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Progressive Politics from Memphis

  • SCDP – Ward and Precinct Meeting

    On Saturday, the SCDP will begin the process of reorganizing with its “Ward and Precinct” caucus at Airways Middle School, 2601 Ketchum. This is the first step in selecting a new Executive Committee and Chair for the SCDP. Since the 2006 County re-organization, the SCDP has devolved from somewhat relevant organization, to a state of…

  • Corporate Events and the Bailout

    Today over at Huffington Post there’s an article about another bailed out bank spending scads of money on corporate junkets. I understand the outrage. As a Democrat, it’s hard to square the idea that a financial institution, who received financial help from taxpayers, would then turn around and use money, whether it came out of…

  • Shall We Play a Game?

    The hits just keep on hittin’ don’t they? This afternoon we learn of a possible Coup Attempt against one Mr. Gary Odom. Seriously, this past week has seemed more like mid-September meltdown on the McCain campaign than an off year (remember, the fundamentals of our economy are strong?) Let’s run down what’s happened so far:…

  • Purity, Outrage, and Lessons

    I wonder if Bill Freeman ever thought that such a storm would be stirred with his name in the headline? Probably not. Truth of the matter is, this thing has a lot of moving parts, and as I demonstrated last night, it’s easy to get caught up in all of them, with perhaps, not all…

  • Revelations

    I know there are a lot of happy trolls in Tennessee right about now. Yesterday’s revelation that the newly installed Treasurer of the TNDP had given money in past years to Republican Party organizations, as well as candidates illustrates, in their mind, just one more thing that is wrong with the new leadership at the…

  • Removing the Veil

    I’ve been running this little blog for just over 2 years now, first at blogspot, and now here. In those two years I’ve learned a lot, perhaps more about the act of blogging, politics and blogging politics than I ever hoped to know. To be sure, when I started on this little endeavor, I never…