By Big Tent Democrat

For those not thoroughly fascinated with the ins and outs of Puerto Rico politics and the June 1 primary, here is an Open Thread.

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

The most galling aspect of what I have seen happen to the so-called progressive blogs is the shameless hypocrisy. More . . .

I'm sure there's lots of news today, but I won't be around to write about it for several hours, so here's a place for you to fill us all in with what's going on and your thoughts.

As always, please keep it civil.

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By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

Shakes calls out Josh Marshall:

Hillary Sexism Watch: Castrating B*tch Edition

Part Seventy-Six in an Ongoing Series. (Previous parts linked at end of post.)

Are you f[ra]king kidding me, Josh Marshall? Because I quite honestly can't believe that a person who identifies as a progressive and has two brain cells still knocking together doesn't understand why it's problematic, to put it charitably, to frame Hillary Clinton pushing her male chief strategist from power as "gelding" him.

There are no more fewer progressives in the "progressive" blogosphere than previously thought. I hope Shakes is not holding her breath waiting for her blogging "buds" to step up and criticize Josh Marshall? Never will happen. Don't wonder too much why defending David Shuster by misstating what Hillary Clinton had said was such an important cause for TPM.

The weather's too nice in Denver to stay indoors. For those of you online, if you've got something to say, here's a place. As always, please keep it civil.

By Big Tent Democrat

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I just ran across this story about how Donna Brazile continues her seeming drive to beat Speaker Pelosi for the "most divisive Dem" prize:

By Big Tent Democrat

I do not link enough to Bob Somerby. I thought this was pretty funny:

This week, we emitted a low, mordant chuckle at one part of this David Sirota piece, to which we’d been linked by the person who has kidnapped Josh Marshall.

Some days I feel like the entire Left blogosphere has been kidnapped.

I'll be out and about today. If you've got something to talk about, here's a place. Please be civil.

Tonight is the BSG premiere. So who is the unrevealed Cylon? Guesses only. No spoilers. This is an Open Thread. I won't be around but J should be back later.

By Big Tent Democrat

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It's official. TPM's M.J. Rosenberg murders irony when he writes:

Krugman is making two big mistakes. The first has to do with his influence as a columnist. By constantly attacking Obama, he is turning off the 50% of Democrats who favor Obama as our nominee. People like me can no longer read him without thinking "What's up with this guy? Has he really developed such a personal animus to our likely nominee based on his differences with him on health care? What's his agenda here?"

(Emphasis supplied.) Yes, Paul Krugman has substantive critiques of Barack Obama and he loses Obama fanboys like the ones writing a TPM. The shallow, fallacious and empty attacks on Hillary Clinton by TPM, not to mention the legion of Obama supporters from Senators on down, is sure to make for a wonderfully unified Democratic Party. Writing from the TPM glass house with its tattered reputation, Rosenberg chooses to throw stones at Paul Krugman? Yes, irony is now dead and buried. More . . .

I've got jail visits today. There's lots of new posts up from last night, or you can use this thread to pick the topics. If you see our troll from yesterday, e-mail me so I can log on and delete her.

Oh, and keep it civil please.

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By Big Tent Democrat

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Obama supporter Jonathan Singer cites approvingly to the news that Obama supporters are backing Speaker Pelosi's divisive comments:

[S]everal major Obama donors called Speaker Pelosi and DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen asking how they could be helpful. . . . Mark Gorenberg, a member of Obama’s national finance team, and a long-time DCCC fundraiser, met with Pelosi last Friday.

Unlike Singer, I am bothered by the fact that Obama supporters have backed Pelosi's divisiveness. It is incredibly shortsighted. We will need a united Party in November and Pelosi has been as harmful a Party Elder as we have seen. Her reaction is predictable: