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I hope they're wrong, but this is TPM's own reporting, not reiteration of Polito: "Multiple sources tell TPMDC that Senate…
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That's because there have been many factors pointing towards success, and many toward failure, but the latter and not the…
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Your statement was: "In other words, Obama is going to get an up or down vote on his health care…
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(previous comment posted accidentally) "No Commission. Prosecute!" is what several prominent Republicans have said. This should give us pause. I…
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Abuse of executive power is how Nixon was brought down, and the refusal to do likewise to Reagan is why…
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If the goal is to take the Senate, the best approach is to  push progressive legislation that  is very popular…
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The top tax rate of the 50s and 60s was not far below that, and the country seemed to prosper…
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That's why progressives need to move into this space. There will be populism the times demand, and if it is…
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No, he is not. If we're going to define demogogues thusly: "Demagogues, by definition, are not honest leaders. They do…
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It isn't that we gave up too much in the Senate. It's that Obama could have let the House start…
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Those of us who disagreed with his promise of bipartisanship are completely consistent in objecting to how it constrains him…
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And, no, eliminating the tax cuts would not have been contractionary, just as Clinton's early tax increases were not. But…
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Eliminating the Bush tax cuts for the rich was also a centerpiece and that was put off.  Health care was…
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Except, of course, that the supposed rescuers are here, and are the same clowns who got us into this mess.
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It is often said that FDR saved the financial system, but he didn't. He replaced it with something better. We…
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Again, if "progressive" indicates a set of ideas, rather than merely a tribal alliance, whether the bill if progressive has…
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If "progressive" actually denotes a set of ideas, rather than being merely the badge of a tribal alliance, then whether…
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is the art of getting the best deal for your side you can. People who make unforced concessions are failing…
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He's not schiz; he's very conservative on foreign policy, primarily in the Likudnik style, and opportunistic on everything else. For…
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Internecine fights on the left should be avoided if possible, and the current Kos pissery is certainly avoidable. Kos probably…
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