Although many of the Great Society goals remain elusive, the new Democratic majority assembled by Obama represents the emergence of a Great Society electoral coalition.
It's hard to pick the "best" videos of the year. There are so many reasons that they can be good. So I've picked several based on my own categories.
In a story about potential vice presidential picks, the AP referred to Joe Lieberman as "the Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000."
Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.
The election of Obama also offers a chance for redemption: redemption from allowing unprovoked warfare, tacitly accepting torture, and permitting a denegation of our civil rights.
Kennedy's first move was to pick up the phone and start working the elites, then hire a political fixer whose specialty is deceiving voters.
It appears Ms. Kennedy thinks that US Senate seats are something to lobbied for amongst political elites when one decides one wants them, and that the public should be happy to simply fall in line.
This year, the Ohio Secretary of State is Democrat Jennifer Brunner... Brunner repeatedly went to court to defend an expanded right to vote and have as many votes counted as possible.
Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.
Kennedy's leadership could have been helpful when we were getting the stuffing beaten out of us by a well-financed right wing for the past eight years. When things were tough, she was nowhere to be found.
The progressive movement had what we want to believe was a seismic win on election day -- but it's really only seismic if it continues to reverberate.
While Obama has supported many LGBT rights in the past and favors secular civil unions as a solution to the inequality currently imposed, he has stopped short of calling for full marriage equality.
None of the Muslim-bashing during this political season dissuaded Arab Americans and American Muslims from playing a significant role in the elections, from the presidential contest to state and local races.
Years ago, I briefly dated an attractive, intelligent therapist. I thought we were two peas in a garden-variety neurotic pod until she described how she'd telephonically healed a client's tumor.
We still do not have a final Presidential result in the state of Missouri, 14 days after the election. As was shown time and again this election, our nation's voting systems are badly broken.
I am sorry anyone thought I wanted a real person dead -- I did not. But John McCain, Sarah Palin and all the zealot conservatives meant the dangerous things they said about Obama. They still mean it, and they've never apologized for it.
Cross posted, of course! Sure, sure, everyone loves Rachel Maddow and her sexy lesbian librarian glasses. But the best new political pundits minted...
Clearly the entire country is coming to terms with the outcome of the election. Many are getting back to their routines, others are more engaged in current events.
If the Republicans want greater Jewish support in the future, they will have to stop pandering to what they erroneously believe to be our fears, and instead move politically and ideologically in our direction.
I will not listen to Wolf Blitzer -- with or without holograms -- talk about Palin's prospects for 2012 for another minute. I've had enough.
To keep us from making some unhealthy choices in the future, presidential campaigns need to be read with the eye of the consumer.
