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Obama and the Political Center

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Birthers, John McCain, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Death Panels, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Democratic Party, Glen Beck, Republican Party, Bill O'Reilly, Barack Obama, Politics News

The failure of McCain's divisive message to resonate beyond the base should have alerted Republican leaders to the resurgence of the center, but they seemed to have missed this clue.

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My Action Plan: 15 Things Every American Can Do Right Now

Michael Moore | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cooperatives, Newspapers, Twitter, Civil Disobedience, Evictions, Credit Crisis, Credit Cards, Media, Facebook, Democratic Party, Green Energy, Single Payer, Barack Obama, Movies, Campaign Finance, Michael Pollan, Wall Street, Michael Moore, Protest, Sarah Palin, Showdown-in-Chicago, Financial Crisis, Capitalism: A Love Story, Universal Health Care, Climate Change, Foreclosure, Medicare, Unions, Global Warming, Politics News

I have 15 things we can all do right now to fix the very broken system in this country and to fight back against those who have brought us to where we are. C'mon people -- we can do this!

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Senator, Obama, Reform, Democratic Party, Telephone, Pelosi, Call to Action, Switchboards, 2010, Nancy Pelosi, Health Care, Re-Elected, Reid, House, Contact, Congressmen, Democrat, Congress, Call, Democrats, Representative, Organizing for America, Barack Obama, Election, Pick Up the Phone, Congressman, Elections, Self Interest, Chris Weigant, Phone, Health, Hcr, Blue Dogs, Harry Reid, Healthcare Reform, Senate, Healthcare, Politics News

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Keep Going, Republicans! You're Doing Great!

Bob Cesca | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pat Buchanan, President Obama, Rush Limbaugh, Democratic Party, Michelle Malkin, Mark Halperin, Michele Bachmann, David Brooks, Political Parties, Blue Dogs, Erick Erickson, David Frum, Glenn Beck, Christopher Buckley, Republican Party, Chris Cillizza, Republicans, Politics News

If recent polling is any indication, people don't want to be associated with the party that elevates the self-satirical wackaloons. Especially when they refuse to be honest about who they are.

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Wall Street Donating Little To Obama

The New York Times | DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

The Wall Street giants that received a financial lifeline from Washington may have no compunction about paying big bonuses to their dealmakers and tra...

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Breakfast with the Scars

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Circular Firing Squad, Joe the Nerd, Helathcare Reform, Talking Head, Local Politics, Tv-Talking Heads, Democratic Party, Public Option, Holden, Berks County, Single Payer, Sestak, County Politics, Politics as a Game, Healthcare, Politics News

On the national level the blood sport game of politics is played on a grand scale. Locally, the rough and tumble can leave real scars.

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Bill Maher Talks Balloon Boy, Interviews Rep. Alan Grayson (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

On "Real Time" this Friday, Maher began his show with a monologue about the the "balloon boy" saga surrounding the Heene family. Maher made some fun...

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GOP Gaining Advantage In 2010

washingtonpost.com | Dan Balz | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Midterm Elections, 2010 Elections, House Democrats, David Axelrod, The Democracy Corps, Senate Democrats, Democratic Party, Obama Democrats, Newt Gingrich, Election, Politics News

Three forces threaten Democrats in the 2010 elections: populist anger on the right, disaffection in the middle and potential disillusionment on the le...

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Hillary Is Still the Best President That Wasn't

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gallup Poll, Democratic Party, State Department, Obama, Presidential Experience, Presidency, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, 2012, Politics News

Millions still have a deep respect, admiration, and appreciation for her tireless work as a women's rights advocate, her fight for health care reform, civil rights, and international diplomacy.

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Rush Limbaugh: Why the NFL Just Said No

Dave Zirin | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: St. Louis Rams, Nfl, Rush Limbaugh, Dave Checketts, Msnbc, Pat Buchanan, Rush, Glenn Beck, Democratic Party, Media News

It was almost jarring to hear Rush whine about "tyranny" on the left, when it was his compadres on the right who just said no, and rejected Limbaugh's bid to buy the St. Louis Rams.

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Arlen Specter 2010: Ominous Signs For Specter's Re-Election Bid

Politics Daily | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Although Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter leads his Democratic primary opponent and is running neck-and-neck in a general election matchup against Repu...

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When the Two Parties of a Two Party System Don't Know Why They Exist

Simon Sinek | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Dnc, Start With Why, Rnc, Olympia Snowe, Democrats, Democratic Party, Platform, Why, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Republicans, Politics News

Neither party does a good job of contextualizing why they have the opinions they do in the first place. Though both parties know why America exists, neither party can tell you why it exists.

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Senate Health Committee, Senate Finance Committee, John Boehner, Progressives, Democratic Party, Bipartisan, Sarah Palin, Senate, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Senator Olympia Snowe, Bipartisanship, Socialism, Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News

By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz for President/Vice-President in 2016?

2morrowknight | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jewish Heritage, President, 2020, 2016, Florida, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Vice-President, Florida Politics, Michelle Bachman, Kathleen Sebelius, Democratic Party, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Women, Woman's Right to Vote, Hillary Clinton, Female Politicians, Politics News

Could a female candidate be the answer for Democratic longevity in 2016? If so, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, with her toughness and ability to net the Dems Florida might be that female.

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Rubber Chickens in Reading...

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Joe the Nerd, Politics, Pennsylvania Democratic Party, 2010 Elections, Nerd, Efca, Sestak, Philadelphia, Democratic Party, 2010 Senate Races, Joe Sestak, Politics News

As I start to exhale, I am realizing, personally, that Specter is not right for Pennsylvania at this time.

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The American Left Does Not Exist - Or at Least Not in the Way It Seems

David Sirota | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressive Movement, Democratic Party, Leftwing, American Left, Politics News

The two standards -- freak out on Republicans when they do something awful, say nothing about Democrats when they do the same thing -- is the canary in the coal mine.

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Did the NRCC Really Say Nancy Pelosi Should Be Put in Her Place?

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: President Obama, Military, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, San Francisco, Speaker of the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan, General Mcchrystal, Democratic Party, Nrcc, Al Quada, Afghanistan War, Politics News

The specific language used by the NRCC in its latest statement reveals the contempt with which it holds not just Speaker Pelosi, but also some of the basic ideas on which our democracy rests.

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The Coming (Democratic) Victory on Health-Care Reform

Michael J.W. Stickings | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, U.S. Senate, Democratic Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

I do think Democrats will ultimately pull together to overcome a Republican filibuster, meaning that there will be a vote on the floor on a reform package likely with a public option component.

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Something to Sleep On

Russ Baker | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: NYU Medical Center, William J. Clinton Foundation, Bankruptcy, Harvard University, New York Times, Leveraged Buyouts, Democratic Party, Forbes, Private Equity, Thomas H. Lee Partners, Barack Obama, Charities, Simmons, Business News

It's worthwhile to have a further look at some of the players cited briefly in the Times article about the Simmons mattress company, so here is a bit more on the private equity kingpin Thomas H. Lee.

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Martin Luther King Would Have Loved the Teabaggers, Not Called Them Racists

Mike Elk | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Teabaggers, Martin Luther King, Rush Limbaugh, Bailout, Nafta, Cafta, Glenn Beck, Obama, Democratic Party, Tea Party, Politics News

Very few of us have made any attempt to really reach out to the teabaggers on the issues that we share with them. We could lock arms with them and form a powerful alliance; but instead we attack each other.

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Kyl Hit with Local Ads Showing His No-Need-For-Maternity-Care Statement

Dawn Teo | Posted 10.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Call 'Em Out, Campaign, Political Ad, Democratic Party, Jon Kyl, Senator Kyl, Politics News

Yesterday, the DNC announced that Kyl would be focused in its "Call 'Em Out" campaign and released a web video attacking Kyl for engaging in fear-mongering and lies.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington

David Sirota | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Democrat Coalition, Wall Street, Bloomberg News, K Street, Roll Call, Lobbyists, Barney Frank, Finance Industry, Lobbying Industry, Democratic Party, Banking Industry, Joseph Crowley, Politics News

In just the first half of 2009, the 15 New Democrats on Financial Services committee "received about $1.9 million in contributions from the finance, insurance and real estate industries."

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Friday Talking Points [95] -- A Call To Action

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressives, Al Franken, Chief of Staff, Reform, Alan Grayson, Paul Kirk, Aid of the Party, Emanuel, Midotw, Glenn Greenwald, Nancy Pelosi, Department of Justice, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Peter Paul and Mary, Reid, Public Option, Democrat, House Progressives, Congress, Mary Travers, Democrats, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Acorn, Progressive, Constitution, Mddotw, Rahm Emanuel, Party, Health, Blue Dogs, Harry Reid, Republicans, Senate, Healthcare, President Obama, David Kris, Sherrod Brown, Obama, Democratic, Democratic Party, Friday Talking Points, Fourth Amendment, Republican, Paul Wellstone, Pelosi, Defense Contractor, Co-Op, Baucus, Typewriter, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Rahm, Representative Grayson, Trigger, Time for All Good Men, House, Franken, Rahmbo, Surreal, Fraud, Chris Weigant, Max Baucus, Kris, Politics News

The progressives and Blue Dogs are going to have a showdown. It is going to culminate not in statements to the press (or the lack thereof), not in some whispered whip count, but rather in a very public vote.

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Triggering a Democratic Civil War

Mike Lux | Posted 11.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Howard Dean, Progressive Movement, Public Option, Democratic Party, Progressive Blogopshere, Dfa, Olympia Snowe, Politics News

By winning Olympia Snowe over on health care, the White House is risking something far more politically dangerous: an ugly fight within the Democratic Party and further erosion of Obama's standing with his base.

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Americans Abroad Debate Healthcare Reform

Denise Dennis | Posted 11.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senior Citizens, Public Option, Health Care Reform, Pawlenty-Nullification, Health Insurance, Democratic Party, Racism in Politics, Obama Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News

PARIS -- September 22 -- The heated debate over healthcare reform continued last week in an unlikely place, the cobblestone courtyard of an apartmen...

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