I want to talk about a losing ideological battle that is being waged on the left in this country by a group of people that I will call (non-pejoratively) “anti-corporatists.” They are hypercritical of the TARP...
Read MoreCentrists rule our world. Landrieu said she would not support the final legislation if negotiators tinkered with the Senate proposal for taxing high-cost insurance plans. “I can only support a bill if the Cadillac plans are...
Read MoreDavid Broder got paid to write this: Obama has not intervened with a heavy hand as the bill has moved through the House and Senate, but now it is time for him to act. It would help a lot if he reached out personally to those few...
Read MoreI agree with Ezra Klein in every particular. But, most of all, winning should feel better than this. I think it is important politically that the House win some progressive concessions on this bill in their negotiations with the...
Read MoreBernie Sanders isn’t a Democrat, he’s an independent who caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate. He calls himself a socialist. According to Progressive Punch, he’s the 12th most progressive member of the...
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