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Pearlstein: Restore Majority Rule To The Senate

The Washington Post | Steven Pearlstein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

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By now most people have heard the story of the frog that's put in a pot of cold water on a hot stove and doesn't notice as it is gradually boiled to d...

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Dem Leaders in 1965: "Filibuster Threat Is Too Daunting -- So Let's Just Drop This Civil Rights Crap"

Martin Lewis | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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Martin Lewis

It's March 16, 1965. We have a Democratic President. We have large Democratic majorities in both the House and the Senate. It's long been part of the progressive and liberal platform...

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FiveThirtyEight.Com: Democratic Gains In Midwest Slower Than Needed To Become National Majority

FiveThirtyEight.com | Tom Schaller | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

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The Midwest is the swing region of the country. That's true in presidential elections, for sure, especially in what I call the "Great Eight" states; i...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Dems Making Massive Gains As GOP Deteriorates: Pew Poll

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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In seven short years, the American electorate has radically changed, as voters' priorities have shifted to the economy and away from such wedge issues...

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Thomas B. Edsall

Permanent Democratic Majority: New Study Says Yes

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

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A growing number of political scientists, analysts and strategists are making the case for a realignment of political power in the U.S. to a new Democ...

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Why the Democrats Are Losing Ground As Obama Is Gaining It

Drew Westen | Posted 05.13.2009 | Politics

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Drew Westen

While the president is off being the leader of the free world, someone needs to manage the blind trust of the Democratic Party before its assets dwindle like shares of Citigroup.

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Pelosi Announces New Majority Leadership Team

Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2008 | Politics

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Pelosi Announces New Majority Leadership Team. Read the press release. ------ Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced today the new Majority Leadership team...

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Poll: Most Americans Welcome Dem Control

CNN | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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It was one of John McCain's closing arguments: "We're getting a glimpse of what one-party rule would look like under Obama, Pelosi, and Reid. Apparent...

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After the Obama Win.

William Galston | Posted 12.11.2008 | Politics

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William Galston

On the critical issue of government's role, Democrats do not have a mandate. Rather, they have a chance to make their case.

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Obama Election A Roadmap For Democratic Majority

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's big victory could provide Democrats with a road map for an even bigger electoral majority in the future _ something ...

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Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority Begins to Line Up in U.S. Senate

Brad Friedman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Home

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Brad Friedman

Setting aside whether or not a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is a good or bad thing, the undecided races at this hour are quickly summarized below.

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Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Brian Normoyle

The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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The New Electorate: What's In Store For Bluer America

Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Now that Barack Obama and the Democrats will be in control, the party plans to pursue an aggressive agenda. See what's in store for the Democratic Con...

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Hope. Not Faith.

Marc Cooper | Posted 12.03.2008 | Home

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Marc Cooper

Hope, says the dictionary, is about our desires. Faith, on the other hand, is about confidence. I've got tons of the former, and damn near none of the latter. So if Obama offers hope, I'll take what I can get.

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The Horror, The Horror Yet To Come

Robert L. Borosage | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Robert L. Borosage

The Wall Street Journal peered fearlessly today into the increasingly likely terror of an election that produces a Democratic President with larger Democratic majorities in Congress.

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Could This Year Be The Start Of A Democratic Era?

American Prospect | Thomas F. Schaller | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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For a decade, Democrats have heard promises that a durable electoral majority was just around the corner. It's easy to construct such a majority on pa...

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Reid Mum On Lieberman's Role Next Year

The Hill | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday did not rule out removing Sen. Joe Lieberman from his coveted chairmanship in 2009, but he plea...

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