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Message to President-Elect Obama: After Heller, "Build a Bridge to Moderates" with Common Sense On Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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Paul Helmke

Because of the Supreme Court decision, the gun violence prevention debate has shifted from the extremes to the middle.

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Detroit's Day of Reckoning (with Thanks to David Halberstam)

Steve Parker | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Chapter 11, Peter Morici, Chrysler, United Auto Workers, Rick Wagoner, David Halberstam, Cars, Chris Dodd, Ford, Robert Lutz, Nissan, Robert Nardelli, US Senate, Detroit, Richard Shelby, President Bush, Masters of the Universe, Northwest Airlines, Uaw, Bankruptcy, Gm, Alan Mulally, Pebble Beach, Detroit Three, Washington DC, Democrats, Barack Obama, Tokyo Motor Show, Ron Gettelfinger, Code Pink, Harry Reid, Republicans, Dearborn, Business News
Steve Parker

This week's bailout hearing signaled what looks like the ultimate day of reckoning for this country's once-great and world-dominating car making industry. All Americans are tired of the excuses.

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Healthcare: Out with the Old, In With the New

The Media Consortium | Posted 11.19.2008 | Politics

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The Media Consortium

Another sobering statistic: The US military loses the equivalent of a brigade of veterans to suicide each year -- yet more evidence that mental health parity should be a priority in health care reform.

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TIME: Why The Democrats And Obama Forgave Lieberman

TIME | JAY NEWTON-SMALL | Posted 11.18.2008 | Politics

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hroughout his political career - from his earliest days as a state senator and Connecticut attorney general to his roles as U.S. senator, Vice Preside...

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Memo To Right-Wing: Withdrawal Timetable Now Doubleplusgood

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I'm on a lot of strange press lists, so I get a lot of strange press releases, but this is the first time I've ever gotten one from another dimension, I have to admit.

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Only One Day Left to Tell Your Senators "Lieberman Must Go!"

ZP Heller | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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ZP Heller

Stripping Lieberman of his committee chairmanships is not about exacting revenge. Lieberman has careened to the right on both foreign and domestic policy issues.

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The Center-Right Myth

Cenk Uygur | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

This is not a center-right country! In the last two elections Democrats picked up over fifty seats in the House, took control of the Senate and the White House. How much clearer can it be?

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Journalists Spin for Republicans on the New "60-Vote" Senate Regime

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.14.2008 | Media

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Joseph A. Palermo

The "60 vote" threshold is an artificial obstructionist creation of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and the Senate Republicans.

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Culture Zohn: A Post About P.O.S.T. (Post-Obama Stress Disorder)

Patricia Zohn | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Patricia Zohn

Even the Republicans I know are a bit forlorn: after spending the last year sending me funny cartoons and digs at the Dems, they have taken to complaining about Henry Paulson.

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Noblesse Oblige

Norman Horowitz | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Norman Horowitz

There are two versions of this short "story." The first was sent to me by a very right wing New York man who I am sure did not write it, but just forw...

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Whales, Whales and Wails

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

When Clinton came to office, all good economic news under his leadership was assigned by right-wing ideologues to the policies of Ronald Regan, which were said to finally be coming into their own.

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Democrats Willing To Keep Lieberman For Energy Issues Support

Grist | Posted 11.13.2008 | Green

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One reason some Democrats are saying they want to keep Lieberman happily among their ranks is his work on climate and energy issues. He cosponsored la...

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The Times' Adam Nagourney Sows Seeds of Conflict Inside Democratic Ranks Where None Exist

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.12.2008 | Media

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Joseph A. Palermo

It's interesting that at a time when the Republican Party is facing its most bitter internal battles, Nagourney chooses to ignore that story and jumps head first into "analyzing" non-existent antagonisms among Democrats.

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House-- Not

Sara Catania | Posted 11.12.2008 | Home

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Sara Catania

Comedy's Obama Problem It's been more than a week now since our historic presidential election, and comedians are suffering a serious case of Republi...

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Clint Eastwood As a Changeling

Brad Balfour | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

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Brad Balfour

"My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere."

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Democrats Ready Emergency Legislation To Aid Auto Industry

New York Times | DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Democratic Congressional leaders said Tuesday that they were ready to push emergency legislation to aid the imperiled auto industry when lawmakers re...

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Dont You Get It? We Need a President of All the People!

Stephen H. Baum | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Stephen H. Baum

The pressure on Obama from self-centered, single-Issue constituencies has started. Don't you get it? We have an opportunity unlike any other for dec...

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Post-Election: Call it Decompression

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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Rick Horowitz

He did the strangest thing last night: He turned the TV off. There he was, still in the early part of the evening, with another hour or two of pol...

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Bush and Obama: What Really (Might Have) Happened

James Rotondi | Posted 11.11.2008 | Politics

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James Rotondi

"Yo, Barackulator -- you want a brew?" President-Elect Barack Obama looked up at George W. Bush, the lame-duck 43rd President of the United States, w...

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The House Fight For Energy Chairmanship: Dingell Vs. Waxman

Grist | Kate Sheppard | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

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Fighting words are being exchanged in the brewing battle over the chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In an interview on Detroit...

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Lieberman to Remain Chairman of Self-Serving Gasbag Committee

Jerry and Joe Long | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

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Jerry and Joe Long

Lieberman, who has been romantically linked to Pastor John Hagee, said he intends to remain focused on "what I believe will benefit Americans and America."

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Democrats Make Big Gains Among Military Voters

Politico | PETER KAUFFMANN | Posted 11.09.2008 | Politics

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An interesting subtext to John McCain's defeat last week is what it means for the future of the Republican Party with respect to veterans and military...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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Arianna Huffington

In the wake of Obama's overwhelming victory, and Democratic gains in the House and Senate, conservatives are desperately trying to convince the world that these results are meaningless. "Democrats should not make the mistake of viewing Tuesday's results as a repudiation of conservatism," insisted John Boehner. "Barack Obama understands this is a center-right country," claimed Karl Rove. "This country remains every bit as center-right as it has for a generation," parroted Brent Bozell. And David Brooks dreamed of an Obama administration that understands "this was an election where the middle asserted itself." Drunk on self-delusion, a staggering GOP whistles past the electoral graveyard, missing the whole point of this election: the center has shifted, and positions that used to be considered left-wing -- on healthcare, on global warming, on corporate responsibility, on Iraq -- are now solidly mainstream.

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Obama Election A Roadmap For Democratic Majority

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Barack Obama's big victory could provide Democrats with a road map for an even bigger electoral majority in the future _ something ...

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Friday Talking Points [54] -- Republican Fossilization

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points. Of course, the big question on everyone's mind right now is: What is going on up in Minnesota? Al Franken is t...

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