One Utah

All politics is local, and when Lisa Johnson came to my door asking for help in her campaign for the Utah House of Representatives I resolved to do my due diligence this year. Today I walked a precinct in Sandy for Lisa, who is just the kind of representative you want in the state [...]

There’s been a great deal of talk about corruption in politics. The last 8 years have seen a truly shocking level of corruption in government - from the Republicans K Street Project, to the Bushies’ endless politicizing of every aspect of government starting with no bid contracts for any firm connected to the Administration [...]

Maybe Reid and Pelosi are smarter than we thought…

The attorneys in the case have said that Connell’s testimony may well lead to the subpoenaing and under-oath questioning of Karl Rove, who, they say, would be unable to use Executive Privilege as an excuse to avoid such a subpoena in a civil RICO case…

I wish Ken [...]

Seventy-Six Nobel Laureates are giving their endorsement to Barack Obama. In an Open Letter to the American People (PDF file), the Nobel winners are saying:
This year’s presidential election is among the most significant in our nation’s history. The country urgently needs a visionary leader who can ensure the future of our traditional strengths [...]

So I made the mistake of wearing an Obama t-shirt to work today. I’ve gotten no work done and instead have spent my day engaged in a series of political discussions - of varying complexity and length - with an array of coworkers of varying degrees of hardcore republicanism.
What I discovered in these discussions [...]

Polls would indicate Barack Obama has a comfortable lead in enough states that McCain has almost no chance of getting the 270 electoral votes needed to win the election. But it’s not an impossibility. The Obama campaign is taking no chances. In addition to the states already under intense focus, they have [...]

No seriously. Waiting for Christmas has nothing on waiting for election day 2008.
MSNBC reported this a.m. that 188 million people are registered to vote. Given that turnout in US elections is consistently among the lowest in the industrialized world, this is a good sign. Early voting has seen HUGE turnout. 538 [...]

h/t Bradblog
In case there is any doubt that the 2000 and 2004 elections were stolen…
After many months and many requests and many challenges from both critics and Mainstream Media types, The St. Petersburg Times reports — and The BRAD BLOG can confirm — that Clint Curtis took a polygraph test on March 3rd, 2005…and passed!
The [...]

‘There are strange things done in the midnight sun . . .’
The New York Times reports that Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens returned home to a hero’s welcome. Hundreds of supporters cheered while Stevens vowed to appeal his felony convictions and asked voters to re-elect him.
Top Republicans including John McCain and Sarah Palin have called [...]

When I was a child, election night was a strange mystery. My parents disappeared soon after dinner and didn’t return until they done the arcane process of voting. It simply happened.
The first election of which I have any memories was 1976. I thought Jimmy Carter’s smile was too broad and [...]

Continuing the theme of several of my co-authors here, enjoy Obama’s newest TV ad:

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The republicans are going to throw a temper tantrum (again) after the election if things don’t go enough in their favor. They are going to shout about Acorns and Voter Fraud. I know this for sure because John McCain brought it up in the last debate with Obama. He said the democrats were going to [...]