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I think Nancy Pelosi does a good job here of reframing an annoying question about the need to govern from the center, arguing that the results of the 2006 and 2008 elections reaffirm that the center is progressive and that what matters, ultimately, is delivering the goods to help people with ...
Too Progressive Already
powerlineblog.com — We've been writing for some years about the fact that America's income tax system has increasingly concentrated tax liability among the highest income earners. Currently, the top ten percent of American income earners pay 71 percent of all income ... (more) Too Progressive Already
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boomantribune.com — The following Democrats just voted to jettison the Writ of Habeas Corpus, give the President the right to interpret the Geneva Conventions, give the Secretary of Defense the authority to change Courts Martial rules and procedures at his whim, to give ... (more) A Progressive Community
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Pelosi And Dean Beat Back Conservatives’ Claim That America Is Still ‘Center-Right’
Think Progress — ... In separate press conferences today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and DNC Chairman Howard Dean wholly rejected the right-wing’s talking points. Pelosi explained that the “center” of the country is progressive and that it demands legislation like raising the minimum wage and making college more affordable: ...

11/6: Sticking By Sarah
Blogometer — ... ' Matthew Yglesias disagrees: "The day before the election, Barack Obama was a socialist. The day after the election, he only won because he's a centrist in line with the views of 'center-right' America. [...] The truth is that Obama ran to the progressive center left behind in the wake of conservatism's catastrophic failures." PALIN: The Rightroots Leap To Her Defense Conservative bloggers are blasting the anonymous McCain aides who leaked unflattering stories about Palin to ...

Hullabaloo — ... DFHs and mean ol' liberals who would run his Presidency into the ground. He hears the same thing from conservative Blue Dog members of his own party who've suddenly found their fiscally conservative backbone, and even the party leadership, fearful of a backlash and continually stuck in early 1995 mode, weighing risk and reward and gaming out the politics of it all instead of, and let me say this one more time, IMPROVING PEOPLE'S LIVES. I actually think Nancy Pelosi tried to say this yesterday in a soundbite that Digby flagged yesterday. If ...

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House aide: Waxman seeks Dingell's committee job (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/5/2008
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Auto Leaders to Press for More Federal AidWash Post In Congress 11/6/2008
Top auto industry executives and the president of the United Auto Workers plan to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today to ask for additional federal aid for the struggling U.S. carmakers.
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Top auto industry executives and the president of the United Auto Workers plan to meet with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today to ask for additional federal aid for the struggling U.S. carmakers.