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The Democrats' Authoritarian Health "Reform" Bill and the Ascendency of Corporatism in the Democratic Party

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 12.24.2009 | Politics

From the moment he was elected, Obama has governed not as a progressive liberal but as a corporatist liberal. Progressive liberals hoped Obama would be like FDR. Instead, he's been like Bill Clinton on steroids.

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Obama Stagnation in the Political Dark

Norman Solomon | Posted 12.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcar Reform, Wall Street, Jane Harman, Theodore Roethke, Afghanistan, Congress, Democratic Party, Marcy Winograd, Barack Obama, Politics News

Among Democratic loyalists, reflexive support for the latest line from the administration has made it easier for Obama to move rightward.

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A Rebuttal to Howard Dean: I Am a U.S. Senator, and I Will Vote For This Bill

Sen. Paul G. Kirk, Jr. | Posted 12.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Dnc, Democratic Party, Health Care, Howard Dean Health Care, Politics News

I hope Howard Dean is reading, because I believe with a better understanding of the real reforms this bill brings to America's health care system, he will join me as a forceful advocate for its enactment.

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Senator Lieberman: The Joe I Know

Jim Kennedy | Posted 12.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Scott Mcclellan, Health Care, Barack Obama, Rosemary Woods, Sarah Palin, Gulf War, Anita Hill, Bob Kerrey, Right Wing, Medicare, Frank Sinatra, Democratic Party, Clarence Thomas, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Politics News

As someone who worked for Joe Lieberman for more than 17 years, I'm often asked, "What's wrong with your old boss?" Some fellow former "Lieberstaffers" have even been privately critical of his recent actions.

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Why the Left Fails

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Liberals, President Barack Obama, Progressives, Madonna, The Right, The Left, Democrats, Democratic Party, War in Afghanistan, Barack Obama, 2009, Progressive Caucus, Gay Rights, Health Care Reform, Afghanistan, Gay Marriage, Politics News

The Left loses key battles because most Americans don't understand the very basics of American democracy--especially that we do not have a parliament.

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Your Health Insurer Now Has Plans (and Permission) to Rob You Blind

Evan Handler | Posted 12.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stroke, Health, Health Care Reform, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Universal Health Care, Autism, Health Insurance, Democratic Party, Democrats, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Barack Obama, Rehab, Sex and the City: The Movie, Californication, Sex and the City, Politics News

While cutting benefits available to those that need them, Blue Cross of California will simultaneously be raising the cost to employers of purchasing coverage for their workers.

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A Test for LGBT Equality: Why I Support Dan Hynes for Illinois Governor

Tobias Barrington Wolff | Posted 12.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lgbt, LGBT Politics, Equality Illinois, New York Senate, Illinois Governor, Pat Quinn, LGBT Community, Dan Hynes, Stonewall Democrats, LGBT Rights, Democratic Party, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Chicago News

Pat Quinn opposes marriage equality, and LGBT people and issues are nowhere to be found on his campaign website. The choice in this race was a clear one for me.

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To the Disappointed

Reno | Posted 12.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Party, Organizing for America, Barack Obama, Lesbian, Community Organizing, Obama Supporters, Health Industry Reform, _east_village, _performance_art, _asset_backed_securities, _feminist, Economy, dixon_place, _performance_artist, _obama_supporter, _comedienne, hbo_comedy_special, _monologue, Manhattan, _september_11th, _obama_for_america, _comedian, _monologist, Documentary, _gay, _reno_once_removed, _reno_in_rage_and_rehab, Hbo, _financial_crisis, rebel_without_a_pause, Theater, Obama, Liberal, alternative_comic, Rants, Comic, Tribecastan, reno_finds_her_mom, film_maker, downtown_new_york__city, citizen_reno, Queer, puerto_rican_cuban, reno_once_removed, Tribeca, Alternative, Schtick, organizing_for_america, Lgbt, Progressive, money_talks_with_citizen_reno, Political Comedian, rage_and_rehab, Performance, Politics News

If we're going to throw Barack Obama out as a phony power-monger just like all the rest, I have one question: Who is going to replace him?

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Keeping the Wheels on the Obama Presidency

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Because he cannot provide peace and prosperity, Obama needs to pass some meaningful legislation to demonstrate that he is doing something positive. Just getting a health care bill passed will mean nothing to many Americans.

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Lieberman, Republicans and Why Change Still Means Something

John R. Bohrer | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, 2004, Jim Demint, George W. Bush, Democrats, Democratic Party, Greg Sargent, 2012, 2010, Change, Michael Steele, Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Republicans, Republican Party, Health Care, Jim DeMint Waterloo, 2003, Politics News

Lieberman is too egotistic (and from too blue of a state) to come out and admit that his sole purpose is to block reform from happening. But Michael Steele isn't.

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Democrats To Revise Presidential Primary Rules

Posted 12.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, James Clyburn, Demoratic National Committee, 2016 Election, Primary Calendar, Iowa Caucuses, Presidential Nomination, Howard Dean, Primary Dates, Presidential Primaries, Democrats, Democratic Party, Voting, Politics News

The presidential primary process is flawed and needs to be fixed, the Democratic National Committee says. A committee has issued recommendations that ...

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Forty Percent Of Democrats Say They 'Probably Won't Vote' Next Year: Poll

John Byrne | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Democrat Enthusiasm Gap, Democrat Voter Turnout Poll, Democratic Support, Democratic Party, Democrat Voting Poll, Democrats Voter Turnout, Democrat Favorability, Democrats Enthusiasm Poll, Poll Democratic Voters, Democrats Midterm Elections, Politics News

The following article was produced by the Raw Story and written by John Byrne. Forty percent of self-identified Democratic voters say they are "not l...

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How Sarah Palin Might Win The White House

Washington Post | Matthew Dowd | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

President Sarah Palin. To many pundits and late-night comedians, this sounds like a punch line, and to many die-hard Democrats it sounds like a reason...

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Democrats Now "All In" On Healthcare Reform

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Pot Committed, All In, 2010 Election, Dr Dean, Poker, Democratic, Reform, Obama, Majority, Democratic Party, Republican, Dean, Approval Ratings, Howard Dean, 2010, Expectations, Pre-Existing, Midterms, Health Care, Reid, President-Obama Barack-Obama, House, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Election, Midterm Elections, Chris Weigant, Midterm, Health, Party, Health Care Reform, Political Capital, Harry Reid, Bill, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News

Let's look at the poker hand we've been dealt on health care reform. Democrats have now officially gone from "pot committed" to "all in." The stakes, to be blunt, have been raised until they are as high as they can go.

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Friday Talking Points [102] -- Harry Reid's Glacial Progress Grinds On

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

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Harry Reid thinks he's got enough votes, but then this is the reason why the vote keeps getting pushed back -- because he's obviously still scrambling for the final few votes before he moves ahead.

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Mr. Stupak: I Can Stand the Heat

Nancy Keenan | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women, Naral Pro-Choice America, Amendment, Montana, Insurance, Health, Rep.Bart Stupak, Democratic Party, Copper Smelter, Health Care, Anaconda, Politics News

The pundits say that on abortion, the Democrats have to choose between the economically liberal wing of its party and the socially progressive one. I strongly disagree with this premise.

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Sam Stein Talks Jobs, 2010 Elections On The Ed Show With Ed Schultz (VIDEO)

Huff TV | Posted 11.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Unemployment Numbers, 2012 Elections, White House, Unemployment, Public Option, Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Health Care Reform, Ed Show, Jobs, Obama, Democrats, Tea Party, Media News

Huffpost political reporter Sam Stein appeared on The Ed Show Wednesday and weighed in on the nation's high unemployment rate and what it could mean f...

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Mr. President, 'Change' Is Your 'New Frontier'

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Restoration, Bush Doctrine, John F. Kennedy, John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Public Policy Polling, 1961, Kennedy, Boston, 1960, Ted Widmer, The Death of Conservatism, Democratic Party, 2012, Change, 2010, 2008, New Frontier, George W. Bush, Jfk, Republican Party, William v. Shannon, 1984, Jack Kennedy, John Winthrop, Mario Cuomo, Massachusetts, Democrats, Charles Blow, Barack Obama, Tom Jensen, The New Frontier, Ark of the Liberties, Republicans, Sam Tanenhaus, Politics News

The Republicans' strategy of slowing down change couldn't be more evident than in the perpetually extending health care debate. But they have been successful at promulgating the idea that they, too, are touting change.

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A Woman Scorned: The Betrayal and Backlash of the Stupak/Pitts Anti-Abortion Amendment

Kelley Bell-Wenzlaff | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Abortion, Bart Stupak, Women, Pitts, Stupak, Naral, Democratic Party, Jill Miller-Zimon, Rachael Maddow, Stupak Amendment, Stupak Pitts, Healthcare Reform, Gloria Feldt, Health Care, Politics News

The health care bill is so important, we can't let this amendment get in the way of its passage. But don't mistake that to mean its O.K. to ask the ladies to "take one for the team," not this time.

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Pallin' Around With Palin

William Astore | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Andrew Jackson, Democratic Party, Going Rogue, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Palin will continue to be the darling of men like Rupert Murdoch and operations like Fox News, simply because nobody advances the Conservative agenda with more folksy charm and chutzpah.

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Biggest State Party to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Air War, President Obama, Karen Bernal, Escalation, Jane Harman, California Democratic Party, Afghanistan, Democratic Party, Marcy Winograd, Withdrawal, Rick Reyes, Politics News

While Obama weighs Afghanistan policy options, the California Democratic Party's adoption of the resolution is the most tangible indicator yet that escalation of the U.S. war effort can only fuel opposition within the president's own party.

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Frank Rich: The Missing Link Between Fort Hood And The War In Afghanistan

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gop, Islam, Afghanistan War, Terrorist Attack, Homeland Security, Fort Hood, Kabul, Obama, Media, Afghan War, Lieberman, Hoekstra, White House, Al-Qaida, Killeen, Liberal Media, Joseph Lieberman, Ft. Hood, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Troop Levels, Joe Lieberman, Democrats, Army, Democratic Party, Taliban, Nidal Hasan, Muslim, Peter Hoekstra, Republicans, Politics News

For all the right's jeremiads, its own brand of political correctness kept it from connecting two crucial dots: how our failing war against terrorists...

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10 Reasons Why the Stupak-Pitts Amendment Has to Go

Nancy L. Cohen | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bart Stupak, Abortion, Stupak-Pitts Amendment, The Family, Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Antiabortion, C Street House, Politics News

Even if some Democrats who voted for the amendment did so because of deep convictions, the main thrust of the measure is to condemn women for being sexually active.

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You Are Not a "Great American," Sean Hannity

Andy Ostroy | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Chris Christie, Bob Mcdonnell, President Obama, Sean Hannity, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Economic Recovery, Democratic Party, The Great Depression, Media News

If Sean Hannity truly wants to be the "great American" he claims to be, he can start by being truthful to his listeners and by not rooting for his supposedly beloved America to fail under the current leadership.

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What the Gay Boycott of the DNC Can Do

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, Boycott, Americablog, Two Party System, Obama Gay Rights, Obama, Gay, Democrats, Democratic Party, Lgbt, LGBT Politics, Gay Rights, Ralph Nader Presidential Candidacy, LGBT Rights, Fundraising, Gay Issues, Gay Marriage, Ralph Nader, Politics News