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Ugh, I can't even read TPM anymore, their reporting has become so relentlessly, almost gleefully negative. Their primary editorial spin…
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To say that Obama "failed miserably at every step" is shallow analysis and inverse to the facts of the situation.…
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I think about that too sometimes. Oklahomans are descendants of the Dust Bowl folks, who were rescued on  many levels…
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Oklahoma also has two of, if not the, worst Senators.
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Seriously. This is gonna be good. On a related note, I think a similar dynamic will happen if and when…
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Caning! Now that's a novel idea for Republican obstruction! It's been what, 150 years?
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Ha! Point taken, I suppose. 🙂
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Another idea behind the Senate was to have a sort of "cooling-off chamber" for the impulsiveness of the general public…
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Well, yes. But still: fuck yeah.
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It's odd about Bradlee - as far as I understand, he is a highly respected newspaperman of the old guard…
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I still don't entirely understand all the progressive anger at Baucus's strategy. Yes, he took too long. Yes, he was…
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It's interesting - you hear a lot of talk right now about how exultant Republicans are. And perhaps they have…
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Agreed - the process is slow but it is happening. The day-to-day battles are important, but progressives need to keep…
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I agree with you specifically re: the line "Voters are not reacting to the particulars of each bill. They are…
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Is it common consensus that that's basically what Berlusconi did? Sort of like Bloomberg in New York?
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Speaking of dyspeptic conservative commentators, did anyone read this David Brooks column? http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/12/opinion/12brooks.html I thought it was an interesting take.…
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"Cast off," I meant.
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Perhaps she will push the Republican rhetoric so far to the incoherent right that it will turn off the entire…
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I've been waiting for someone to come out and say this. It's possible that Palin could walk to the Republican…
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Open Left is an interesting place. I like Bowers and usually read his posts, even though he's been wrong/counterproductive so…
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