Joe Manchin Plops One in the Punchbowl

On the eve of the Georgia senate runoff elections president elect Joe Biden told voters at a rally in Georgia that the fate of the $2,000 stimulus checks was in their hands, that only by sending Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the Senate, thereby removing Mitch McConnell as majority…

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Open Thread: Better Deal

I haven’t had a chance to read about the Dems’ Better Deal that they announced today. So I would like your thoughts on the subject. Something to work with or meh?

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A Word On Those Obstructionist Democrats

Just sayin’: A bit more on this later!

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Clinton camp puts partial blame on ” internalized misogyny ” for her loss to Donald Trump

If you were hoping for a reasoned, sensible self reflection from the Clinton camp about why they lost to Donald trump last week, don’t hold your breath. Former Clinton campaign director of communications outreach, Jess McIntosoh, told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes Monday night that it was ” internalized misogyny ” that…

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Robert Reich: Democrats need to start talking about the public good and the common welfare

This.

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The most underreported political story in the country

Last week, long term incumbent Seattle City Councilmember Richard Conlin, considered a liberal democrat, claimed victory over Socialist Alternative candidate Kshama Sawant by a roughly 53% to 46% margin in a race for a Seattle City Council seat.  Sawant ran an unconventional and grossly underfunded campaign with a combination of old…

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President Obama’s perilous pragmatism

Here’s a snippet from a blog entry that’s well worth a read… Liberals are weary of defending the President against charges he’s a socialist by pointing out he’s more conservative than Bush ever was. We voted for a Democrat. Is it too much to expect that he act like one?…

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Conservative blogger asks: What is the difference between slaves on plantations and blacks who blindly vote for Democrats?

This is absolutely despicable…. This is from an email that’s been going around for some time, but never stops being thought-provoking.  OR TRUE.   What is the difference between slaves on plantations and blacks who blindly vote for Democrats? What does a slave-owner have to provide, free, for his slaves?…

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I remember – do you?

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Don’t grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be

Here’s some good advice for Democrats running for office in 2010: grow a little backbone: Every one of our candidates and incumbents should be touting the extremism on their opponents to the right. Because y’know what? Most people are not wingnuts, or crackpots, or extremists. Most people really don’t believe…

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