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Delusion Thy Name Is Republican Voter
A favorite pastime of post-election analysts and pundits is to parse, re-parse, and re-re-parse exit polls and other data to draw out interesting demographic and historical notes. One such data point struck me in particular: Who's to blame for the economy? Bankers...
Does Flying a Plane Into a Building Make You a Hero or a Terrorist
Here's a question I bet you thought didn't need to be asked in a post-9/11 America: Does flying a plane into a building make you a terrorist or a hero? Joe Stack attacked the IRS by flying his plane into one of its buildings. Is he a hero? Some people think so....
Making Them Do It The Next Challenge
Now that the festivities in Denver have drawn to a close and the bleary-eyed conventioneers (and media who cover them) have gathered up their swag and headed home, I wanted to take a moment to contemplate how this progressive moment looks in this short period of quiet...
Progressive Breakfast - 11/5/2010
Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to affect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. How Soon Will GOP Try To Shut Down...
We Need To Build
Watch Chris Matthews, "We need to build!": (thanks Open Left) And, again, Frank Sobotka:
A Collegial Question for Peter Orszag (And Alan Simpson and Alice Rivlin And )
"The left," writes former White House Budget Director Peter Orszag, "is stridently opposed to any serious discussion of Social Security reform." What's more, says Orszag, the same nebulous "left" is "adamantly opposed to restoring actuarial balance to Social Security...
The GOPs Pyrrhic Victory Why It Wont Work Pt 2
It Hasn't Worked Karl Rove actually gets it. Sort of. He at least understands that voters didn't toss out the Democrats because they are "enraptured with the GOP," when he tells Republicans that it's "time to deliver." It just too bad for the GOP...
A Look At The Military Budget Through Social Security Eyes
Let's take a look a the military budget, but using conservative framing usually aimed at Social Security. Let's see how the military budget -- currently over a trillion dollars a year if you include related programs -- compares to Social Security using this approach....
How Progressives Should Interpret And Respond To Election 2010
In this video Robert Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America's Future, offers his analysis of why Democrats lost the House during the 2010 elections and how progressives can regain their momentum. He explains why "I don't think there is any evidence at all...
A Progressive Prescription for the Post-Election Hangover
As you’ve no doubt noticed, election day was brutal for Congressional Democrats--especially in the House, where it appears we’ll lose roughly 60 seats and the majority. Now that most of us have uncurled ourselves from fetal position, there are a few things to note as...
