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Nancy Pelosi's Political Balancing Act

Sherry Bebitch Jeffe | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Sherry Bebitch Jeffe

Pelosi's first priority is to maintain her speakership, and that means protecting her Democratic majority through the 2010 elections -- even if it means bucking her own party's president.

A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.