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Sam Stein

MoveOn Targets Dems Who Voted Against Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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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 09.07.2009 | Politics

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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 08.31.2009 | Politics

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Sahil Kapur

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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Sahil Kapur

Conservative Democrats Most Vulnerable If Health Reform Fails

HuffingtonPost.com | Sahil Kapur | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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

David Sirota | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

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

David Sirota | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics

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David Sirota

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 08.02.2009 | Politics

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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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Ryan Grim

Blue Dogs Backsliding On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

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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 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Jacob Dickerman

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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Ryan Grim

Obama To Nelson: We're Going Around You

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

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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 08.06.2008 | Politics

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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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