washingtonmonthly.com - 30 days ago
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WEAK KNEES KEEP SHAKING.... In Tuesday's congressional races, voters sent two more House Democrats to Congress, expanding an already-large Democratic majority on the Hill. In 2008, the electorate made a House Democratic majority bigger, and in 2009, Dems went five...
gay.americablog.com - 11/3/2009
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gay.americablog.com —
Correction: The nation, minus the Democratic Party. Joe
wrote last night about how the DNC's "Organizing for...
America" organization (formerly known as "Obama for America") emailed Maine voters yesterday about today's election, but failed to mention ...
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theplumline.whorunsgov.com - 11/4/2009
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Republicans are already capitalizing on yesterday’s results to
urge Dems to move to the political center —...
and a debate is going to break out among Dems over whether that’s the right course or whether Dems need to firm up their ...
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Whither Dems? GOPers Say They Should Move To Center
americablog.com - 26 days ago
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americablog.com —
We are launching today a donor boycott of
the DNC. It's really more of a "pause," than...
a boycott. Boycotts sounds so final, and angry. Whereas this campaign is temporary, and is only meant to help some friends - President Obama and the Democratic ...
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Never Going To Learn
Eschaton —
It isn't even some controversial crazy idea Markos Moulitsas came up with, it's pretty well understood that elections in off-years, off-off-years, and of course special elections, are won by motivating turnout, specifically motivating those voters who are capable of being motivated... the base voters. ...
No More Mister Nice Blog —
DEMS, THE PROBLEM IS NOT WHAT'S ON YOUR PRIORITY LIST. IT'S WHAT ISN'T. Democrats seem to have divided themselves into two camps in the wake of Tuesday's elections. Unfortunately, neither camp seems to understand the meaning of what the public is telling them. One camp is going wobbly. (Yes, Democrats! Going wobbly! Imagine my surprise!) McClatchy reports "already-skittish moderate Democrats" now have "fresh reasons ... to worry." The Washington Post reports that Democrats are "nervous" and "moderate and conservative ...
Self-flagellation
The Reaction —
... I have no problem with the media's resurgent Republican meme. If Republicans want to believe it, great. The reality coming out of Tuesday, on a national level, was that the Dems picked up a seat. While the 2010 mid-terms may not be great for the Dems, it won't be due to a resurgent Republican party. It will be due to a depressed Democratic base. To remedy this the Dems better step-up their game and pass stuff. Important stuff. If not, the resurgent Republican meme will become reality. And resurgent Republicans will have nothing to do with making it so. ...
It's the Base, Stupid
Daily Kos —
Steve Benen has the run down of misguided election stories, all in the "this must be good for Republicans vein." McClatchy reports "already-skittish moderate Democrats" now have "fresh reasons ... to worry." The Washington Post reports that Democrats are "nervous" and "moderate and conservative Democrats took a clear signal from Tuesday's voting, warning that the results prove that independent voters are wary of Obama's far-reaching proposals and mounting spending, as well as the growing federal debt." Politico ...
Jobless Rate Hits 26-Year High: Does Obama Have an Economic Team? Where’s Their Jobs Program?
Firedoglake —
... Steve Benen started an interesting discussion about the direction/priorities Democrats should be pursuing following Tuesday’s elections. More from ...
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gay.americablog.com 11/4/2009 — Oops they did it again . We reported late yesterday that the DNC's Organizing for America (formerly Obama for America) was emailing Mainers a generic "get out the vote" message that said nothing about the various ballot measures at play in the state, ...
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