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    The new health care reform law is, arguably, the first major, progressive social legislation passed in over a generation---which means…
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    • For progressives unhappy with Obama for not being progressive enough, his work on this issue may or may not make…
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    • Republicans may try to keep the country polarized, but the only scenario I can envision that helping them is if…
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    • Whether you feel happy or not is up to you.  But it's important at least to act happy.   Why?…
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    • It's this kind of stuff that keeps conspiracy theorists in business. What's stunning to me is the lack of basic…
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    • cfaller96, I agree that Option 1 isn't very likely.  I put it out there more as an exercise in strategic…
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    • Option 1:  Pass an effective and strong financial reform bill (leverage limits, too big to fail resolution authority, consumer financial…
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    • Short term, we've got problems.  Long term, the fundamentals look pretty good. For the coming decade, about 2.5 million people…
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    • And the biggest short-term problem for Democrats is 10% unemployment.   I liked Miller's column too, but I'd go a…
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    • Amen to this.  Charles Peters, founding editor of Washington Monthly, wrote an article about Obama during the campaign.  In the…
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    • Booman, if Obama, Kerry, Boxer, et al are serious about moving a bill this year, then you may need to…
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    • Thanks jcbhan.  Kabuki is a pretty good term for describing much of what goes on in Washington.   My slight…
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    • Obviously, none of us knows Obama's mind and who his intended audiences were for his message of bipartisanship.  I can…
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    • jcbhan, I agree that progressives should "take up the fight", whether as part of OFA or as part of other…
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    • Fighting Bill, thanks for the clarification. I agree with you on the overall strategy for the next seven months.  The…
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    • Fighting Bill, I agree with the first half of your comment.  It is a great post by Booman, and Obama…
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    • (Apologies in advance for this overly Serious Saturday addition to the Frivolous Friday thread.) What's most important (politically speaking) is…
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    • shergald, I think Ezra Klein addressed this as part of a series of posts he's done on the impact of…
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    • True, and they (the right wing) are likely to get worse before they get better.   It will take a…
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    • Yes, we did.  That's why it's worth celebrating---and also worth being aware that the newly defeated Right is, precisely because…
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