While it is impossible to make clean definitions of what it means to be a member of the Progressive, Blue Dog, and New Democrat caucuses, a rough explanation would be the following: Progressive Caucus members tend to serve in...
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Read MoreWhy do wingnuts still believe anything the Bush administration ever said? Or do they?
Read MoreHendrik Hertzberg has a piece in the latest New Yorker that discusses the concept of ‘Smart Power’. It’s easiest to define Smart Power by referring to Hillary Clinton’s recent confirmation testimony...
Read MoreKeith Olbermann just said to Rachel Maddow, “A guy whose nickname is ‘Boner’ just complained that contraceptives are part of the ‘stimulus’ plan.” What’s on your mind?
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