Roldo Bartimole writes: Some of the nasty partisan war by Republicans against President Barack Obama reminds me of how white politicians – mostly Democrats in this case – played politics against Carl Stokes, the first black mayor of Cleveland. Stokes, like Obama, shocked political observers by winning Mayor of Cleveland in 1967, defeating oligarch Seth [...]

Glenn Greenwald writes: Once one decides in the name of electoral expediency to abdicate their primary duty as a citizen and especially as a journalist – namely, to hold accountable those who wield the greatest political power – then this becomes a permanent abdication I occassionally wonder if our irrational devotion to horrible sports teams [...]

Sheesh, the wrong wing nut jobs can’t even come up with a decent conspiracy. I’m reading this morning about how President Barack Obama is plotting to get a third term in the White House and the tin-hat brigade is twisting and turning every which way in an attempt to make their plot so complicated that [...]

Glenn Greenwald writes: There are many reasons why so many self-identified progressives in the US have so radically changed their posture on these issues when Barack Obama replaced George W. Bush. Those include (a) the subordination of all ostensible beliefs to their hunger for partisan power; (b) they never actually believed these claimed principles in [...]

Roldo Bartimole writes: The column began with this sentence: The lead story on the front page Wednesday dealt with Mitt Romney’s assertion – secretly taped – that many Americans have a sense of entitlement. Amen Brother Mitt. Then he went on to talk about entitlement, as you’ll see. It was a column from the St. [...]

Matt Stroller writes: So why oppose Obama? Simply, it is the shape of the society Obama is crafting that I oppose, and I intend to hold him responsible, such as I can, for his actions in creating it. Many Democrats are disappointed in Obama. Some feel he’s a good president with a bad Congress. Some [...]

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I recently committed to vote for President Obama and Ohio Democrats? Really Alexis? What? Are you psychic? Well, since I told you last week that I’m casting my vote (my ballot arrived this morning) for Dr. Jill Stein, don’t quit your day job. Hi Jeffrey – You recently committed to vote for President Obama and [...]

Henry Gomez wrote: Chicken vendor Terry Leu gave a straight answer when President Barack Obama asked him how business was Friday at his West Side Market stand. “Terrible since you got here,” he quipped. Within an hour, Leu’s bold response made national headlines. The president’s impromptu visit after a campaign stop at Cleveland State University [...]

I just got this email: Hi Jeffrey, Thanks for requesting a vote-by-mail ballot in Ohio. Good news: the county board of elections has informed us that your ballot is in the process of being mailed to your address — maybe you already got it? President Obama and Ohio Democrats are counting on strong supporters like [...]

Conor Friedersdorf writes: My recent article, “Why I Refuse to Vote for Barack Obama,” is one of dozens I’ve written in the last several years criticizing President Obama for violating civil liberties, expanding executive power, and waging a secretive drone war that presumes all unidentified males killed are “militants.” Why did it receive more attention, [...]

[Update 2 0744: So, I'm not a supporter of Ron Paul, but I do agree with several of his positions on American foreign policy which I see as essentially a 21st century version of President George Washington's 18th century vision and this video echoes my Why They Hate Us meme.] When Ms. Money can describe [...]

Glenn Greenwald writes: Does anyone doubt that if the Bush White House had “requested” in the wake of 9/11 that all anti-war or anti-administration videos be “reviewed” to see if they should remain on the internet – on the not-implausible ground that they might encourage attacks on American troops or personnel – that Democrats would [...]

Driving home Wednesday evening I listened to an interview with Michael Lewis on Fresh Air and had this skidmark moment: My whole goal was to create a very natural environment so I could observe him without lots of people worrying about how it was going to be made to look in print. So the agreement [...]

Glenn Greenwald writes: In the hierarchy of evil, consigning someone who has been convicted of nothing to a cage year after year after year, until they die, is high up on the list. And in that regard, this latest episode demonstrates not only the ongoing travesty of the US’s war on terror policies, but also [...]

From The New York Post: Among the many falsehoods pushed at last week’s Democratic Convention is that this is the party of the people, unafraid to hold Corporate America responsible for its many ills. Judging by the records of the last two Democratic administrations, just the opposite appears to be true. Certainly, President Obama and, [...]

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Tim Russo writes: President Obama is going to be re-elected, that much is now apparent. For this to be a true victory, though, the coattails need to be made longer every single chance we get, so that the Republican Party is utterly decimated at every electoral level across the country. It’s sitting there for the [...]