Purity is pragmatism

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Thursday June 10, 2010 · 5:32 PM PDT

2010/06/10 · 17:32

There is a interesting piece by Matt Bai coming out in this weekend's NY Times magazine. The piece concerns the disconnect between the administration and Congress in regards to leadership of the Democratic party. What really struck me, though, wasn't so much the article, as one of the comments located beneath the article. Here's the comment in it's entirety...

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Why I'm Disillusioned...with an emphasis on HCR

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Friday December 11, 2009 · 9:53 PM PST

2009/12/11 · 21:53

Before I get started, let me get one thing out of the way. Assuming 1) I don't drop dead and 2) the Repubs don't nominate a progressive liberal as their Presidential candidate, I will be casting a ballot for Barack Obama in 2012.

That being said, we on the Left are in a conundrum. Despite unprecedented in (most of) our lifetime(s) majorities in the Senate and House, and a popular, charismatic President, elected with a broad mandate to do a 180 on Washington, we're getting the same old, same old.

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