jcbhan

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GOP politicians get a pass on scandals if they admit they sinned and make the appropriate gestures to appease the…
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Very good point on Obama's intentions- he does think of "bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship" is good political strategy,…
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And before doing so, I take your points and agree for the most part.  However, I was focusing not on…
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And I wasn't using "kabuki" as a derogatory term.  I think its the best shorthand word that we have for…
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But the options for Pres Obama weren't Single Payer vs. A bill that the Health Insurance Industry could support.  Why…
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There's a number of institional reforms that Obama could fight for and hasn't.  Campaign finance? Lobbying?  Archaic rules in the…
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Didn't really look good on the bumper sticker but its more accurate than "Change you can believe in."   Overall…
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Does that not have the votes in the house either?  I can live with the public option/medicare buy in coming…
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Last sentence should be "abolishing the filibuster," not the senate.  
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Both of these, if done right, are gamechangers,  In additional to being overdue policy reforms, they make the country much…
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Particularly the last graph.   Thanks
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It may turn out in hindsight (im not of this view, but i could be convinced) that Reid was a…
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I think part of what is so frustrating of the Lincoln dynamic is just watching her make stupid decisions FOR…
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and ultimately these things to sometimes just reduce to your values.  We often try to reason these things out, but…
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I love his numbers approach, but like a lot of people he gets caught in the trap of thinking that…
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In my optimistic moments I agree with you and am in a way I think the whole tea party/ HCR/…
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Yea, I think 2006-2012 (2010- Reid gone, Lincoln gone; 2012- Lieberman gone) will be seen as a period of significant…
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I find that the most anachronistic of our caucus are Lincoln and Bayh, both elected in 1998.  Even allowing for…
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Good points.   I doubt the caucus has the stomach for it either, just laying out how I think we…
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I agree the messaging is important here.  But Obama and the dems are already being labeled as extremists and maoists,…
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