http://youtube.com/watch?v=zW-1263LqVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DueIGWpXj rU

Ron Paul: Nothing. And he's doing a "Hollywood fundraiser" tonight.

" A portion of your 2000 donation will go to the American Red Cross to aid families afected by the recent fires."

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/events/hollyw ood-fundraiser/

Quit trashing Ron Paul all the time.  Or at least trash him for something he's actually guilty of.

This is from Naomi Wolfe in HuffPo, October 18:

On Monday, Rep. Ron Paul, the outsider Republican presidential candidate who has long upheld these values and who was an early voice warning of the grave danger to all of us of these abuses, introduced the AFA's legislative package into Congress. (The mainstream press has an irrational habit of disparaging outsider candidates -- as if corrupt money and machine endorsements equal seriousness of purpose -- even though the Founders hoped that the system they established would lead citizens, ideally those unembedded in the establishment, to offer their service to the nation.) It is the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007 [PDF], and you should read it in its entirety: just as accounts of the recent abuses send chills down your spine, this beautifully argued document feels historic and has the ring of great power to correct great injustice.

What does it do? According to an alert put out by the American Freedom campaign, it would accomplish the following:

   "The American Freedom Agenda Act would bar the use of evidence obtained through torture; require that federal intelligence gathering is conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); create a mechanism for challenging presidential signing statements; repeal the Military Commissions Act, which, among other things, denies habeas corpus to certain detainees; prohibit kidnapping, detentions, and torture abroad; protect journalists who publish information received from the executive branch; and ensure that secret evidence is not used to designate individuals or organizations with a presence in the U.S. as foreign terrorists."

Ron Paul was the first of all the presidential candidates, red or blue, to step up in this way -- and all credit is due to him for getting there first. May the others of both parties race to follow his lead. These days, as we have seen from how reluctant some candidates have been -- even on the Democratic sign -- even to sign a mere pledge to uphold the Constitution, it takes some courage to stand fast against the assaults of this administration -- and their manipulations of the terms "patriotism" and "terror threat" -- and insist with legislation on the Founders' vision and on restoring democracy.

Never mind.  I just saw the tag "Democratic nomination."  Sorry.

This is about Democrats only?  Otherwise, how can a post titled "The 2008 internet-based standouts" not discuss Ron Paul?

For example, this.

And this.

They're OK.  He's good on medical marijuana and the drug war.

I actually ranked him about 4, I think, on the MyDD straw poll.  He moved way up after this MoveOn debate.

It's early.  Let's see what happens.

Bill Richardson appears to be the first major candidate to articulate my personal stance on Iraq. It was sweet for a candidate to not only state that he was for full withdrawal, but to also, you know, actually propose total withdrawal in policy terms.

I agree.  I voted for Richardson in MoveOn's poll.

Massa has a good organization.  Everywhere, his signs way outnumbered Kuhl's, for example.  It can only get better.

A funny thing about Kuhl - he had Cheney featured in a fundraising dinner that did Kuhl no good.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Cheney _stumps_for_GOPer_who_bullied_0912.html

As DemGenii says below, with support from the DCCC, Massa should win this time.

I'm in Kuhl's district.  Netroots candidate Eric Massa almost beat him in '06 in this once-red district.  (49-51, I think.)

Massa is running again.  Kuhl is toast in '08.

I'm an old female, too.  I read MyDD daily and have for years.  I skim Kos occasionally (more during elections), typically reading only Markos's posts, seldom read a  diary and never read the comments.

I read MyDD because if anything is going on with the Democrats or any big news story, an intelligent post about it will be here within minutes.

Mohammed Hussein : Najaf : 1533 GMT

There have been several rumours about the participation of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani. It is believed he did not vote because he does not currently have Iraqi nationality.

We have contacted his office a short while ago and they confirmed this. But they said Mr Sistani stressed the need for people to take part in the elections.