stay in Senate. A plurality of unaffiliated voters want the former First Lady to remain a senator.

My name is Adam Sullivan. Until recently, I was just another citizen of New York’s 8th Congressional District. Now I am running for Congress as a challenger to Jerrold Nadler for nomination in CD8 by the Democratic Party. And I need your help.

You may legitimately ask why I would challenge Congressman Nadler, a representative with a long liberal voting record. While this is true, Nadler has failed us all where it matters most.

The issue—Impeachment

Some months ago, I joined a pro-impeachment group with the intent of encouraging my congressman to co-sponsor the Articles of Impeachment introduced in the House by Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

The Political Newsline took a look to see who still has debt from the presidential primary and who is free and clear.

Democrats

   * Clinton        $22,523,860
   * Kucinich       $1,177,644
   * Biden          $1,170,869
   * Dodd           $386,991
   * Edwards        $354,719
   * Richardson     $285,418
   * Gravel         $136,565

Republicans

   * Romney         $44,600,000
   * Giuliani       $3,124,113
   * Hunter         $222,447
   * Huckabee       $121,109
   * Thompson       $83,648
   * Paul           $0  
   * Tancredo       $0

As Kos recently pointed out, a number of old stale Democrats were responsible for the passage of FISA, and he proposed mounting a slate of netroots challengers to take them on in the 2010 primaries. Yesterday I made the case for Kos taking on Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA-08) in her San Francisco district, personally.

Here, in the Washington, D.C. metro area, Rep. Steny Hoyer (MD-05) has been taking up space in Congress since 1981.  In the heavily Democratic fifth district of Maryland, it is unlikely that a GOP challenger can dislodge him.  Any effort to remove FISA Champion Hoyer from Congress will depend on the strength of a Democratic primary challenger.

In November, following the general election, will be an effort to recruit a suitable challenger for Mr. Hoyer, one with a robust familiarity with the digital environment and other emerging tech, who can appeal to Progressive, Libertarian, and Constitutionalist sentiments alike. An 'Agent of Change' - from the netroots to Congress.

Please add your input and participation in such an effort. (more)

Yesterday my stepson, Justus, started a conversation here on Daily Kos and since I’m the candidate he referenced, I thought I’d chime in.

Montana has been in the national spotlight many times recently.  First the election of Jon Tester who (along with Jim Webb) swayed the United States Senate, then this year because of the June 3rd Presidential Primary.  With these two Democratic victories in the big sky state, the question remains, does Montana truly remain a red state, or are some cracks forming through which new candidates might get an opportunity to make change?

Yesterday, Master Kos charted a course to the Promised Land, laying down a gauntlet to the Establishment in an inspiring diary entitled "2010 will be primary season".  He advocated planning now to launch primary challenges against incumbent Democrats in the House who were unable to distinguish the Constitutional issues behind the FISA 'Compromise'.

After Sen. Dodd's awesome speech the other night on FISA, CSPAN-2 covered a hearing by some congressional committee which touched on the Universal Service Fund, Net Neutrality, and other wonky arcana having to do with telecommunications, the internet, and our digital environment. Watching the old guys on the committee (and a 'mature' woman I didnt recognize) struggling to understand the technological issues involved (she said to a witness "I'm sure my 14 year old would understand what you're saying better than I do..."), I realized just where the FISA problem really derives from.

Kos is absolutely right.  There needs to be a slate of strong, netrooted primary challengers in 2010, from Speaker Pelosi on down, and I believe that he needs to be one of them...

Below the fold, "The Case for Kos":

Since the start of Barack's campaign, and especially during the primary season, I have been moved to write some poetry about/to him.  Just thought it would be interesting to share a few here (with dates).

Better late than never folks.  I finally posted some video from my camera phone that I've had since April.  I decided to play cameraman and tried to capture most of the events in Center City, Philadelphia that day.  I was still kind of giddy from the crazy march that broke out when Obama gave a speech in Philly.  I also had a feeling that the local media would not do the coverage any justice.    Here's around 50 shaky shots of the wonderful spirit on that day.  I promise to be ready with a real video camera when Barack comes back in the General Election.

I did my best to explain what was going on, be sure to expand the descriptions in each video  It's helps take the pain away from the shakiness.

The greatest explanations come from a response to a response.

Noam, Michael and Eve inhabit one of my favorite blogs on the presidential race.

Are you upset with the House FISA vote?  Do you want to send a message to the Bushdogs?  Then the Democratic Party Primary for the Georgia 12th Congressional District is right down your alley.

Bushdog John Barrow is facing a real threat from progressive democrat Regina Thomas, http://reginathomas4congress.com/... .  Thomas has served 4 years in the Georgia House and is a veteran, 8 year Georgia State Senator.  This district appears to be competitive http://firedoglake.com/... and the Barrow campaign is feeling the fear.

Barack Obama is supporting John "Bushdog" Barrow and has cut a campaign commercial for him.  What better way to send both Obama and the Bushdogs a message of our unhappiness over FISA than to primary Barrow.