Democrats Work

Democratic turnout numbers in the current election cycle are positively astounding. But what will be the lasting impact of that turnout beyond potentially electing a Democratic president? That is the question of my weekly syndicated newspaper column out today - and the answer is very, very encouraging for progressives.

It didn't take long for the speculation to begin about where supporters of John Edwards will end up on Super Tuesday and beyond: with Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Based on where Edwards began and ended his bid for the presidency -- the Ninth Ward of New Orleans - and...

With 100 percent of the precincts and pantries reporting, Democrats Work can declare the winner of the first-ever "Coats and Cans Primary." While there was a candidate who got the most votes, the real winners were the members of the community who donated and received more than 400 coats and...

Colorado primary voters went to the polls last weekend and the turnout was heavy.

No, this wasn't an outlandish attempt by Colorado to jump ahead of New Hampshire by holding its presidential primary in October. And the votes cast weren't even of the paper, electronic or...

In the midst of the media storm surrounding Larry Craig's bathroom habits and the immediate Republican response, it may have been too easy to forget that last week marked the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the Bush administration's utter failure to respond to a real disaster. The two...