Yesterday I co-hosted The Young Turks with Cenk Uygur. Our first interview was with Howard Dean, in a wide-ranging conversation that covered his continued enthusiasm for Barack Obama (but not some of his advisors), Democratic malaise, and the race-baiting he has observed at Fox News.
At 7 minutes and 50 seconds I tried to draw him out about Social Security and the Deficit Commission. more »
Never underestimate Sarah Palin. She did a better job articulating anti-banker sentiment at last week's Tea Party Convention than Obama's done. Its followers don't realize it, but the Tea Party movement is really a Trojan Horse filled with bankers and lobbyists. It's a brilliantly designed mechanism for channeling anti-bank rage to the banks' own benefit, with Palin et al. in the forefront.
The Republican strategy of obstruction is working. Obstruct all progress, and blame Democrats for getting nothing done. The latest Pew poll shows Congressional Favorability Falls to 24-Year Low
The most treacherous opponents of the reforms vital to get us out of the deep hole we are in come from within the Democratic Party itself—so-called "Blue Dog" conservatives in the House and their cousins in the Senate who are working to block the changes that we need.
If the electoral disaster of 2004 should have taught us anything, it's that our votes are wasted when cast for those candidates who represent the status quo and refuse to fight it. How many of you regret throwing your ballots away on John Kerry? more »
progressive.org — Considering the ever-present and ever-frustrating obstructionism by Democratic "leaders" on everything from ending the occupation of Iraq to helping Americans who've been pounded into the dirt by the Bush economy, maybe it's time we write off the Democrats and start over from scratch.
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