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9 hours ago ago from Political Wrinkles
A liberal whose actually getting it... From Bill Daley...Former Commerce Secretary for Clinton... Keep the Big Tent big Quote: Despite this raft of bad news, Democrats are not doomed to return to the wilderness. The question is whether the party is prepared to listen carefully to what the American public is saying . Voters are not re-embracing conservative ideology, nor are they falling back in love with the Republican ...
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10 hours ago ago from Bsoetoro.com
For some time now here , here , and here I have been arguing what at first must have seemed counterintuitive: 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 Griffith's switch to the Republican ...
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17 hours ago ago from YID With LID
William M. Daley is the prototypical Democratic Power the former U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1997 to 2000 is a lawyer and business executive.He was a chairman of the Al Gores failed presidential campaign in 2000. During the 2008 Democratic Presidential Primaries, Daley was a prominent supporter of Barack Obama, and eventually and adviser to the Obama-Biden Transition team. Today, in The Washington Post, Daily warns his fellow Democrats ...
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5 hours ago ago from Structure and Randomness
I'm reading The Big Sort by Bill Bishop. There are several books out there saying Americans aren't as polarized as the media says; The Big Sort says, no, really, they are , especially along geographic lines. The latest chapter rubbed up against one of my pet peeves, though - he's talking about "post-materialist politics", the idea that Americans are now divided less by economic issues and more by social issues. Argh, this mindless ...
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7 hours ago ago from Radical Rationalist
Are the Republican Party, and the two-party system, still headed for disaster? Last April, I speculated about what the political landscape might look like after the dust has settled from battle within the Republican Party. I didn't lay down any sort of time frame, but this seems as good an opportunity as any to take a look back at the last eight months and see how things are playing out. The Democrats While the Party's leadership ...
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For Reid, a Hard Climb to the Pinnacle
9 hours ago ago from The New York Times
WASHINGTON It was the pinnacle moment of his political career. The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, on the verge of making history by shepherding through far-reaching health care legislation, was called upon by the clerk to cast his vote. Health Care Conversations Share your thoughts about the health care debate. Top Discussions: The Public Option | Medicare and the Elderly | The Senate Bill Health ...
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