Daily Kos is the most widely read political blog on the planet and, according to Alexa, the 515th most highly trafficked site in the USA. So, when they make an endorsement, something they don’t often do, it rings loudly throughout the progressive blogosphere. Yesterday, Daily Kos took the unusual step of endorsing Mark Schauer for Governor of Michigan because, as […]

Who spiked the water cooler? The Daily Kos crew, a group of people I normally admire and adore, has completely gone off the rails with a project they are calling “Operation Hilarity”. First announced by kos himself and further expanded upon by Chris Bowers, it is essentially an effort to encourage Democrats to vote in the open Republican primaries in […]

Today we get some unsurprising news: Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s poll numbers are crashing. Less than 20 percent of Michigan residents believe Gov. Rick Snyder is doing an excellent or good job running the state, a survey to be released Monday afternoon shows. The Fall 2011 State of the State survey conducted by the Institute for Public Policy and Social […]

Seriously, if you haven’t read “An open letter to that 53% guy”, you need to do so. And then share it far and wide. It’s the most cogent explanation of why #occupywallstreet is happening right now in this country. Period. P.S. it’s officially the most viral and widely-shared post ever to appear on Daily Kos. That’s saying more than most […]

Chris Bowers has a fantastic idea at Daily Kos. While a campaign on behalf of stimulative measures to create jobs is unquestionably worth a try, it will be extremely difficult to convince this Congress to go along with any new legislation other than cutting taxes for the rich, taking away entitlements from everyone, continuing to slash non-military discretionary spending, and […]

As I have reported before, Daily Kos is helping out with the Rick Snyder recall effort. They currently have a fundraising drive going to ensure that they are successful. From June 20 to July 31, we pulled in an amazing 297,529 petition signatures in our campaign to recall Governor Rick Snyder. In July alone, more than 255,000 signatures were collected. […]

The effort to recall Rick Snyder is underway and they are in need of volunteers. Fortunately, they are being given a huge shot in the arm by the most powerful liberal blogging site on the internet, Daily Kos. At Daily Kos, we are joining this recall effort. Our first step will be running Facebook and Google ads across the entire […]

From my email this morning: Eclectablog, A petition drive has begun to recall Rick Snyder. In order for the recall to appear on the November ballot, 807,000 valid signatures of Michigan residents must be submitted before August 5. To make this happen, you need to volunteer to help gather petition signatures with The Committee to Recall Rick Snyder. Their volunteer […]

Um … me. Seriously, I have no idea how this happened but I actually won Diarist of the Year at Daily Kos (basically “Blogger of the Year” for non-Kossacks. Results HERE.) I would like to thank all of you who took the time to vote for me. I’m sitting here enjoying a celebratory martini letting this soak in. Wow. P.S. […]

Much to my surprise and delight, I am in the running for Daily Kos Diarist of the Year. If you’re so inclined, you can vote for me HERE. While you’re at it, I’d like to commend your attention to my friends LaughingPlanet who is in the running for Best Teaching Diary and BlackWaterDog who is in the running for Diary […]

First of all, a big welcome to folks coming in from Blackwaterdog’s most-excellent blog “The only adult in the room”. My blog entry yesterday certainly got some attention. I got over 1,100 hits on my website. It was shared on Facebook almost 1,000 times. The Daily Kos version was the #2 diary of the day, getting over 1,500 comments and […]