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Wray Herbert: Red Mind, Blue Mind: Are There Really Any Independents?

2012-05-25T11:37:00Z

How do Independents manage to rise above party politics while the rest of the electorate is divided by ideology? Well, perhaps they don't. New evidence suggests that the label "Independent" may imply more objectivity and purity than these Independents deserve.

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Michael Brenner: Democrats' Seven Deadly Sins

2012-05-21T11:31:52Z

Seven venal sins or seven mortal sins? Makes scant difference as far as public ethics are concerned. The accumulation of venal sins has mortal consequences.

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Lincoln Mitchell: A Win on Marriage for Obama

2012-05-15T12:18:02Z

Obama's position on marriage equality changes the policy debate on this issue, probably permanently. Not only is it good to see that the president supports equality for all Americans, but Obama's statement throws down a challenge for future bigots and enshrines marriage equality as the Democratic position.

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Michael Carmichael: North Carolina Democrats Face Internal Turmoil

2012-05-15T10:49:06Z

Inside North Carolina, a political storm of hurricane proportions has been brewing since Friday the 13th of April that involved allegations of sexual harassment and a cover up within the staff of the Democratic Party.

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Byron Williams: I Still Say Republicans Need a Good Shellacking in November

2012-05-09T15:38:51Z

In our system of government, it is always problematic when one political party passes major legislation alone. But what should the president do when the Republicans have no desire to support anything he proposes, even if it is their idea?

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Jeff Cohen: 2012 and Beyond: Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign

2012-05-07T16:11:02Z

We can't devise a successful electoral strategy for "The Left" -- meaning the forces of peace, social/economic justice and sustainability -- unless we face a simple fact: We're getting our asses kicked.

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Peter D. Rosenstein: Kenyan McDuffie: Democrat for Council in Ward 5

2012-05-07T10:56:47Z

There are many people running to replace Harry Thomas, Jr. as the Councilmember for Ward 5. But only one will make a real difference as soon as he is elected to the Council. That person is Democrat Kenyan McDuffie.

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Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm: Occupy a Wing of the Democratic Party

2012-05-03T17:22:11Z

Often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. Become an alternative to the Tea Party. And then, once that happens, occupy the majority in Congress.

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Dem Challengers Beat GOP In Key Measure

2012-05-03T13:42:07Z

WASHINGTON — Democratic challengers raised more money than Republican incumbents in 20 competitive House races from California to Virginia durin...

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Can Democrats Handle Illinois' Budget Reality?

2012-05-02T16:44:35Z

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Facing one of the nation's worst budget crises, the Democrats who run Illinois insist they're serious about overhauling the ...

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Ruth Neubauer: Fellow Democrats, It's Not Only 'The Economy'

2012-05-02T11:43:14Z

Why are we Democrats buying into the manifest content of the Republican message, which is focused on the economy, leaving the latent content regarding "social issues" unrevealed?

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Noah Baron: Where Did All the Liberal Civil Liberties Advocates Go?

2012-04-25T18:28:45Z

If civil liberties mean anything to liberals, we need to start criticizing violations of those civil liberties regardless of who perpetrates them -- and that criticism must be done with the same urgency as always.

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David Coates: Republican Base, Manufacturing Base: Which Is the More Important?

2012-04-24T15:44:41Z

The American economy is in trouble now primarily because the industrial policy to which the Republican Party currently subscribes remains hugely influential and entirely inadequate.

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Howard Steven Friedman: Independent Voter or Independent Poser? Take the Test

2012-04-23T09:41:00Z

As with many things in life, when it comes to being an independent voter, actions speak much louder than words. If your actions show that you are a party loyalist, then embrace it. If your actions show that you are an independent voter, then embrace it.

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Josh Horwitz: Why Would Dems Take Money from an Organization That Wants to Behead Them?

2012-04-23T07:21:52Z

How can any Democrat take money from the NRA or accept their endorsement? It's bad enough that the NRA has been in bed with Republicans for decades. Now Ted Nugent is leveraging his position as NRA board member/spokesperson to incite violence against them and their president.

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Christine Pelosi: Earth Day Call to Service: Vote Green and Clean in 2012

2012-04-22T14:31:23Z

A generation of Earth Days has conditioned millions of us to be green in our homes yet we must apply the same ethic to our politics if we want to save our planet and our democracy. What must we do? Vote green and clean in 2012.

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Glen Browder: Is It Time for Southern Democrats to 'Walk Out on the Porch, Pee, Pull the Light Chain, and Go to Bed'?

2012-04-22T09:06:00Z

Southern Democracy -- defined as entrenched regional rule -- is no more. Republicans now reign throughout most of the South. The best that Southern Democrats can hope for is restoring their party to competitive parity in a two-party system.

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Free-For-All To Fill Open House Seat

2012-04-19T13:39:21Z

New Jersey's byzantine primary system and a series of longstanding rivalries among Democratic leaders has turned the race to fill a rare open seat in ...

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Lincoln Mitchell: Why Seamus Matters

2012-04-18T05:35:14Z

It is probably true that Romney's treatment of Seamus would not make him a bad president -- his economic views and fear of his own party's right wing would do that. Despite this, Romney's treatment of Seamus may prove damaging in the election.

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Mark Yzaguirre: Texas Democrats Shouldn't Rely on Demographics

2012-04-17T14:38:09Z

For years, Democrats in Texas and outside of Texas have worked on the assumption that the rise of the Latino vote will inexorably turn Texas into a blue or at least a purple state.

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Nathaniel Loewentheil: Scott Brown Tried to Move the Red Sox

2012-04-13T13:45:52Z

Scott Brown certainly is an independent voice for Massachusetts -- because he's all alone in his support of moving the Sox from Fenway.

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Eric Cantor's Donation To Anti-Incumbent Super PAC Stirs Texas Democratic Feud

2012-04-11T19:09:00Z

Rep. Eric Cantor probably didn't see this coming. The House GOP majority leader's attempt to intervene in a Republican primary in Illinois has become ...

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Chris Ladd: Republicans, Democrats and the "Crazy Gap"

2012-04-09T12:02:17Z

Occupy Wall Street is little more than a footnote, having failed to wield any noticeable influence in democratic politics. The Tea Party, on the other hand, spread through the Republican biosphere like the zombie virus from The Walking Dead.

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Paul Heroux: The Best Policy Depends on the Context, Not the Political Party

2012-04-09T11:36:16Z

By targeting risk factors and having specific solutions, we can expect to prevent most crime before we have to punish it. Be wary when you hear politicians promoting one-step solutions to crime. The real world is complicated and so are the solutions.

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Dems Deny Carter-Obama Comparisons

2012-04-07T13:23:23Z

Democrats say the political prognosis for President Obama is much better than it was at the same point in former President Jimmy Carter's first term, ...

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