Deborah's US Liberal Politics Blog

Despite the fact that Liberal Politics at About.com is designated as a partisan site, I occasionally write, and continually update, Pros & Cons articles on top political issues. ... Read More

Today, five western governors... four Democrats, one RINO-Democrat... announced the formation of the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative, a regional pact that bypasses the Bush Administration to cut greenhouse emissions ... Read More

The American Research Group's poll conducted from February 18-21, 2007 reported: Approval Ratings - Bush's Handling of the Economy Approve - 40% Disapprove - 54% Undecided - 6% The Bush Administration, most Republicans, ... Read More

For some time now, I've suspected that Hillary Clinton is much like George Bush in temperament and persona. Hillary amply illustrated my suspicions this week with her childish temper ... Read More

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, a centerpiece policy of the Bush Administration, expires in 2007, and must be reauthorized by Congress to remain law. Although it was ... Read More

The New York Times today has a interesting article, In Iowa, the Living Room Has Fallen Out of Favor, about how a handful of 2008 White House aspirants draw rock-star ... Read More

For the first time in the Democratic 2008 race for the White House, Sen. Barack Obama leads former Sen. John Edwards in top blog-community MyDD's monthly poll of readers. And ... Read More

Despite griping by both conservative and liberal bloggers, I believe that this week's Congressional debates and "no confidence" votes on the Iraq War are healthy and vital to our country. ... Read More

I'm appalled by the hubris of the press. And by press, I mean both the "old" and "new" media: print reporters and columnists, bloggers and online journalists alike. I've covered politics ... Read More

A TV pundit over the weekend uttered an absolute political Truth: an anti-Iraq War stance is to Democrats in 2008 what the abortion issue was to Republicans in 2004. That ... Read More

To a crowd of thousands waving homemade signs and campaign placards outside the old state Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, Sen. Barack Obama today formally announced his candidacy for "the ... Read More

In updating my article, Iraq Statistics & Results, to February 4, 2007, I was struck by the shocking acceleration of casualties among U.S. soldiers: 19 just in the first 4 ... Read More

Of the 10 Democratic 2008 candidates for the White House who spoke at the DNC Winter 2007 meeting last weekend, I was most impressed by the direct, simple, rousing remarks ... Read More

This past weekend, ten 2008 Democratic presidential hopefuls... 9 declared or "exploring," 1 undeclared... made their pitches to the party faithful, in short speeches that ranged from exuberant and smoldering ... Read More

On this Super Bowl weekend, I thought you political junkies might also enjoy some political games. Here are two that are a hoot, and certainly fun ways to while away ... Read More

The blogosphere is rife with rumors that General Wesley Clark has had a change of heart and will soon throw his hat into the hat-filled ring for the 2008 Democratic ... Read More