Bumped - Todd

With the Democratic nomination contest finally over, Democrats now have the opportunity to put the rancor of last many months behind them and unite to defeat the Republicans in November by taking the White House and adding to our leads in the House and Senate.

Among the most important issues that will arise for the next administration is the question of accountability for the villains that preceded it in the Executive Branch.  Yesterday on Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Richard Clarke suggested a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission".  Some would go farther, others less far.

But few in American politics today have as much personal knowledge and experience with the Bush Administration's lies and its mafia-style intimidation as Ambassador Joe Wilson, whom clammyc and I will be interviewing today at 2pmPST/5pmEST.  And topic we'll be covering?  Accountability for Bush and his cronies after that glorious day on which they leave office.

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Were you impressed by what happened in MS-01?  Well, then wait 'til you get a load of what's happening down in Alabama's 3rd district.

Proud Democrat Josh Segall is all set to take out Bush Rubberstamp Republican Mike Rogers in this northeast Alabama district, and you can hear me and clammyc interview him live today at 3pmEST/noonPST.  Now before you scoff and think this is just another vanity candidate running an unwinnable race in the deep south, <u>think again</u>.  I'll let Wikipedia do the talking for a bit here on this tightly contested, extremely doable race:

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Rick Perlstein talked to Heading Left on BlogTalkRadio about The Big Con and how conservatives can't compete in the marketplace of ideas.

We also talked to Virgina blogger Lowell Feld about the growing progressive community in Virginia, and a great new project called Newsladder that's set to launch on June 15th.

You can stream or download this show as well as past editions at the Heading Left Radio site.

Heading Left Radio, the best of the progressive blogosphere, every Friday at noon.

This Thursday (April 5) at 12 noon eastern time, Joe Trippi will join James Boyce and Nate Wilcox on Heading Left's Blog Talk Radio show to talk about the money pouring into the '08 race.  How much money are we talking about?   Huge.   Here's a table with the Hotline's final predictions (on March 30), along with reported fundraising totals:

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Yesterday (Friday, March 23) at 2:30 PM eastern time, Matt Bai of the New York Times Magazine, Gina Cooper of YearlyKos, and DailyKos front-page writer McJoan were the special guests on Heading Left's Blog Talk Radio show.  Bai and McJoan will moderate "an unprecedented forum featuring potential 2008 presidential candidates during the second annual YearlyKos Convention on August 4th in Chicago." Bai's book, "The Argument: Billionaires, Bloggers, and the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics", is scheduled for release in early September 2007. The show was hosted by Nate Wilcox of HeadingLeft and guest co-host Dave Johnson of SeeingtheForest filling in for the vacationing James Boyce.

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