Events will not go to the front page automatically anymore. Any member of the site can still post events to the calendar; but to be front paged, all events have to pass editorial review first ... or is voted on to the front page.

This is due to the fact that Rocket slipped by post for Maria Cantwell fundraiser. The same Maria Cantwell who voted for cloture along with the Vichy 10; ensuring 40+ years of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court bench.

Daniel K. Akaka, Hawai'i
Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico
Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia
Maria Cantwell, Washington
Thomas Carper, Delaware
Kent Conrad, North Dakota
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Joseph Lieberman, Connecticut
Bill Nelson, Florida
Benjamin Nelson, Nebraska

BTW notice the name of Joseph Lieberman. He had already voted for Roberts when he voted for Alito's cloture. Even after he had made Planned Parenthood and NARAL believe he would be one of the the last people to do so.

Now, lest I get gobsmacked by Mole and Michael, there are reasons for Democrats to help her to get elected. I understand there are heated races around the country but, as Anonymous Coward said in this comment here, why fund an out of towner when there are races to still fund right here in the city?

Which is why I am going meta here.

The ten democrats on that list gave Bush a huge political won he did not deserve. Here's what I wrote a year ago, in relation to John Roberts' confirmation but still applicable to Democrats that put Alito on the bench:

[via c u l t u r e k i t c h e n: Twenty-one Democrats vote to confirm John Roberts? Meet "The Dominionists' 21"]:

We knew Roberts was getting confirmed. We all knew that. It's the fucking marging given to the Republicans that was just disgusting. DON'T 78 VOTES FOR A DOMINIONIST JUDGE MEAN ANYTHING THESE DAYS?

This is what kills me. It's not the fact that Roberts got confirmed; it's the almost-unanimous approval of the motherfucker. I am sorry but this was not a moment to pick and choose the battle. Harry Reid should be taken to task for calling on Democrats to vote with their conscience.

And yes, it is a failure of the whole party, us included. But just because Landrieu vowed to smack Bush or Feingold is a darling for 2008, it does not mean they should be immune to criticism. More than ever we need to ask how liberal or how progressive are these people. We really have to define clearly what is to be a Democrat.

This was a golden opportunity completely wasted by the Democrats. No, it is not going to be as meaningful the second time around. Bush is at an all time low in the polls and his cronies are dropping like flies and the Democrats go on and hand the keys to the Supreme Court to a theocrat? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

I am sorry, but these people have to be taken to task for this atrocity called 'the opposition'. This is political Stockholm Syndrome at its worse.

And there you have it. Support the fundraiser if you think it's important to you as a Democrat. I'm just not going to put it on the front page.