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Mike Gravel on the Personal Democracy Forum

Eric Kuhn | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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Eric Kuhn

"Change is only going to come about when people have the power to act upon the knowledge that they will acquire through the new technology," says former Alaska Democratic Senator Mike Gravel.

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Sam Stein

Democrats Caution: Franken Won't Drastically Change Political Realities

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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Moments after former Sen. Norm Coleman conceded the drawn-out Minnesota Senate election to Al Franken, Gov. Tim Pawlenty said that that he would sign ...

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Republicans Complain: Obama Never Woos Us Anymore

Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics

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GOP leaders have a new complaint about President Obama: He's not reaching out to them nearly as much as he did earlier this year, when he road-tested ...

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Jason Linkins

Democratic Party May Dump Superdelegates

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

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Seems like only yesterday that the entire nation was thrilling to the sturm und drang of the Democratic Party presidential primary process. Remember ...

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Palin 2010: Rivals Expecting Her To Drop Out

Politico | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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Top Republicans and Democrats across Alaska are quietly lining up to run for governor amid growing speculation that Sarah Palin will not seek reelecti...

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American Voters Want Congressional Investigations: Will Democrats Seize the Opportunity for 2010?

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

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Mark Weisbrot

The 2010 elections will very likely be about who gets blamed for the current economic disaster. Even if the economy is recovering in the latter half of next year - and that is a big "if."

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Will Gays Divorce the Democrats?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Karen Ocamb

The Democratically-controlled Congress talks a good game to get LGBT votes and money -- but they don't have much to show for LGBT loyalty.

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Democrats and Democracy in New York

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

It has been a bad week for New York State Democrats. Not only did they lose control of the state senate, but New York State's most powerful congressman managed to bicker with the president.

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Poll: 1 In 3 Republicans Have Negative View Of Party

USA Today | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

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In thinking about the Republican Party's troubles, consider this: One-third of Republicans now say they have an unfavorable opinion of their party....

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The Secret Superdelegate War Revealed

Erik Ose | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Erik Ose

It was one year ago today that Hillary Clinton announced plans to suspend her campaign for the Democratic nomination, and urged her supporters to unite behind Barack Obama.

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Barack Obama and the Future of Democratic Unity

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

The Democratic Party under Obama finds itself in a historic position of being both dominant and unified. This, of course, will not last.

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Letter From Paris: Calling A Dick A Dick

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

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Beth Arnold

With yet another round of Dick Cheney disinformation saturating the airwaves, it boggles the mind how the Bush administration controlled the American conversation in the media for so many years.

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Supreme Courts and Party Politics

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 06.28.2009 | Politics

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Lincoln Mitchell

California showed us the judicial past where courts dominated by conservatives, unrepresentative of the people, restrict constitutional rights. Sotomayor and Obama showed us the future.

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Barack Obama is the LeBron James of the Democratic Party

Frankie Sturm | Posted 06.24.2009 | Politics

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Frankie Sturm

Political gains that are heavily dependent on a single personality are easy to reverse. Bush was the most popular man for a year after 9/11. When his stock fell, so did that of the his Party.

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Liberty University Rejects Democratic Club On "Moral" Grounds

News Advance | Posted 06.22.2009 | Politics

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Liberty University has revoked its recognition of the campus Democratic Party club, saying "we are unable to lend support to a club whose parent organ...

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Watch Out -- It's Going Around

Norman Lear | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

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Norman Lear

I worry that my party could be coming down with a kind of political swine flu. It's new to our politicos but known to be lethal, resembles what we've experienced, yet we are totally unprepared for it.

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Dennis Perrin Sounds Off on Jon Stewart, Barack Obama, and The Nation

Christian Avard | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

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Christian Avard

Dennis Perrin: I would like to see more direct action but I knew early on in the Obama administration that it was just not going to happen.

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Time to Stand Up as Congress Stands Down with War Funding Bill

Tom Andrews | Posted 06.15.2009 | Politics

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Tom Andrews

How is it that, after winning the White House and strong Congressional majorities in 2008, Democrats are still playing defense when it comes to national security?

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Obama Makes Terrible Mistake by Not Releasing Pictures

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Obama has not just protected the torturers, but empowered them. They now get to claim they tried to protect America and that anyone who tries to show their misdeeds endangers America.

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"Democrat Socialist Party" Resolution Will Pass RNC: Member

Politico | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a...

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Specter: Loyal Opportunists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 06.08.2009 | Politics

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Paul Jenkins

There is little doubt that the country has made a political left-turn, leaving opportunistic moderates from both parties scrambling to find their cherished middle.

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Addled Specter Now Claims To Have Joined Khmer Rouge

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 06.08.2009 | Comedy

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Jerry and Joe Long

In the past week Specter has joined then quit the Christian Falangist Party Of America, the Japanese Communist Party, the Mensheviks, Conservative Democrats Of Slovakia, and the African National Congress.

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The Specter Switch: The Incredible Shrinking Republican Party

Lanny Davis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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Lanny Davis

The shrinkage is primarily due to two facts about the current Religious-Right dominated Republican Party: unpopular ideas and bad attitudes.

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Dear GOP: Evolve or Perish

Sahil Kapur | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

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Sahil Kapur

There's an important place in American politics for honest conservative thought, but sadly, no party represents it anymore.

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The Grassroots/Democratic Establishment Divide

Mike Lux | Posted 06.04.2009 | Politics

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Mike Lux

How Obama can bridge the divide between activists and the Democratic establishment by delivering real change will be one of the defining stories of the Obama presidency.

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