overwhelming majority

Things get a bit heated out in Blount County during a debate between Sen. Raymond Finney and Rep. Doug Overbey, two incumbent state legislators running for the 8th District state Senate seat:

Say Uncle takes issue with the assertion that gun violence is “everyone’s problem”:

The autoegocrat attempts to understand the charges of misogyny by some on the Clinton side of the Democratic primary divide:

I recently wrote a post titled ‘Democrats Disenfranchise Tennessee Voters’.

The toddling town has had trouble protecting its own school children:

In a recent poll, a sobering 47% of Americans said that we should stay the course in Iraq, reasoning that now that our troops are there, we need to stay. Most responded by saying that if we pull out it will be a disaster for the Iraqi people. Americans feel this way in spite of the facts regarding the ongoing occupation of Iraq.

I've gotten this response to criticisms of the Texas delegation process from the Texas Democratic Chairman:

I believe that Geraldine Ferraro was correct when she said, “If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.” And, I do not believe that sentiment is a racist one. But, hey, let’s continue to pull out the “Racist!!” charge countless times leading up to November until the accusation becomes utterly meaningless.

Glen Dean on Obama’s prospects as the race gets specific:

Specifics, in Obama’s case, will only reveal that he is much farther left than mainstream America is willing to go. Of course all of that will be exposed in the general election. The Democratic Party might be this radically liberal, but the overwhelming majority of Americans are not.