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Chm. of Gore 2000 campaign warns: Plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster (read: reclaim the center & keep the Big Tent big)

16 hours ago ago from Cracker Squire

William M. Daley, secretary of commerce in the Clinton administration and chairman of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign, writes in The Washington Post : The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party -- my lifelong political home -- has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral ...

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Republican Hypocrisy on the Deficit and Healthcare

8 hours ago ago from MyDD :: Direct Democracy for People-Powered Politics

Home Diaries Breaking Blue E-Wire 2008 Republican Hypocrisy on the Deficit and Healthcare by RDemocrat , Wed Aug 26, 2009 at 09:19:27 PM EST Crossposted from Hillbilly Report. Boy, to hear many Republicans tell it they have been the watchdogs of fiscal responsibility. They have recently begun squawking about deficits and spending. They try to say our country is spending too much and we cannot afford Universal Healthcare. Of ...

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Mr. President: The Republicans Want To Destroy You

8 hours ago ago from The Left Coaster

A couple weeks ago, TomP quoted President Obama: Mr. Obama said the GOP was fixated on the unemployment rate as Congress enters a midterm-election season, saying Republicans "seem to be almost rooting against recovery," according to two aides briefed on the exchange. The reality is that the Republicans aren't almost rooting against recovery, they are rooting against recovery. They're rooting against health care reform. They're rooting against ...

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Now place your frog in warm water and slowly turn up the heat.

19 hours ago ago from Real World Libertarian

Cartoon: By Nate Beeler. H/t Biggovernment.com William Daley who was secretary of commerce in the Clinton administration and chairman of Al Gore's 2000 presidential campaign is ruing the current flight by ‘moderate’ Democrats to the Republican Party of out of politics altogether. He mentions Rep. Griffith's switch of parties and several representatives deciding to retire rather than face the next midterm ...

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The Daley Machine is Nervous: Political Realignment in the Works?

19 hours ago ago from Seeineye's Blog

by Paul A. Rahe For some time now — here , here , and here — I have been arguing what at first must have seemed counter intuitive: that a great political realignment may be in the works. Today, in The Washington Post , William M. Daley warns his fellow Democrats that they are in danger of bringing just such a realignment about. After alluding to the announced retirements of four centrist Democrats in the House and to Parker ...

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Bob Burnett: 2000-2009: America's Lost Decade

17 hours ago ago from Huffington Post

When historians update the history of the United States, ponder when we lost our way and punted the mantle of global supremacy to China, they'll conclude this past decade was the turning point. From 2000 to 2009, voters made a series of terrible political choices. As a result, for many Americans the US ceased being a land of opportunity and the light of freedom dimmed. 2000 - America chooses mediocrity: The decade opened with a divisive ...

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Native Americans Win Justice, at Last - D.C. Current - J. McTague - Barrons.com

20 hours ago ago from Barron's Online

Native Americans Win Justice, at Last By JIM MCTAGUE MORE ARTICLES BY AUTHOR Obama does the right thing for Native Americans. Subscribe Now With these readers: Or copy the rss link: ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE? Eliminate the negative? The lyric from a 1940s hit tune by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen is a forgotten artifact ...

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