Centrist

The Dems' Decision to Go the Super PAC Route Is Wrong

Pearl Korn | Posted 09.07.2011

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Democrats need to give the American people a reason to support their party, and in my mind they can do that by supporting the public financing of elections and passing an amendment canceling out the Citizens United decision.

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Draft Moderate Manifesto Part 1

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

In election after election, the same opportunity remains unrealized -- the possibility that either extreme could unite with the center to exclude the most extreme policies of the other.

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Centrism Wins! Media Marvel at Obama's Move to the Right

Peter Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is little evidence that Obama's current approval ratings have anything to do with a rightward shift, and the entire conversation rests on the premise that Obama was governing from the left in the first place.

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The "New Centrism" and Its Discontents

George Lakoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Using conservative language activates the conservative view. A new centrism that makes sense ought to be one that unifies progressives under a single moral system centered on empathy.

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Why Washington Is More Right-Wing Than the Rest of the Country

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Being against corporate control of our democracy shouldn't be a liberal position. It should be a universal position. It's not that multi-national corporations are evil, it's just that they're amoral.

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Primary Victory Over Conventional Wisdom

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats had better relish their victory in PA 12 while they can, because this weekend a special election in Hawaii is likely to elect a Republican in a very Democratic district.

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The Problem With Elena Kagan Is Barack Obama

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elena Kagan -- safe, no record, never challenged power in any meaningful way, never stood up for progressive ideology, beloved by the establishment in Washington -- the perfect Obama candidate. I'm tired of it.

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The Media's Billion Dollar Ad for Evan Bayh

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bayh masked his craven capitulation to corporate lobbyists with a veneer of bipartisanship and moderation. If he sold out to enough special interests, he could claim that he was on both sides.

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Obama Seen As Firmly Positioned In 'Radical Center'

Bloomberg | Al Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama sees an irony in his relations with the U.S. business community. "On the left, we are perceived as being in the pockets of big ...

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Democrats Unhappy With Obama's Centrist Shift

POLITICO | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Barack Obama is running into resistance from congressional Democrats over several key economic proposals -- blunting the party's ability to ...

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Obama After Massachusetts

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

The defeat in Massachusetts forces the White House to confront the political problems they face, some of which were obscured in 2009 by the extremist sideshow known as the Republican Party.

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Threaten To Destroy The Country -- Media Calls You a "Centrist"

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Currently there is a proposal being floated for a "debt commission" structured to force solutions to the national debt without the cumbersome processes of democracy getting in the way.

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How Progressives Can Move Obama to the Left

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm positive that Obama thinks that he's doing his best to bring about as much change as he can within the limits of this system. But is he a true progressive or a corporatist sell out?

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Nothing Centrist About Them

Katrina vanden Heuvel | Posted 05.25.2011

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So-called "centrists" are far from the center of the health care debate. They are, in fact, out of touch and out of the mainstream -- like the rest of their conservative brethren.

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Obama and Bright Lines in the Sand

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama again refused to give a strong defense of the public option himself. By doing so, he just dug the hole deeper. What exactly does Obama stand for in the health care debate?

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'Conservadem' Senators Pledge To Work With Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week, the Rachel Maddow show took a look at an emerging coalition of Senators which she named "Conservadems." Led by Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, ...

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ConservaDems: Maddow Digs Into The New "Centrist" Caucus (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Apparently led by Sen. Evan Bayh, "conservadems" are a small group of Democratic lawmakers whose general aim, as Rachel Maddow puts it, is "torpedoing their party's own agenda."

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Questions Republicans For Obama Want To Ask Obama

Chuck Lasker | Posted 05.25.2011

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While we understand that Barack Obama is a Democrat, we're encouraged by many of his policies that are conservative in the truest sense. There are some questions, though, that we'd like Senator Obama to answer.

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Not Every Moderate Move By Obama Is A "Sista Souljah" Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "Sista Souljah Moment" has become a cliché without peer in contemporary politics. And like any phrase that is so often used, its value is necessa...

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