Just voted at Walter Reed Community Center in South Arlington!
October 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Just voted at Walter Reed Community Center in South Arlington!
Canvassing in South Arlington!
October 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Canvassing in South Arlington!
Canvassing in Purcellville for John McAuliff, Abigail Spanberger, and the rest of the Dem ticket! Great reception!
October 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Canvassing in Purcellville for John McAuliff, Abigail Spanberger, and the rest of the Dem ticket! Great reception!
Lots of talk about affordability, too.
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Lots of talk about affordability, too.
Which 1980s Goth band had this as an album cover?
December 1, 2024 at 4:16 AM
Which 1980s Goth band had this as an album cover?
FWIW, Dem insider & FDR friend Edward J. Flynn spent a weekend at the White House in June '44 (pre-convention). He became so worried abt FDR's health he urged him not to run and told Eleanor that, too. They did not take his advice. (Flynn instead got to work on dumping VP Henry Wallace).
July 10, 2024 at 5:17 PM
FWIW, Dem insider & FDR friend Edward J. Flynn spent a weekend at the White House in June '44 (pre-convention). He became so worried abt FDR's health he urged him not to run and told Eleanor that, too. They did not take his advice. (Flynn instead got to work on dumping VP Henry Wallace).
FWIW, FDR had at least one public appearance in the 1944 campaign where listeners thought he might be ill. From Jean Edward Smith's biography.
July 8, 2024 at 5:34 PM
FWIW, FDR had at least one public appearance in the 1944 campaign where listeners thought he might be ill. From Jean Edward Smith's biography.
Ike finally had to let them down. (From David Pietrusza’s 1948).
February 11, 2024 at 7:47 PM
Ike finally had to let them down. (From David Pietrusza’s 1948).
Last serious effort to deny the nomination to a sitting POTUS on the grounds that “he can’t win” was in ‘48, when Dems tried to draft Ike to replace “sure loser” Truman. Despite Ike’s clear lack of interest, he attracted a “diverse” bunch of backers (the Roosevelt was FDR’s liberal son, Jimmy).
February 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Last serious effort to deny the nomination to a sitting POTUS on the grounds that “he can’t win” was in ‘48, when Dems tried to draft Ike to replace “sure loser” Truman. Despite Ike’s clear lack of interest, he attracted a “diverse” bunch of backers (the Roosevelt was FDR’s liberal son, Jimmy).
Visiting Bedford Springs hotel in Bedford PA. Lovely resort hotel with roots in 1790s. We stayed down the hall from the James K. Polk suite. James Buchanan spent many summers here — a shop is named after his niece/hostess. Only two of the several presidents and ex-presidents who stayed here.
November 25, 2023 at 1:32 PM
Visiting Bedford Springs hotel in Bedford PA. Lovely resort hotel with roots in 1790s. We stayed down the hall from the James K. Polk suite. James Buchanan spent many summers here — a shop is named after his niece/hostess. Only two of the several presidents and ex-presidents who stayed here.