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The battle to break the racist, neo-Confederate dominance of Congress is more likely to be won north of Gettysburg than south of it. Ari Berman, author of Herding Donkeys:

A number of Republican congressmembers have referred to their own colleagues as terrorists, not just privately, but for attribution. Devin Nunes famously called the teabaggers driving the GOP crazy train as "lemmings with suicide vests... They have to be more than just a lemming. Because jumping to your death is not enough," he said.

The DCCC's Steve Israel doesn't give base voters a reason to turn out; he gives them reason to stay home on election dayWednesday, Markos wrote an exceptionally well-thought-out post on Kos, Democrats' Biggest Challenge Is Getting Their Base Voters To Vote.

DCCC faves McIntyre & Matheson both voted to shut down the governmentI'm sure you already know that on Friday, Boehner surrendered to the Tea Party nihilists and the deranged Ted Cruz faction of his party and passed a bill that would shut down the government unless the Senate and Obama agree to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The last time-- the 41st time-- the House voted to defund Obamacare, every single Republican voted yes, making each one a potential target for an "engaged" DCCC. There was a slight glitch. The Republicans are calling it a "bipartisan vote." Why?

The other day a Democrat who I respect and admire had a staffer call me and ask if Blue America would be up for doing a fundraiser for him. He had certainly earned it by his unrelenting work on behalf of working families. My first instinct was to go, "Of course, how much does he need?" But then I thought about it for a second and said, "I know no Republican is running against him; does he have a primary?" He didn't.

Anne Kuster, the newest New DemLate in July, the corrupt corporate whores of the Democratic Party-- the right-leaning New Dems-- boasted in a press release that they "now represent over 1/4 of the entire House Democratic Caucus at 53 Members." How did that happen, you wonder? DCCC recruitment.

The vast majority of Americans, when polled, oppose defunding ObamaCare, including people who oppose the law for one reason or another.

Not Adam and Steve,  Adam and Aaron-- and both Republican congressmen!Rumors have been flying that two 30-something Illinois congressmen-- Aaron Schock and Adam Kinzinger-- have been having an affair. Schock is gay-- closeted but gay-- and Kinzinger is also bachelor. Club for Growth is trying to end both of their political careers, though supposedly not because of their sexual affair...

Fred Upton, Steve Israel-- corrupt cronies in CongressThe DCCC announcement this week of another batch of candidates has been called their "worst recruitment effort in history." No one should be surprised that most of Steve Israel's picks for their Jump Start program could be barely described as "the lesser of two evils" in comparison to their opponents.