Conservative Democrats

My Private Obama

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011

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History has seldom delivered a more graphic, teachable crisis than the one that Obama inherited. Although we voted our hopes that events could compel Obama to govern as a progressive, we are still waiting, and we are a cheap date.

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Liberals Struggle To Challenge Conservative Democrats Who Opposed Health Reform

AP | By BEN EVANS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Fate Of Health Care Rests With Blue Dog Democrats

The New Republic | Posted 11.17.2011

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The fate of health care reform now rests largely with a group of Blue Dog Democrats in the House. Can Nancy Pelosi convince a small fraction of her ca...

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MoveOn Targets Dems Who Voted Against Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the wake of Saturday night's historic health care vote, the main lines of attack have been extremely partisan -- Republicans insist that politicall...

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Top Blue Dog Boasts: "We Held Bill Hostage," Killed Single Payer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rep. Mike Ross on Thursday boasted about how his Blue Dog coalition "held the [health care] bill hostage in committee for 10 days" and prevented a sin...

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For Democrats, the Future Hinges on Health Care

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the August recess, Democrats need to hash out a real solution and push it with conviction. Their party will not recover from another failure of this magnitude.

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Physiological Link Between Affinity for Guns and Affinity for Health Insurance Bureaucrats?

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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There's a deal between reporters and Blue Dog Democrats to explain Blue Dog opposition to health insurance regulation as an outgrowth of representing culturally conservative districts.

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Conservative Democrats Most Vulnerable If Health Reform Fails

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

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The influential conservative Democrats who are combating their own party's efforts to overhaul health care could ironically wind up being among the bi...

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A Village Fairy Tale: Coming From a Pro-Gun State Explains Health Care Opposition

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011

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When the media depict Sen. Baucus, who represents one of the poorest states in the country, as opposing real health care reform because he's from a "conservative state," that's a lotta horses**t.

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Pro-Life Dems Warn Pelosi: No Support Unless Reform "Explicitly Excludes" Abortion Funding

U.S. News & World Reports | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Family Research Council isn't usually in the business of praising Democrats. But it's giving props to 19 House Dems for writing to Speaker Nancy P...

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Blue Dogs Backsliding On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservative House Democrats agreed to a set of health care principles late last week that angered advocates of a overhaul of the health care system. ...

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On the Conservadems: Hurray for Party Dissent

Jacob Dickerman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Being a Democrat is more complicated than just a single political ideology. It means our political discussion retains the complexity that is the triumph of democracy.

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Obama To Nelson: We're Going Around You

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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It might not be the most glamorous hill, but it's the one that Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) has vowed to die on. President Obama, however, isn't going to ...

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Glenn Greenwald: Time To Kick The Blue Dog Dems Out

Posted 05.25.2011

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In American politics, exceedingly few positions generate overwhelming agreement across the ideological spectrum. Even propositions that ought to be un...

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