The Daily Beast: John Avalon, Michelle Goldberg & Phillip Sherwell: 'Todd Akin's Views On Abortion Are Bad; The GOP Platform is Worse'

Source:The Daily Beast- John Avalon & Michelle Goldberg. Maybe you can figure for yourself who is who. If so, congratulate yourself with a glass of water, tap water.

"There's no exception for rape in Todd Akin's pro-life philosophy, but neither is there one in the platform of the Republican party. On today's NewsBeast, John Avlon, Michelle Goldberg, and Philip Sherwell discuss the politics of the GOP's position." 

From The Daily Beast

I think anytime that a Liberal (meaning me) and a leftist (meaning Michelle Goldberg) can agree on what time it is, what day it is, the weather outside when just happen to be in the same room, let alone on a political issue and discussion, I think we should go down to New Orleans together and celebrate like the world is about to blow up or something. Because this is as rare as seeing snow in Los Angeles, at anytime during the year, let alone during the summer. 

I agree with Michelle Goldberg that the Christian-Right and the Far-Right in general in America is horribly bad and why. I don't like the Far-Left either, which is where Michelle Goldberg tends to come down ideologically, but that's for a different discussion.

ABC Evening News: ‘George McGovern and Ed Muskie 1972 Presidential Election’

Source:ABC News- covering U.S. Senator George McGovern (Democrat, South Dakota) 

Source:The Daily Journal

"George McGovern and Ed Muskie Election Wall, For more presidential election videos." 

From Election Wall

Edmund Muskie reminds me a little bit of John Kerry. Just thought I throw that in there.

The Democrats didn't have anyone who could beat Richard Nixon in 1972. They also didn't have a united party that could do that as well. One of the reasons why Senator George McGovern as leader of the party for that fall campaign reformed the rules for how delegates were assigned at conventions was to bring in more Americans to the party.

The party was transitioning from a Southern based party with Northeastern ties to a party that by the 1980s was heavily dependent on the Northeast and West Coast to win. As well as big cities in the Midwest. Because Senator McGovern brought in African-Americans, Latinos, Jews and Asians to the party from these big cities in the country.

George McGovern, whatever you think of his politics was a very bright man. And served South Dakota very well in Congress both in the House and later in the Senate. And I'm sure at the very least knew that even if he did win the Democratic nomination for president he had not an uphill  battle against President Nixon in the fall. But more like a swimmer trying to swim upstream with one arm, one leg and one eye.

But what McGovern did in 1972 as far as changing the voting rules in the party paid off really well for Democrats in 1976 with Jimmy Carter. And perhaps helped Democrats hold onto the House of Representatives for another 22 years after 72 with all of the new voters that came to the party. But 1972 was not a year that Democrats were prepared to win back the presidency. They were in transition and way too divided.