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Saturday January 16, 2010 · 5:49 AM PST

2010/01/16 · 05:49

I caught this article by Jeffery Young at The Hill (h/t Matt Yglesias) discussing the health care bill with Andy Stern of the SEIU. One comment struck me as relevant to broader concerns about progressive strategy.

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Monday December 14, 2009 · 6:11 AM PST

2009/12/14 · 06:11

There is quite a bit of buzz around the blogesphere lately with regard to whether or not Obama is really a progressive, really wants progressive policies to be realized and the like. There is Matt Taibi's article in Rolling Stone. Then there are Digby's comments. Matt Yglesias has a response, and Steve Bennen chimes in. There are also comments from a reader at TPM. And follow the links you can get more comments on the comments and so forth.

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Tuesday April 24, 2007 · 8:01 PM PDT

2007/04/24 · 20:01

I just saw this over at TPM. Apparently Rahm Emanuel is to give a talk at the Brookings Institute tomorrow. In this speech he has certainly gotten the progressive religion. He rips the Bush Administration up and down over the overall corruption of the Bush Administration and its entrenched cronyism. The money quote would have to be

The Bush Administration has redefined the famous challenge of President Kennedy’s inaugural address. Instead of "Ask not what your country can do for you," it has become "Ask what your government can do for our party."

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Wednesday April 11, 2007 · 5:04 PM PDT

2007/04/11 · 17:04

I think our chances for success on the Iraq War funding supplemental are actually pretty good. I come to that conclusion from thinking about Bush's options, and his character.

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Monday March 12, 2007 · 7:59 PM PDT

2007/03/12 · 19:59

Well at least it should not be called a boycott. What am I talking about you say. Well, I caught part of Air America's Politically Direct and they were discussing the cancellation of the Fox sponsored debate in Nevada. The discussion included none other than our lord high poo bah Kos.

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Sunday January 07, 2007 · 9:53 AM PST

2007/01/07 · 09:53

Now that the possibility of Cheney leaving has reached the level of a spurious rumor reported by Josh Marshal I'd like to raise discussion of how progressives and the Democratic Party should react to Cheney stepping down.

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Monday November 06, 2006 · 4:27 PM PST

2006/11/06 · 16:27

This may violate the length requirment on a diary. I appologize for that, but I wanted to get out this information. To Maryland poll watchers, I've come across a pdf version of the Rpublican playbook for the state. This is the twenty page booklet on how to supress the vote in Maryland. For anyone working the polls tomorrow, it could be quite useful. Go to Free State Politics, an excellent local blog by the way, and check this post to find the link. Let's all help to keep tomorrow's vote honest.

Poll Monitor

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 7:21 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 19:21

Well, I've signed up to be a poll watcher here in Maryland. I've had my orientation tonight. This is my first time doing anything like this, so this is a very new experience. I'll try and record what happens as I experience it.
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The Right Attitude

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Monday May 22, 2006 · 4:35 PM PDT

2006/05/22 · 16:35

The post linked to over at TAPPED is the kind of thing that drives me nuts. In response to the changing electoral prospects for the Democrats, Ezra writes "The likeliest outcomes are moderate gains, improvements that looked impossible mere months ago, but will now be seen as yet another lackluster performance by a party unable to take advantage of its good luck." Which is the outlook that brings us so much electoral failure. This news should provoke two responses among Democrats. Read More

Democratic Response to Alito Confirmation

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Saturday January 28, 2006 · 9:10 AM PST

2006/01/28 · 09:10

At Eschaton a few days ago, Atrios noted the probably media responses to the State of the Union, pointing out that whatever happens with the Alito confirmation the media story line will be bad for Democrats. This is no doubt true, but I think that there is a far more important issue, namely what will be the response of the Democratic base. That will have more impact on people's perception of the Democratic Party. Read More

Democratic Business Model

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Sunday October 23, 2005 · 4:12 PM PDT

2005/10/23 · 16:12

It seems to me sometimes that I have an odd perspective on politics. I find that even if I start from the basic conservative positions, self reliance, pro-business and self interest, any degree of long term thinking and reasoning leads me back to progressive politics. For example, as I describe below, any effort to describe a sensible business model for the US leads me to the basic liberal agenda. I think one of the problems we on the left have in selling our message is that our language turns off groups that should support us. Read More

Responsibility

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Friday September 09, 2005 · 8:09 PM PDT

2005/09/09 · 20:09

One of the main right-wing/Republican talking points these days is to claim that the people of New Orleans trapped were irresponsible welfare recipients, wards of the state that were too dependent upon federal assistance. I have two responses to that, one statement and one request for assistance in doing research. Read More

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