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20141111 We don’t need no wonky politics

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The meme seems to be taking hold, at least among the citizens of Left Blogistan, that Democrats lost big this year because they have no coherent message and offer voters no particular reason to vote for them, relying instead on the argument, express or implied, that you should vote against Republicans. While that latter statement […]

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All Hail Harry Reid

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

He just gets better with age: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Tuesday said that billionaires controlled American politics because of the lack of campaign finance laws. “I’m here because of the flood of dark money into our nation’s political system poises the greatest threat to our democracy that I have witnessed during my […]

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Things look up in Kentucky

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Seems Mitch McConnell has a little problem; one many of us have seen coming for some time. The Kentucky version of Obamacare has been a huge and popular success there, so Mitch has to pass through the eye of a needle so small it would daunt the tiniest camel. He has chosen to do so […]

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All Hail, FDR

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

If I had to summarize my problems with Barack Obama, I think it would boil down to this: He had the chance to be an FDR and chose to be a Herbert Hoover. If I had to summarize my problem with the modern Democratic Party it would boil down to this: The Democratic Party takes […]

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Sounds right to me

Sunday, September 15, 2013

My fellow Democrats: read this.

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One teeny step

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Harry Reid scored a minor victory yesterday. Republicans caved and allowed a vote on some executive branch nominations, getting nothing in return, but the Senate remains incapacitated and Obama’s judicial nominations remain frozen. What else is new, right? Well, what’s new, apparently, is that this entire unprecedented situation is the fault of both parties, as […]

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Reid threatens, Republicans yawn

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Harry Reid is once again threatening to end the filibuster, and it looks like this supreme political strategist has chosen his approach: threaten to hit ‘em where it will hurt the least (and then not follow through): Democratic sources confirmed a New York Times report that leaders are weighing a change that would end filibusters […]

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We have nothing to lose but our Schumers

Monday, July 8, 2013

Some thoughts provoked initially by a mass email I received today, in which Hullabaloo’s digby offered me a chance to win a Neil Young souvenir if I donated money to Daylin Leach, a proud progressive running for Congress in Pennsylvania. Apparently, the powers that be in the Democratic Party would prefer a corporate Democrat run […]

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The IRS “scandals”

Monday, May 13, 2013

The scandal de jour revolves around the fact that one office in the IRS, under a Bush appointed commissioner, used terms such as “tea party” and “9/12” to help pick and choose the 501©(4) applications to review. I don’t have much to add to what’s written here at the American Prospect. The real scandal, of […]

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Not so fast-the Dems could blow this one too

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Ted Cruz, the man who makes his fellow senators look good, is apparently thinking of running for President, and at least one blogger at Daily Kos is licking his (or her) chops: Cruz is a perfect candidate for the right: He’s as crazy as Michele Bachmann, but instead of degrees from Winona State University and […]

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