openleft.com - 11/18/2008
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A question in the aftermath of Chairman Lieberman's heroic return to the welcoming arms of the Senate Democratic club: Should we be surprised?
No, really, this is a serious question.
With its congressional majority, the Democratic Party has refused to seriously try to end the war, to stop the ...
mudvillegazette.com - 11/14/2008
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mudvillegazette.com —
I'm not. Glenn Reynolds : "THE WAR IS
OVER AND WE WON:" Michael Yon just phoned from...
Baghdad, and reports that things are much better than he had expected, and he had expected things to be good. He adds that Mike will be headed back to ...
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Surprised?
thenextright.com - 11/18/2008
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thenextright.com —
The price of power. Kos: But there's also
disdain for the American electorate that voted in overwhelming...
numbers for change from the discredited Bush/McCain/Lieberman policies. But in a city known for tone-deafness, there clearly isn't a more ...
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Infighting We Can Believe In
liberaloasis.com - 11/13/2008
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liberaloasis.com —
Getting 60 Democratic Senators would be nice, but
it is no guarantee of preventing filibusters. You still...
need to hold 60 Senators, of any party, to overcome each cloture vote on an issue-by-issue basis. So with Dems only having at least 57 ...
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Getting to 60
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Corrente —
On having no place to go:
[Democrats] believe that most "progressive movement" activists will actually do what they did during the last election - berate anyone who floats the idea that movement organizing and carrot-and-stick treatment of the Democratic Party during election time is actually a good thing. They believe, in short, that come 2010, we'll all fall in line and be an ATM machine of partisan campaign contributions and candidate volunteer time because we are still very much organized as a party, not a movement.
And here's the thing: Except for a ...
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