That American Dream Feels As If It’s Slowly Slipping Away

Despite what the pundits say, Joe Biden delivered plenty of red meat tonight. But most important of all - he was able to close. “These are extraordinary times. This is an extraordinary election. The American people are ready. I’m ready. Barack Obama is ready. This is his time. This is our time. This is America’s time.”

Here’s to the sisterhood of the traveling pants suit. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

A class act!
She knocked it out of the park!
How many cliches can I write in one post?
Supreme Court Justice Hillary Clinton? Keep Going!
PS - Mindful daughter’s best girlfriend is at the DNC as a junior statesment and blogging . . . she’s more insightful than most TV pundits. Check it out.

We’re shocked, SHOCKED — Susan Kaiser Greenland & Seth Greenland

Edwards knew what the stakes were and yet he took an incredible risk. It’s as if he has become Evel Knievel and had to jump over the 100 monster trucks just for the thrill of it.

Dog bites man again. — Susan Kaiser Greenland

July 28th Note: For those who follow the progressive blogs, the online reaction to the John Edwards story is fascinating. Check out how Lee Stranahan is getting slammed in the comments for his post on Huffington why the progressive blogs need to get out in front of this story and also slammed in the comments on his crosspost on Daily Kos.

And now the Momocrats weigh-in On What’s News and What’s Not.

Read more on this story in the post John Edwards, Father of the Year?

Just the facts m’am . . . . .

• By 12th grade, our children score lower on math and science tests than most other kids in the world.
• We now have one of the highest high school dropout rates of any industrialized nation.
• Six million students are reading below their grade level.

God and the Man in the White House. Seth Greenland

Today on Huffington Post, Seth writes that: there was a time when a politician’s relationship with the universe was a private matter about which he or she could choose to reflect deeply, or not. But now religion is just another signifier, like lapel pins, an item to be checked off when we’re evaluating would-be presidents. Allow me to quote Eric Hoffer: “Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”