The Political Mind:

THE LEFT

Politics:
American Prospect:
Howard the Chair
"Howard Dean could be the Democratic Party’s last great hope -- or it’s latest flailing dope. Prospect writers weigh in on which they expect to see."

Iraq war:
Corporate Policy.org
Top 10 War Profiteers

AP/Yahoo:
Senate Democrats Ready Anti-War Speeches [Jan 24, 2005]

Media & Governmental Ethics:
The Nation.com
"Armstrong Williams:
I Am Not Alone"
WH paid Columnist won't name names
Wash Post: Second Columnist
Salon/Raw Story: Third Columnist

Washinton Post:
"Writer Backing Bush Plan Had Gotten Federal Contract"
Columnist Maggie Gallagher reportedly had a $21,500 contract with the Department of Health and Human Services

Cabinet Nominations:
Reuters
Most Senate Democrats
To Oppose Gonzales
[2.1.05]

Christian Science Monitor
Rice and the battles to come
[1.24.05]

News Week:
"Gonzales: Did He Help Bush
Keep His DUI Quiet?"
by Michael Isikoff [1.23.05]
Civil Rights:
Raw Story:
"President Bush told black caucus he ‘didn’t know anything about’ Voting Rights Act renewal, congressmen says" [1.31.05]

Capital Politics:
The Nation:
"Boxer Rebellion Spreads"
by John Nichols

Washington Post:
"Democrats Are United in Plans To Block Top Bush Initiatives"

American Prospect:
"No Comparison"
"Republicans say they’re no worse than early ’90s Democrats. Don’t believe it."
by Sam Rosenfeld

Related Story from Boston.com:
Back-room dealing a Capitol trend
GOP flexing its majority power

Family Planning:
Troy Record:
"Clinton speaks out on
sex education, abortions"
[Jan. 24, 2005]

2004 Election:
E-Media Wire:
"Prominent Statisticians Refute 'Explanation' of 2004 U.S. Exit Poll Discrepancies in New Edison/Mitofsky Report and Urge Investigation of U.S. Presidential Election Results"[1.31.05]

Raw Story.com
"Congressman to call on FBI to investigate ballot tampering allegations" [1.28.05]

Common Dreams.com
"Many Americans Refuse to Concede 'Stolen Election'

THE RIGHT

Politics
Washington Times:
"REPUBLICANS AND THE FUTURE"
By Ken Mehlman"
Chairman of the
Republican National Committee

LA Times:
GOP Sees a Future in Black Churches
[Feb. 1, 2005]
[Listen to NPR story in Non-Partisan]

National Review:
Idealism and Its Discontents
Thinking on the neo-conservative slur.
by Victor Davis Hanson [1.21.05]

National Review:
The Querulous Party
The Left cavils and whines.
by Rich Lowry [2.1.05]

Capital Politics
Washington Post:
GOP Moderates Wary
of Filibuster Curb
A Few Holdouts Could Block Move to Cut Off Debate on Judicial Nominee
[1.19.05]

Weekly Standard.com:
The President's communications problems could get worse.
"You have to come back every day – and offer too something more than pre-digested talking points" [1.18.05]

CBS /Bush National Guard Doc's
Weekly Standard.com:
White Wash: The CBS Report
[1.11.05]

WA Election:
National Review:
"Try, Try Again
By NR Editors [1.28.05]

AP/Yahoo News:
"Wash. GOP Files Governors Race Challenge with Legislature"
[1.23.05]

American Conservative:
Wanted: Washington State Governor
by Hans Zeiger [1.6.05]

"The Washington governor election is ridiculously close, madly confusing, and increasingly unstable."

Newly Elected:
Washington Times:
"Martinez [FL] plans to
'work with other side' in Senate"
January 11, 2005

2008 Election:
National Review Online:
Hillary: Please Send Money
It’s never too early for NY’s junior senator.
By Byron York
[1.05.05]

Environment:
BushGreenWatch.com
"Ex-EPA Head Whitman Recounts Frustrations with Right Wing Ideologues"
[See Commentary page article 1/1/05]

The 2005 DOMESTIC AGENDA
109th Congress

GOP Agenda:
Deficit Reduction
Expansion of No Child Left Behind act
Immigration Reform
Military Funding [Iraq]
National Election Standards
Social Security
Tort Reform

Read the GOP Social Security Plan: [Leaked to: Rawstory.com]

DNC Agenda:

Armed Forces Benefit increases
Armed Forces Enlargement
Education Assistance
Election Reform
Minimum Wage Increase

Judicial Confirmations:

Possible Supreme Court appointment?

News: Bush to renominate Judges

Constitutional Amendment:
Direct election of President and Vice-President of the United States. This would do away with the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote.

Latest Political News from the AP*

Cabinet Nominations
Senate Ratifies Attorney General
[2.3.05]

The Second Term:
NPR; Morning Edition:
Bush makes push for the black vote
How both sides view the 2004 election and the future. [2.1.05]

CJR Daily
Inauguration ~~1984~~ 2005
Paul Farhi's Washington Post report on the "minders" that the Bush administration was kind enough to provide to reporters at the president's various inaugural balls.

Washington Post
Bush Faces New Skepticism From Republicans on Hill
President Bush flies to the Greenbrier resort in West Virginia [last] Friday to meet congressional Republicans.

The state of the blog
Roll Call/Red State
House Race Bloggers: So Little Knowledge, So Much Hot Air
By Stuart Rothenberg

Stories about Polls

Opinions Mixed on Next Four Years
Iraq, the Economy Deeply Divide The Electorate* [1.23.05]

Americans Hopeful on 2nd Bush Term

Public Voicing Doubts on Iraq and the Economy [1.20.05]