Democratic Talk Radio Blog

Democrats Look to Pick Up as Many as Six Senate Seats in ’08
http://www.ncec.org/electioninsider/election_4_24_08.html
Political attention continues to be dominated by the seemingly never-ending drama for the Democratic presidential nomination, but while the Clinton and Obama camps slug it out, Democrats supporting either candidate are working tirelessly to solidify the Democratic majority in the Senate. Early polls […]

New York Times
April 27, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
How McCain Lost in Pennsylvania
By FRANK RICH
IT’S a nightmare. It’s the Bataan Death March. It’s mutually assured Armageddon. “Both of them are already losing the general to John McCain,” declared a Newsweek columnist last month, predicting that the election “may already be over” by the time the Democrats anoint […]

Why is the Associated Press not carrying nationally Alabama newspaper story about Don Siegelman?
http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2008/04/siegelman-and-alabama-press.html
This is very, very strange!
The national Press should look into this situation.

Analysis: California’s patience running on empty over proposed U.S. fuel rules
By Kevin Yamamura - [email protected]
Last Updated 12:19 am PDT Thursday, April 24, 2008
Story appeared in MAIN NEWS section, Page A15
President Bush’s popularity may have sunk to a new low this week in Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office as it discovered the language deep within new […]

For the Good of the Party and America, an Obama-Clinton Democratic ticket
Hillary Clinton should end her bid for the White House. Obama should offer her the Vice Presidency. Clinton should accept the offer. It would be a bitter pill for both to swallow but it is what both the Democratic Party and the American nation […]

Are you making at least $20 an hour?
http://www.laborradio.org/node/8374
By Doug Cunningham
The percentage of hourly workers earning at least $20 an hour in the U.S. is down to just 16 percent. In 1979 it was 23 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That middle-class blue collar wage is essential to sustaining […]

Dem voter surge could cut Clinton margin
by Jeanne Cummings
An historic spike in Democratic voter registrations in Pennsylvania could help Barack Obama cut into Hillary Clinton’s vote in Tuesday’s primary, robbing her of the big victory margin she needs to justify continuing the primary fight.
The changing party demographics also are contributing to an overall bluing […]

My Vote’s for Obama (if I could vote) …by Michael Moore
April 21st, 2008
Friends,
I don’t get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn’t get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted.
So, if you live in […]

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UPCOMING SHOWS (times are Eastern)
On May 8, we have Ron Ennis who is Editor of the Lehigh Valley (PA) Labor Council, AFL-CIO newsletter and an American Postal Workers Union activist on the show. He is a great writer on union and political topics.
Tentatively have Cindy Sheehan scheduled for May 1 at 8:35am. About her Congressional […]