By Peter JamisonObama's tapping of former Monterey congressman Leon Panetta for CIA director was bound to raise hackles among pols and pundits. While Panetta has that rarest of political assets -- an unimpaired reputation for probity among his colleagues and former constituents -- he has little direct knowledge of intelligence work.
Still, there can be no doubt that the pot was set all the more furiously astir with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein's public disavowal of Panetta once the news br
The Environmental Defense Fund embarks on a national campaign to shame San Francisco into restoring the other great Yosemite valley, Hetch Hetchy. But is shame really a good political strategy?
How a tiny, impoverished Indian tribe managed to persuade a city, a powerful union, and the U.S. Congress to let them build a Nevada-style casino in the East Bay
A list of more than 50 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus was leaked to a Daily Kos contributing editor yesterday. It contained the "Whip List" of representatives who had succinctly offered their promise to only vote for a health care proposal that contains "a robust public option." Glancing up and down the list of names, most of the Bay Area's members of the Progressive Caucus were accounted for -- but not all of them. Starkly absent were Pete Stark (D-Fremont) and George Miller (D
Yesterday we wrote about a "Whip List" leaked to the media of Congressional Progressive Caucus members who had confidentially promised party leadership to only vote for a health care proposal that included "a robust public option." Scanning the names on the list, most of the Bay Area representatives were accounted for -- but not Reps. Pete Stark (D-Fremont) and George Miller (D-Concord). We called their offices to find out why they remained unlisted -- and, this morning, we got a call back. Bria
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