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That's a great idea. And, that lovely little show of his should provide more than enough material for Obama in 2012. (Not that he'll need it...'cause after Monkeyboy's disastrous reign a competent eloquent THINKING president will be a shoe in for a second term.)

What we have here is a new, mixed-breed Republican. Populist programs and social conservative.

Socialist Conservative?

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Four years from now, Huckabee's extreme religious right Talking Snake Creationist anti-choice anti-same-sex positions, etc., will seem even MORE extreme than they do now. He's not about to repudiate his southern Baptist past, though he's likely to conceal it through folksy "jokes" and to dissemble when it's brought up. His "charming" sense of humor and "Banana Republic" gaffes will be even more out of place, except to his dwindling "base."

I mean, his first guest on his FOX show was washed-up height-challenged right-wing religious pseudo Tough Guy Chuck Norris?

My friends, that's moving backward, not forward.

Good luck, Huck.

You mean Markos, who writes for the CATO institute, who was a "former" Rupublican, who has allowed rampant misogyny on his DailKos blog?

I don't trust ANYTHING he has to say. He has pushed many so called Democrats that are pro-forced birthers, anti-worker, and anti-women. He is NOT a liberal, and not for the causes that were formerly part of the Democratic platform.

>..extreme religious right Talking Snake Creationist anti-choice anti-same-sex positions, etc., will seem even MORE extreme than they do now.<<<

Hey Norma,

Get a load of my friend Art Hobson's Saturday column, Modern Times. He lays it bare.

Did Adam have a belly button?"

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I suppose, rablib, that Markos and other Democrats should support Republicans, who are even more hostile to the issues you cite, to avoid supporting conservative Democrats in districts where no "liberal" Democrat is ever going to get elected. Matt Yglesias refuted this self-defeating argument a few days ago:

http://tinyurl.com/68xqt8

In most cases, even in the case of idiot Dems like Mark Pryor, the most conservative Democrat is better than the most liberal Republican. Accordingly, electing conservative Democrats is a gain for progressive politics. Kos has done a good job of attracting attention and campaign donations for Democratic candidates, and the vitriol towards him is unjustified.

WHile I think radlibs WATB-ness is unwarranted on behalf of Clinton... I do agree Markos is a straight D party supporter to fault some time. And it's funny you defend Clinton while criticizing Markos... while the Clinton's have supported many anti choice Democrats such as Mark Pryor and others. (not just with a your in my party so I'll endorse you kind of support, but a lot of fundraising and other egregious hypocritical support)

Some nice pix up on the Obama blog... 100,000 in Denver today..

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/amandascott/gGgD2c

You don't think Huckalbee is crazy just by listening to him? You heard his jokes about Obama getting shot, right? Well, I think he's crazy, anyway.

>>In most cases, even in the case of idiot Dems like Mark Pryor, the most conservative Democrat is better than the most liberal Republican.<,
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I'm sure you would include Zell Miller?

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Given that this endorsement is coming from Moulitsas, I'd say that a huckster is already leading them.

I'm surprised to learn the Eureka is so enthusiastic about the transformation of kos, given his Repuke beginnings and his continued support of the Libertarian positions, I'd think that a little more skepticism would be warranted. But, I guess as long as he endorses The Lightbringer he's fine by Eureka.

Hmm, as a person that used to frequent DailyKos quite a bit, the misogyny was just too much.

You know, I would have been fine with them not supporting Clinton. But the way it was done was too much for me. DailyKos has been pretty much anti-female for quite some time (Does anyone remember the pie fights? I do, and how it was handled by Markos.).

I hung around there because there were some diarists that were pretty good, but when the site went into full on misogynistic mode against Clinton, I had to leave. Reminded me too much of my early years.

Haven't been back, won't go back. After all, I and many others were told in no uncertain terms that WE WEREN'T WANTED there. There's something about that that seems to make a person feel.... unwanted.

There is an interesting story out on the wires today about the Obama campaign cutting off a television station from further interviews because of a difficult interview with Joe Biden, an interview where real questions were asked.

I am curious, Max, where your umbrage is in this instance. You ranted and railed and whined and moaned for the whole last year of Huckabee's governorship, and in fact through much of his campaign, about his supposed cutting off of you from his press notices. Yet, you are totally silent about much the same type action by the Obama camp.

What's up? Not the same thing when it doesn't happen to you and it is being done by your guy?

"...a popular governor of a small state, with a huge, energized following who briefly led his party's nomination contest before being kneecapped by his party's establishment."

It's unfair to compare Huckabuck to Howard Dean. Dean went on to do organizing work for the Demo Party that today is paying off big time even though Obamaites fail to recognize it. It's not just an unfair comparison, it's a pile of shit.

Huck wasn't kneecapped. There's no way kos can make that argument. Huck didn't have enough money. He wasn't as bright as Obama and never will be. He could never have raised hundreds of millions from small donors. He's still a fart-joke sideshow running for the lowest common denominator as Norma Bates indicates.

Huck is doing work that enriches Huck. But then "What's in it for me" is the standard line for Republicans.

So with that in mind I must agree with rablib.

If you want a former wingnut turned progressive read Huffington. She' much better. So is TPM.

70% in a word, projection? I wasn't endorsing kos.... not in this scenario.

Elwood, I took Art Hobson's "Physics and Human Affairs" course around 1980. It opened my eyes and ears to many things I wasn't aware of. I ran into him a couple of years later at the LR blues fest. He's one hell of a smart guy. I'm better off having him as a teacher.

Al,

Why didn't you link to the interview? Afraid to show what an interviewer with a McCain/Palin attack script looks like when answered?

I wouldn't ever expect John McCain or Sarah Palin to allow a Village Voice or Roling Stone correspondent to interview them in print or on television. Why would you expect the "That One/Biden" campaign to ever agree to an interview with a television station and lend credulity to more "McCain/Palin" campaign smear attempts.

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The YouTube clip is entitled "Biden Angered by Tough Questions." I think he held his anger quite well, better than I think John McCain would do, if asked about the fairness of his divorce from his first wife or why he violated the Military Code of Honor during his captivity. Or asking Sarah Palin directly, why after leaking amniotic fluid at 4 AM Thursday morning and in "inactive labor", she continued with the Governor's Conference, gave her speech, flew nine and half hours from Dallas to Anchorage with a layover in Seattle, then bypassed the larger more modern hospitals of Anchorage for the Wasila Regional Medical Center and did she feel this affected the health of her youngest baby Trig. Equality tough questions and unconscionable by journalists acting under a "Fairness Doctrine" or attempting to be impartial, but grist for the mill in partisan attacks to smear a candidate