Don't we need leaders willing to play a similar game of brinksmanship that the Ben Nelsons play in order to get the party to stop bending over backwards to appease Republicans and sell us out?
You would think Democrats would be pushing legislation with real teeth and not just non-binding nothingness, especially if the GOP was going to filibuster anyway. Well, you'd be wrong.
If/when they try to ram "fast track" down the throat of America, both Democrats and Republicans should expect very strong pushback.
Regardless of the casualties and the human devastation, these people seem to see the war as just one big political game - a conversation piece at Washington cocktail parties.
There is no "third way" or "consensus" way out of many of our most pressing problems, as Obama seems to believe. If you don't believe me, just take a quick look at history.
What would an Establishment-ordained pundit have to say to lose their Establishment billing as "credible?"
In Montana, anyone can walk into the state Capitol and sit in on any meeting, press conference or other gathering, thanks to our state's Open Meeting ...
The Washington Post has a new follow-up to its piece yesterday on how a group of journalists and bureaucrats rejected my request for a temporary press...
It's not everyday you find a Wall Street leader who is willing to tell the truth about the failures of America's lobbyist-written trade policy. That's...
In the wake of the Iowa Senate yesterday sending a strong signal to all presidential candidates on the Iraq War, the New York Times runs a big piece o...
We make no apologies for having a take-no-prisoners attitude in pushing the progressive agenda. Nor do we make apologies for avoiding the celebrity-obsessed focus on the Beltway.
This is not a partisan issue, and it's really not about me as an individual. Conservatives like Fred Barnes agree that it is outrageous for Washington reporters to try to deny other reporters access to the Capitol.
Introducing legislation in a vacuum is not building infrastructure - using that legislation as a vehicle to construct widespread national pressure is. And that's exactly what the Progressive States Network has done.
Just a reminder about today's national conference call at 1pm EST with Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), state legislators and the Progressive States Network a...
I don't yet have the details or cross-tabs of the poll itself, but anchor John Roberts just said this on CNN this morning: "Is Congress willing...
When grassroots activists focus more on states and less exclusively on Washington, the progressive movement can exert incredible influence over American politics.
Robert Greenwald's latest - if you like it, make sure to sign the petition here. Again, sign the petition to speak out....
Even in his apologizing article, Peter Beinart still finds it OK to lecture us on what "liberal" foreign policy should be and television bookers still find it OK to present him as some sort of "expert."
After reading about Joe "I've given my word I will caucus with Democrats" Lieberman threatening to switch parties and potentially throw control of the Senate to Republicans, I had a thought: Would it really be that big a deal?
I cannot understand how these people are positioning themselves as "pro-troops" when they are now going on record saying troops should not have to have any rest between deployments.
So, merely the threat that Democrats might cut or regulate aid to Pakistan is forcing the Bush administration to do what it has, until now, refused to do: play hardball on the international stage.
In just the last week his language on trade seems to have changed - but whether that rhetorical shift means a policy shift is anyone's guess.
Along with seven courageous U.S. senators who have declared they will work "aggressively" to stop fast track, a definitive statement has now been made right here on Max Baucus's home turf.
