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3 Reasons Why Progressives Are So Frustrated Posted by Chris Bowers , Open Left at 2:32 PM on December 23, 2009. Really, it's pretty simple. If I may be so bold, I believe I can sum up, in three main points why progressives are so frustrated right now: They are on the short-end of a left-progressive vs. Third Way ideological divide with the leadership of the American center-left coalition; In attempts to ...
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Hello. Donate Login or Register for full access Popular Posts for Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Web Exclusives Magazine Columnists Progressive Media Project Radio Progressosphere Obama Double-Crossed Progressives on Health Care By Matthew Rothschild, December 23, 2009 Are you feeling like a ...
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President Obama in the Washington Post yesterday: Obama said the public option "has become a source of ideological contention between the left and right." But, he added, "I didn't campaign on the public option." Sure you didn't. That's why there's video, and countless news stories with you talking about it over and over again. Candidate Obama to the Washington Post in 2008 : Every American has the right to affordable, comprehensive and ...
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8 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
(This is the first of a series of blogs/articles that will try to put the growing disappointment of many progressives at President Obama's policies into a wider political and theoretical perspective about the divide in the Democratic Party between progressives and corporatists.) If Barack Obama and today's Congressional Democrats were passing Social Security for the first time, instead of a creating a public program, they would likely be ...
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I am a big believer in open political debate. While my views may be solidly progressive, I have the utmost respect for anyone interested in making honest arguments as to how to proceed on the issues of the day. I admire Jurgen Habermas's view of democracy requiring a public sphere in which citizens come to the table not just with arguments for their side, but with an open mind to hear the views of opponents. I was reminded of how far the ...
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The health care reform debate may be dying down in Congress, but the ad wars continue. On Wednesday, the Progressive Change Campaign Committee unveiled a new spot in which it all but accuses the president of abandoning the principles of his health care reform agenda. Tackling the two provisions that rankle liberals the most, the PCCC highlights footage of Obama himself rejecting the efficacy of an individual mandate and insisting that a ...
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There's a lot of righteous - and rightful - outrage that President Obama is now blatantly lying about his campaign promise to give every American a choice of a public plan for health care. But that's only the beginning of the broken health care promises if you watch this 48-second video: So here you have candidate Obama on 10/4/08 reiterating how important the "detailed health care plans" are - how serious he thinks they are. And here we ...
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