Blog Archive: June, 2009


Jonathan Walker's picture

Rumpelstiltskin and the Democratic Leadership

The leadership of the Democratic party reminds me of the classic fairy tale Rumpelstiltskin. more »

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Phillip Cryan's picture

No Compromise on the Public Plan!: Why Weakening the Public Option Would Weaken the Party Responsible

Why are all the alternatives to a robust public plan now being floated in the health care reform debate – cooperatives, state or regional plans, a “trigger” for the public plan, a public plan prohibited from bargaining with drug companies – such profoundly bad ideas?

For one simple reason: they would fail to rein in health care costs’ out-of-control growth rate. more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast: Senate HELP Draft Has Public Option

Senate HELP Draft Bill Has Public Plan Option more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Pecora Commission To Be Named This Week?

Word is circulating in Washington that members for the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission will be named this week. more »

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Eric Lotke's picture

Madoff: Fall Guy or First of Many?

Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for one of the biggest investment frauds in Wall Street history. But there is no closure here. We can’t let Madoff’s sentence distract us from the underlying problems. This isn’t just about Madoff. This is about the system in which Madoff’s scam took place.

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Bill Scher's picture

After Precarious Climate Vote, Grassroots Pressure Needed More Than Ever

The House passed the first comprehensive clean energy and climate protection bill on Friday, but exactly in the way I worried about last week -- not on a wave of grassroots momentum, but last-minute cajoling by more »

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Bill Scher's picture

Progressive Breakfast: Climate Battle Heads To Senate

Will Senate Follow House on Climate? more »

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Jonathan Walker's picture

Bipartisan Health Care Reform Nearly Dead?

During the Sunday talk shows the most important line came from White House advisor David Axelrod. His statements indicate the chance of bipartisan health care reform is becoming increasingly remote.

On This Week, David Axelrod redefined bipartisanship as simply including Republican ideas in the bill. more »

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Sam Pizzigati's picture

For the World's Wealthy, A Setback Most Slight

The global economic collapse, says the first in-depth survey of grand fortune since last September, has left the world's wealth just as intensely concentrated as ever.

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Jonathan Walker's picture

Obama To Progressives: Stop Working to Elect Democrats

While President Obama has yet to tell his progressive grassroots supporters directly, his words and actions make it clear that he wants progressives to stop working to elect Democrats. The problem is that Obama has a strange, overwhelming bipartisanship fetish. more »

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