Blue Dog Democrats

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White House Protects Blue Dogs and Bullies Progressives

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Option, Rahm Emanuel, Progressives, New York Times, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The most obvious explanation for why President Obama shields the Blue Dogs and bullies Progressives is that conservative Democrats (like Republicans) represent the interests of Big Business.

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The Daily Szep-Money barks

Paul Szep | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Cartoons, Political Cartoon, Health Care Reform, Cartoon, Health Care, Barack Obama, Blue Dog Democrats, Political Cartoons, Comedy News

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Netroots Nation Frustration and the Impediments to Progressive Change

David Roberts | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ben Nelson, Netroots Nation, Grassroots, Waxman-Markey, Netroots, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, Aces, Health Care, Astroturf, Blue Dog Democrats, Climate Bill, Politics News

It's become clear that structural features of American politics make it so change averse that virtually no progressive electoral sweep is enough to do the job.

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The Red Bottoms of Red-Staters: How Corporal Punishment Contributes to Right Wing Paranoia

Stephen Ducat | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing Authoritarians, Spanking, Right Wing Paranoia, Right Wing Media, Dick Armey, Acorn, Seiu, Corporal Punishment, Right Wing, Big Government, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, Sarah Palin, Michael Savage, Glenn Beck, Corporal-Punishment-Schools, Right-Wing Extremism, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

No paranoid fantasy seems too bizarre, too implausible, or too disconnected from consensual reality to find a credulous audience among right wing true believers.

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"Centrist" Dem Senators Voting More Conservative This Year

Five Thirty Eight | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Dem Senators Voting, Progressive Punch, Centrist Senators, Centrist Democrats, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

The August break, when members of Congress go home to their districts to be screamed at (or to escape to the beach), seems like a good time to examine...

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Smile! You're on Deather Camera!

Marty Kaplan | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Glenn Beck, Deathers, Rush Limbaugh, Health Care, Death Panels, Sarah Palin, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

This is a fight to the death for Americans who can't afford premiums, can't afford drugs, and can't get insured. For them, it's not The Truman Show; it's a horror show.

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Divining The Motives Of The Blue Dogs, Part Four

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Hello! This week, for fun, we've been speculating like crazy about what motivates this species canis puteulanus to make so much noise. Maybe it's bec...

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WATCH: Cash 4 Clunkers Is Just the Beginning

Lee Camp | Posted 09.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Blue Dogs, Cash for Clunkers, Subprime Mortgages, Clunkers, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Blue Dog Democrats, Cash for Clunkers 2009, Comedy News

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CNN Dives Head First into Television Payola

David Sirota | Posted 09.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill Schneider, Cnn, Blue Dog Democrats, Richard Wolffe, Journalistic Ethics, Cnn Analysts, Third Way, Media News

In the age of Television Payola, regular "news" contributors never have to choose between television time and corporate shilling -- the shills get the best of both while the audience loses.

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'Blue Dogs' or Corporate Shills?

Thomas Frank | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Insurance Industry, Stephen Carter, David Sirota, Medical Industry, Blue Dogs, Health Care Reform, Washington Post, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

What makes the Blue Dogs run? Profit motive. Individual Dogs do far better than garden variety Democrats when it comes to bringing in contributions the insurance and medical industries.

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Divining The Motives Of The Blue Dogs, Part Three

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Democrats, Transparency, Politics News

Hello, and welcome back to our ongoing series of posts, madly speculating on what factors might be driving the Blue Dog Democrats to busy themselves w...

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Divining The Motives Of The Blue Dogs, Part Two

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Yesterday, we began our four part attempt to wildly speculate on what's been driving the Blue Dog Democrats in their mysterious mission to throw a mon...

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Health Care: The Presidential Campaign of 2009

Rick Horowitz | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congressional Recess, Birthers, Decision 2008, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Choice 2008, Election 2008, Congress, Henry Waxman, Republicans and Health Care, You Decide 2008, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, GOP and Health Care, Democrats and Health Care, Obama and Kenya, Health Care Reform, Max Baucus, August Recess and Health-Care Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, John McCain, Birthers Conspiracy, Birther-Movement, Obama Birthers, Obama Kenya, Politics News

It's not just the bizarro "birther" brigades that are treating Obama as electorally illegitimate. Think about the way the health-care fight has played out recently.

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Divining The Motives Of The Blue Dogs, Part One

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Blue Dogs, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

Blue Dog Democrats. They are the rock in the road around which health care reform must go. Everybody talks about them, but who really spends any tim...

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Part 3: Un-Spinning Healthcare Reform - The Economics

Kimberly Krautter | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

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I don't know about you, but one thin dime for every buck you make seems like a very easy trade for being able to see the doctor any time you need to.

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Left, Right & Center: Wall St. Bonuses, Health Care Deal, China and the Beer Summit

Huff Radio | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Andrew Cuomo discovered that $33 billion in bonuses were paid by Wall Street firms during the height of the meltdown and the public bailout. Where's the outrage?

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President's Field Team Targets Blue Dogs' Districts Over Health Care Battle

Dawn Teo | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Obama's former campaign arm, Organizing for America, is targeting districts of Blue Dog Dems reluctant to support health care reform with old-fashioned, on-the-ground operations.

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Health Care's 13 Tyrants

David Sirota | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care, Health Care Reform, Senate Commerce Committee, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

We do not live in a functioning democracy -- republican, direct, or otherwise. And now, American tyranny - that is, America's lack of democracy -- is distorting the health care debate.

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American Plutocracy: Corruption Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Most police officers in America do not require greased-palms for their services. But if one wishes to attend a chicken cordon bleu dinner with Senator Max Baucus of Montana, it will cost him $10,000

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Reforming Health Care: Lessons Learned, and Lessons Forgotten

James Moeller | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

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The one lesson this White House failed to heed from the last failure was one of message. Effective messages are simple and salient. Obama's economic argument for health care reform is neither.

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August Health Care Reset

Trey Ellis | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Health Care, Health Care Reform, August Recess, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

How can Obama regain momentum in the health care debate? Presidential Ju-Jitsu and the same kind of grass-roots excitement that got him elected in the first place.

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When "Yes We Can!" Meets "No We Won't!"

Mitchell Bard | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

If the Democrats in Congress don't find a way to become co-advocates with the president on these important issues, their future political problems will be the least of it.

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Blue Dogs Receive More Health Industry Backing Than Other Democrats

washingtonpost.com | Dan Eggen | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

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On June 19, Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas made clear that he and a group of other conservative Democrats known as the Blue Dogs were increasingly unhapp...

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The Simple Health Insurance Solution

Don McNay | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

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I've had my own angry, screaming battles with my health insurance carrier. It seems everyone I've talked to has had a similar experience. I just don't see them marching on Washington about it.

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Rachel Maddow's Omission: Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Explain Obama's Thinking

Jackson Williams | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lake Okeechobee, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Msnbc, Florida, Alcee Hastings, President Obama, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

A huge majority of Americans, 70 percent, want Don't Ask, Don't Tell ended, and it will be, but this is a foolish time to toss the issue into the mix.

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