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Thanks.  I wish you luck.  Maybe you can ask him what else is happening, and whether he has suggestions for…
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I'm not sure where we disagree here.  Absent a Fox-News-of-the-left, what tactics should progressives in the Sioux Falls area use…
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Booman, excellent post, thanks. Do you (or does anyone else) have thoughts about how to flip this back on the…
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dataguy, with all due respect, what do you mean "they"?  Are you aware of or involved in any local efforts…
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Leaving aside the issue of Obama's rhetoric, I'd argue that 2010 was mostly the result of: *the usual minority party…
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seabe, I'm not wild about the way Obama talks about "Washington" either.  On the other hand, I remember that Reagan…
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Sorry, the scary black man can't use a stick.  (He has to use a stiletto...but only after it's clear to…
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On March 4, 2007, shortly after announcing his candidacy for president, Sen. Obama gave a speech titled "The Joshua Generation"…
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Thanks for your reply.  As for why Obama "did not use this stuff before", I suspect it's because this is…
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Jinchi, I agree Republicans don't want to run against Democratic claims they're trying to kill Medicare and Social Security. Somewhat…
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Tarheel Dem, thanks for this.  Combined with Booman's original post, it's like a couple of deep breaths of fresh air…
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I'm hoping we don't have to find out what Obama would do if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling…
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dataguy, thanks for listing your answers to the question of why the 2010 midterms were so bad for Democrats.  I'd…
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No, I remember all that.  It's just that I think elections are primarily a referendum on the past, particularly the…
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RandyH, I don't have the documentation in front of me, but my recollection is that Christina Romer's initial recommendation was…
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I agree, in an ideal world.  More realistically, if they hadn't gone along with Baucus' "Gang of Six" negotiations, it…
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kcurie, of course Obama is a "partial failure".  So are we all.  (Otherwise he'd be "Barack the Magic Negro" who…
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Booman, if I could offer a friendly amendment here...I'm sure there are things congressional Republicans want.  Senate Minority Leader Mitch…
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Sheer speculation on my part here, but I strongly suspect Clinton would have defeated McCain by about the same margin…
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Yes and no.  The percentage of white voters who vote Democratic has fluctuated up and down over the past generation,…
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