2008 February | Heading Left

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Don’t Hijack My Thread - 2/28/08

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Don’t miss this week’s Don’t Hijack My Thread! After a two-week sabbatical, DHMT is back with a vengeance! The topics covered included:

The Ohio Debate: what happened, and what does it mean?

McCain’s betrayal of the troops
McCain born outside the U.S.–is he not constitutionally able to be
president?
Bloomberg’s Out, Nader’s in: the audacity of […]

Framing John McCain

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Don’t miss this week’s Framework! Today’s topic is John McCain, and what memes Democrats can and should be using to help show John McCain for the hotheaded non-maverick joined at the hip to George W. Bush that he really is.
Step away from the Democratic Primary wars for a little mano a mano action with the presumptive Republican nominee!

Three Congressional Candidates for the price of one….

Saturday, February 16th, 2008

Over the past week, we have continued our series of interviews with progressive Democratic Congressional candidates. While you can look for these on a regular basis from now through Election Day, we are proud to have interviewed three very solid progressives.
First, we spoke with Dennis Shulman, candidate for the Democratic nomination in my […]

Don’t Hijack My Thread! - 2/6/08

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Don’t miss this week’s Don’t Hijack My Thread! The topics covered included:

Superdupercallifragialisticexpialladocious Tuesday. So what happened, anyway, and what does it all mean?
The lay of the land: where do you the campaigns go from here?
Can anything stop McCain? Will he pick Huckabee as a running mate? And does this mean realignment for the Republican Party?
Tornadoes kill […]

Congress Day at Heading Left

Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Today (Saturday February 2) had not one but two shows that had guests associated with Congress. On Blue Jersey Radio, Congressman Frank Pallone stumps for Senator Hillary Clinton in her run for the Democratic Presidential nomination with hosts Jay Lassiter and Jeff Gardner.
Also, Adam Lambert (clammyc) and David Atkins (thereisnospoon) from ePluribus Radio […]