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Keeping the Wheels on the Obama Presidency

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, White House, Europe, Public Option, Pragmatism, Joseph Lieberman, Economy, Bailouts, Progressives, Compromise, Jobs, Iraq, China, Democratic Party, Realism, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Wall Street, Rahm Emanuel, Oresident Obama, Single Payer, Health Care, Russia, Health Care Reform, Medicare, Joe Lieberman, Afghanistan, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Because he cannot provide peace and prosperity, Obama needs to pass some meaningful legislation to demonstrate that he is doing something positive. Just getting a health care bill passed will mean nothing to many Americans.

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Why We Lost Healthcare

John Neffinger | Posted 12.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, MoveOn.Org, Healthcare, Barack Obama, Progressives, Fdr, Politics News
John Neffinger

For Obama to do his job, he needs progressives to do theirs: let progressives fight on the left flank to make room for the President to steer a middle course. Otherwise the "centrists" will always win.

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Ed Schultz Spars With Sen. Barbara Boxer Over Senate Health Care Bill

Posted 12.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Bill, Progressives, Ed Schultz, Joe Lieberman, Sen. Barbara Boxer, Senate, Lieberman, Barbara Boxer, White House, Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, Health Care, Media News

The Ed Show's Ed Schultz let it all out Wednesday evening and expressed the frustration that many progressives feel about attempts by Democrats to wat...

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The Eisenhower-Obama Doctrine? Ending the Military's "Blank Check"

Peter M. Shane | Posted 12.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama, Military, Change We Can Believe In, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Progressives, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Peter M. Shane

When it comes to national defense, there appears to be no ambition too excessive, no cost too burdensome, and no deficit too large.

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Culture Wars: The Nation Hosts A Salon

Erica Abeel | Posted 11.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Vampire Frenzy, Walter Mosley, Toni Morrison, Wally Shawn, Entertainment, Progressives, Tony Kushner, Nation Magazine Salon, Obama, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Media News
Erica Abeel

The Nation magazine recently held a "Salon" to explore the question, What Will Become of Our Culture? Too bad it didn't occur during the current New Moon juggernaut.

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Washington: Totally Disconnected From Main Street

Don McNay | Posted 11.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Kentucky Guardianship Administrators, Hank Paulson, Certified Financial Consultant, Goldman Sachs, Dr. Lawrence Summers, George W. Bush, Progressives, Obama Economic Team, Lawrence Summers, Arianna Huffington, K Street, Timothy Geithner, Wall Street Bonuses, Lottery Winners, Secretary of the Treasury, Washington Real Estate, McNay Settlement Group, K Street Lobbyists, Republican National Committee, Charlie Rose, Richmond Kentucky, Double Digit Unemployment, Washington DC, Democratic National Committee, Clu, Dr. Alan Greenspan, Change We Can Believe In, Million Dollar Round Table, Big Money, Henry Paulson, Faculty Lounge, Structured Setlements, Alan Greenspan, Huffington Post, Small Business, President Obama, Sherrod Brown, Obama Administration, Main Street, Jobs, Depressions, Harvard, Ohio, Financial Crisis, Mark Twain, American College, Personal Finance, Msfs, Recessions, Chfc, Economic Crisis, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Kentucky, Don McNay, Economic Despair, Chartered LIfe Underwriter, Wall Street, Vanderbilt University, Mike and the Mechanics, Warren Buffett, Eastern Kentucky University, Certified Structured Settlement Consultant, Cssc, Partisanship, Estate Tax, Business News
Don McNay

Operating a business on Main Street is a lot different than lecturing at the Harvard Economic Club. The team Obama surrounded himself with has spent way more time in a faculty lounge than in the corner barber shop.

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A Commitment Strategy for Afghanistan

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Conservatives, National Security, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, Progressives, President Obama, Taliban, World News
Lorelei Kelly

The president will put forward his decision on Afghanistan soon. It will involve a troop increase. If progressives stay in full opposition mode, they will exist on the margin of the debate.

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Corzine on My Mind

Deborah Jacobs | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, Expectations, New Jersey, Corzine, Progressives, Obama, 2009 Elections, Voting, New York News
Deborah Jacobs

Corzine has weeks to seal his legacy, and the Democratic legislature has to push through its most powerful members' agenda items as well, before it faces unknown terrain with Chris Christie.

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Veteran Moulitsas Versus Tom Tancredo as Moral Tale

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, David Shuster, Politics, Veterans Administration, Progressives, Markos Moulitsas, La Raza, Crashing the Gate, Va, Health Care Reform, Immigration, Media, The Ed Show, Tom Tancredo, Daily Kos, Media News
Beau Friedlander

You merely need to let Tancredo talk to defeat him in a debate. Why would you deride him for not serving his country because of depression, a debilitating illness that affects 8 to 12 percent of the population?

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From California to Maine: Lessons in Reliability and Perseverance

Joseph DiNorcia, Jr. | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Susan Collins, Progressives, Olympia Snowe, Abstience Only, Maine Gay Marriage, California Gay Marriage Ban, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Joseph DiNorcia, Jr.

When push came to shove, the voters of both Maine and California have acted to restrict marriage rights. So what's going on? Why have these states abandoned us and the progressive cause?

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Boulder's Progressives Retain Power, But Only Barely

Bob Wells | Posted 11.05.2009 | Denver

Read More: Macon Cowles, Boulder-City-Council, Election, Progressives, Boulder, Colorado Politics, Carbon Tax, Crystal Gray, George Karakehian, Denver News
Bob Wells

The nine-member council that's to be sworn into office Nov. 17 will reflect a sharply divided city, with the real progressives holding a tenuous 5-4 majority.

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Hope, Change and The Long Road: One Year Later

Bob Cesca | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lgbt, Change, Wingnuts, Obama Change, Hope, Obama Success, Election Day, Progressives, President Obama, Dadt, Health Care Reform, Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, Glenn Beck, One Year Later, Politics News
Bob Cesca

It's been exactly one year since Barack Obama was elected, and it's becoming increasingly clear that the president hasn't fixed the whole world yet. Then again, he never promised such a thing.

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Make No Mistake, Tuesday's GOP Surge Was About Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Progressives, President Obama, Gop, Lberal Democrats, Media, Democrats, Joe Wison, Republican National Committee, Conservatives, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The bad mistake liberals, progressives and the media made was to confuse Obama's popularity with support of his policies. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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The Obama Referendum: Nothing to See Here

Beau Friedlander | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Politics, Progressives, Bob Mcdonnell, Obama, Job Corzine, Bill Owens, Creigh Deeds, Same-Sex Marriage, Maine, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Yesterday's vote on same-sex marriage in Maine was a referendum on our collective humanity, and we don't look so great today. But was it a loss for Obama? Certainly not.

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Time for a Money Bomb

Rep. Alan Grayson | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Money Bomb, Alan Grayson, Health Care, Progressives, Politics News
Rep. Alan Grayson

I scare my right wing attackers. But more accurately, you scare them. Progressives standing up for what we believe and not backing down when our beliefs get challenged.

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President Obama After One Year

Dean Baker | Posted 11.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Financial Crisis, President Obama, Cap and Trade, Finance, Employee Free Choice Act, Progressives, Alan Greenspan, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Barack Obama, Politics News
Dean Baker

A year after President Obama's election, progressives can say that we got pretty much what we had a right to expect: a centrist agenda in office.

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Building Progressive Staying Power

Bill Goold | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Progressive Legislative Exchange, Barack Obama, Election Day, Progressives, Newt Gingrich, Politics News
Bill Goold

The resurgent progressive movement needs to think more long-term, come together quickly, and systematically build a Progressive Legislative Exchange to share the best ideas.

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Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Working Class Whites, Birthers, Teabaggers, Poverty, The South, Southern Whites, Income Inequality, Uninsured-Rate, Economy, Progressives, Globalization, Jobs, Progressive Movement, Race, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Uninsured, Southern States, Health Care Reform, Southerners, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

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Ryan Grim

Durbin: Progressives Forced Our Hand On Public Option

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Public Option, Liberals, Progressives, Dick Durbin, Politics News

Democratic leaders were forced to include a national public health insurance option as part of health care reform by progressive Democratic senators w...

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Mad Hatters Don't Have Monopoly on Patriotism

David Segal | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Election Reform, Providence Journal, Voting Rights, Progressives, Immigration, Rhode Island, Tea Party, Labor Unions, Providence, History, Dorr Rebellion, Politics News
David Segal

In Rhode Island, it was left-leaning patriots, in the form of labor activists, immigrants, and suffragists, who propelled Rhode Island towards the ratification of its constitution in 1842.

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Are States' Rights Right?

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Preemption, Marijuana, Financial Services, Education, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Progressives, Urban Policy, Health Care, States' Rights, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Democrats have been increasingly willing to embrace state -- and local -- governments as partners rather than adversaries in both oversight and in substantive policymaking.

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Progressive Cultural Consumers Far From Socialists

Patricia Martin | Posted 10.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Health Care Reform, Glenn Beck, Education Reform, Capitalism, Obama Socialist, Creative Class, Progressives, Cultural Consumers, Business News
Patricia Martin

98% of people who might otherwise be characterized as progressive (shopping green, recycling, and engaging in creative pursuits) agree with the statement, "My success depends on me."

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What Olympia Snowe's Support Could Mean

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Michael Steele, Rush Limbaugh, Public Option, Senate Health Committee, Senate Finance Committee, John Boehner, Progressives, Democratic Party, Bipartisan, Sarah Palin, Senate, Joe Wilson, Health Care Reform, Senator Olympia Snowe, Bipartisanship, Socialism, Health Care, Republican Party, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

By supporting a moderate bill in committee, Snowe has made the GOP, or at least part of it, relevant again; succeeding where Michael Steele, John Boehner, Joe Wilson, Rush Limbaugh and others have failed.

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The Nobel Prize Wasn't for Obama -- It Was for the American People. Do We Deserve It?

Jonathan Kim | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush, Nobel Peace Prize, Barack Obama, Liberals, Afghanistan, Progressives, Guantanamo, Torture, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Doma, Dadt, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News
Jonathan Kim

That means it's our responsibility to force Obama and other electeds to recognize our priorities and pick up the pace. So call your representative and your senator, and let them know how you feel.

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Friday Talking Points: Is Opt-Out The Answer?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tax Code, Blue Dog, Progressives, Ways and Means, Compromise, Reform, Charles Schumer, Howard Dean, Tripled Down, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, 60 Vote, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Nationwide, Public Option, States Rights, Democrat, Congress, Democrats, Barack Obama, Im in My Place, Nobel Prize, Schumer, Progressive, Mddotw, Put Her in Her Place, Health, Opt Out Plan, Blue Dogs, Americas Next Great Pundit, Healthcare, Senate, George Bush, President Obama, Teddy Roosevelt, Cloture, Senator, Dr Dean, Public Plan, State, Filibuster, Obama, Democratic, Charlie Rangel, Woodrow Wilson, Friday Talking Points, Bush, Dean, Republican, Pelosi, Double Down, Simpsons, Co-Op, Triple Down, Doubled Down, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Taxes, Trigger, Tax Laws, House, Nobel, Marge Simpson, Playboy, Nobel Peace Prize, Opt Out, Tenth Amendment, Rangel, Chris Weigant, Clockwork Orange, Afghanistan, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The plan isn't going into effect until 2013. Think you're tired of TV ads and screaming folks at town hall meetings now? Picture a more local version of that for the next four years -- not a pretty sight.

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