2010: A progressive strategy to win
11-18-2009 – 12:50 pm | Comments

By Brent Budowsky | The Hill
Progressives throughout the nation should rally around a strategy that could bring a surprise victory in the 2010 elections with a clear electoral plan and a program that is patriotic, …

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Obama Should Avoid Bush’s Iraq Errors in Dealing With Afghanistan
3-18-2009 – 5:54 am | Comments

March 16, 2009, 2:29 p.m.
By Rep. Mike Honda and Rep. Raúl Grijalva
Take Action: Tell Congress to seek a political solution in Afghanistan. http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=12570431
Published by Roll Call.
Before Afghanistan becomes for President Barack Obama what …

Blue Dog Democrats and Republican Triangulation
3-17-2009 – 8:20 am | Comments

By Joseph A. Palermo
Author/Associate Professor of History
Published by The Huffington Post.
Senator John McCain’s daughter, Meghan McCain, has served up a devastating critique of the direction the Republican Party has taken recently. “If figureheads like …

Alabama Labor Council and Kentucky CWA Local Endorse HR 676
3-17-2009 – 8:16 am | Comments

Alabama Labor Council and Kentucky CWA Local Endorse HR 676
Mobile, Alabama. The Southwest Alabama Labor Council has endorsed HR
676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman
John Conyers (D-MI).
The Alabama Labor Council is the one …

Buchanan and Trippi dissect Cheney’s CNN interview
3-17-2009 – 8:13 am | Comments

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Moving Away from a Rogue State
3-14-2009 – 5:34 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Friday’s decision by the Justice Department that the Obama administration has the right to detain enemies during wartime, and without charging them, comes as a disappointment to those who expect carte …

The Horror and Hope of Zimbabwe. Roy Bennett Jailed, Released, and Forgives
3-13-2009 – 9:36 am | Comments

By Joe Trippi | JoeTrippi.com
I’ve talked about Roy Bennett and his imprisonment for weeks, talked about his courage, about Roy really being the heart and soul of the MDC opposition to Mugabe in Zimbabwe, and …

Attendees at White House forum voice health care reform ideas
3-13-2009 – 9:12 am | Comments

By Jay Greene | Crain’s Detroit Business
Reducing costs and improving health care quality through comprehensive reform can make the struggling Detroit 3 auto industry more competitive with foreign companies, said several speakers …

Lieberman open to reunion with Democratic Party
3-13-2009 – 8:06 am | Comments

By J. Taylor Rushing | The Hill
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is not ruling out running as a Democratic candidate in his reelection race in 2012.
Lieberman said on Thursday that he has been asked by friends …