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I'd like to offer a dissenting voice here, perhaps just as devil's advocate. First, my premise is that Obama will…
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Spend some time at OpenLeft.  There's plenty of material there.
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You're going to be pretty busy if you insist on "pointing [this stuff] out as long as [you] see the…
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I'm still scratching my head at the idea that the administration leaked details, with no effort at defending the plan,…
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Honestly, it's all about the merits of the plan.  If the plan is good, it can and will be defended.…
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I'm getting less and less nervous about Krugman. A year ago, I gave Krugman the benefit of the doubt on…
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I think people need to redefine what a "moderate" is. When it comes to the federal courts, hardly any trial…
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I don't think it's linked in this diary, but The Democratic Strategist recently wrote about the "going Galt" phenomenon as…
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I read the op-end piece when it came out, and I have no idea why you're making such a big…
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One thing I like about Leahy's approach: he apparently is emphasizing the need to investigate and make a full accounting,…
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But would this move lose the tiny gang of "centrists" from the Senate? I wish I knew what Snowe, Spector,…
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I have the same "calm before the storm feeling." I know that, as soon as the details over the plan…
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Right on. It's amazing to me how many on the left ignore the fact that Obama's promise of bipartisanship means…
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At OpenLeft, some people have left comments indicating that - regardless of the general rules on filibusters - the stimulus…
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I suspect that Obama is being purposely opaque about what kind of final stimulus package he really wants. By remaining…
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