Gah. Forgive the ubersnarky title, but I'm a little annoyed at the following:

H.R.1227

Title: To assist in the provision of affordable housing to low-income families affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Sponsor: Rep Waters, Maxine [CA-35] (introduced 2/28/2007)
Cosponsors (1)
Related Bills: H.RES.254  Read more…

You, good progressive. Or rather, you will be, if you don't start paying more attention to women in politics. The time for sitting quietly at the back of the bus in the name of unity is past, and I'm going to start harping on this a lot more. Just take a gander at this report, from which I offer a small sample:

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How can you not love Maxine? Matt does some good work here with this post.

Hillary Clinton's strategy is to scoop up money from the elites, keep enough women to hold off from losing badly in Iowa and New Hampshire, and rack up huge margins in the black vote in the later states.  She's very strong among African-Americans and women, but that could change.  This is a big deal.   Read more…