Red Hot & Blue Politics

Life happens and sometimes you just have to do a Wednesday news roundup on Thursday.
1. Corrupt Republican Sen. Ted Stevens R-Alaska concedes his US Senate seat to challenger Democrat Mayor Mark Begich. Democrats are within striking distance of 60 seat supermajority in the US Senate if they win the recount in Minnosota and run-off in [...]

By author, Will Bower. Originally posted at Huffington Post on November 11, 2008. Reposted with author’s permission. Will Bower is the co-founder of Just Say No Deal. The views expressed here are those of the author and not necessarily those of Red Hot & Blue Politics.
From December 2007 to March 2008, I wrote various drafts [...]

Doing some post-general election clean up of our “Red Hot News” section to archive campaign tidbits for historical purposes. Nothing new here, unless you are a new visitor.
Obama wins, but she would like to say … Principle and PUMAs win … Lieberman and three US Senate races still undecided … Florida, Arizona, and California ban [...]

Here are some Democratic bloggers who have articulated their reasons why they are not voting for Barack Obama. Keep checking back because I will be adding more to the list through tomorrow.
i am a feminist, i am a women’s activist, i am voting for sarah palin, by Prameela Bartholomeusz, DNC Platform Committee Member
i am supporting [...]

Florida started early voting on October 20 for the general election match up between McCain and Obama (the Lord of lies, flip floppery, voter fraud, caucus fraud, race-baiting, and dirty politics). Traditionally, I’ve voted on election day, November 4, for all the Democrats, even the weakest of Dems. Why? Because I’ve been a loyal and [...]

Here is The Denver Group/Democrats For Principle Before Party (DPBP) latest ad if you haven’t seen it:

Here’s what the DPBP had to say about the ad:
We and our supporters object to the tactics Senator Obama has used to advance his political career. We do not think these tactics befit a Democratic or a democratic presidential [...]

The vigilant Just Say No Deal (JSND) Coalition is keeping a watchful eye on ACORN. In a handy chart, the JSND editors have traced the nuts back to Obama’s community organizing days, connected the dots to Obama’s staffers and radical associates that form his new Democratic party, and linked to the entrenched interests within the [...]

The debate tonight is a go. McCain released a statement confirming his attendance. Of course, we all know that it should be Hillary and McCain debating tonight, but because we now live in Bizarro World, it will be Obama and McCain. Hillary could beat both of them in the debate blindfolded with one hand tied [...]

More fear mongering about Palin. This time the Jews and blacks need to be very, very afraid of Palin, according to Democratic congressman, Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings. During a panel discussion hosted by the National Jewish Democratic Council, Hasting played the race/fear card. Here’s a snip and here’s the full story.
Hastings on Wednesday warned two [...]

I heard Berlin’s No More Words in the car today and thought this was a good Women’s Vote anthem for the Democratic Party this year. No more lip service, no more words, and no more promises.
No More Words by Berlin

Got a better anthem for our situation? Share it.