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Warren running

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Elizabeth Warren is going to run for the Senate. Donate here.

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Delusional

Monday, September 12, 2011

Up until yesterday I was convinced that Obama was going to win next year, since the Republicans are going to nominate a crazy person, or the crazy wing (now the majority) of their party will stay home if they go with Mitt (who qualifies as not crazy only by comparison with the alternatives). Now, I’m […]

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Want to place bets on how this will come out?

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Chuck Shumer says the Republicans aren’t playing fair on the FAA: “The FAA is in limbo. Airports are the economic engine of the small communities around the country, and that economic engine is now stuck in neutral,” Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told reporters Wednesday. “Under the cover of the debt ceiling crisis, they are holding […]

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The Dems wake up and smell the coffee

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

TPM reports that the Democrats in Congress may be coming to the conclusion that the Republicans have no interest in fixing the economy. Excuse me, but if they’re just beginning to tumble to this now, then we have some seriously dim-witted people in the House and Senate. This has been official Republican policy, announced by […]

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Deems ready to throw a lifeline?

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

There is a tale unfolding in Washington that beggars belief. I’ve said before that, in Washington, if your opponent hands you a knife, you are honor bound to stick it into him. Well, the Republicans just handed the Democrats a knife of finest steel, honed razor sharp, and if rumors are to be credited, and […]

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Rapid Response

Sunday, March 13, 2011

I am in receipt of an email from Nancy Pelosi. She is, she says, absolutely irate about what happened in Wisconsin, and would Iike me to help her do something about it. Specifically, she would like me to hand over some cash to the Rapid Response Fund, another name for the DCCC, apparently. The email […]

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Democrats preserve the filibuster

Friday, January 28, 2011

If you were interested in knowing how interested Senate Democrats are in actually governing, you now have your answer: not very. I’ve said before (too lazy to find a link) that we would know whether the Democrats had any serious intentions to accomplish anything by whether or not they did anything substantive about the filibuster. […]

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We’re enthused again

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

If this turns out to be true, it’s good news for the Democrats. If I had to name the two biggest factors that cost Democrats the 2010 election cycle it would be 2 e’s- economy and enthusiasm. A huge part of the party’s problem was the bad economy, which drove independent voters strongly toward GOP […]

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I’m confused.

Monday, December 6, 2010

According to the Huffington Post there’s no chance the Democrats will have the spine to let the Bush tax cuts expire. I don’t quarrel with that. But this had me shaking my head: A top Senate aide, meanwhile, predicted that there would be “lots of nay votes on a White House compromise,” though likely not […]

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Outrage fatigue

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Another post at Kos, as at so many of our left leaning blogs, documenting yet another “outrageous” act by a Republican, this time the fact that John Kyl is holding up the Start Treaty in order to get a tax cut for the rich. I must confess that I am not outraged by this, nor […]

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