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Will the President Pass the Warren Test

It really is very simple. Will the President name the best leader -- Elizabeth Warren -- to head the Consumer Finanical Protection Bureau? Nominate her. Challenge the Senate Republican threat to filibuster her (or any) nomination. And if a minority blocks her...

It Takes a Movement

This is a classic "small d" democratic moment. The economy is in deep trouble -- immediate and long term. Washington is oblivious, compromised by moneyed interests, knotted by ideological divides. It will take an angry and aroused citizens' movement to...

GOP Get Out Of Elizabeth Warrens Way

Over the last two weeks, progressives have sparked a massive grassroots groundswell for Elizabeth Warren's appointment to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and rein in reckless bankers. And how did the Senate Republicans respond? By using parliamentary...

Will Obama Win the Future and Lose the Present

Democrats have their strut back. The Republican assault on Medicare handed Democrats a club to pummel them with — as demonstrated by Democrat Kathy Hochul’s remarkable special election victory Tuesday in New York’s 26th congressional district, a longtime GOP...

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