Change left the building a long time ago. As for hope, it’s going, going… From Bloomberg: By a 44 percent to 34 percent margin, Americans say they believe they are worse off than when President Barack Obama took office in early 2009, when the U.S. was in the depths of a recession compounded by the [...]
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Comes a Worrisome ‘Gentleman’ Candidate
If anything, it’s McCain and Graham who are nurturing a rebirth of isolationism by going for the easy insult. Isolationism is an actual doctrine, with a rich and complicated intellectual history on the left and the right. It is not an adjective that can be accurately applied to anyone who disagrees with a specific course [...]
Grudge Match Anti-Obama Hillary Voter Stories Begin
This is as ridiculous as it is predictable. Sure, there are those who hold a grudge over 2008, but the numbers couldn’t elect the mayor in your local town. However, there are plenty of disgruntled Barack Obama voters who think his Republican policies, especially on economics and foreign policy, is not worth voting for again, [...]
Progressive Notes: CPC to Tour America for People’s Budget, Full Employment Act, Boxer Tells It and Other Happenings
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Russ Feingold is reportedly pondering a run for either governor or senate in Wisconsin. And boy he let it rip this week at a labor rally. He struck at corporate power and our weak willed pols who won’t stand up to it. Its a moving speech. [...]
Netroots Nation: Fury over Pfieffer, Mitt Worries Activists, Van Jones and More
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Into the lion’s den White House Communications Director Pfieffer tried to woo progressives with some of the same old lines that I do not think are appealing or will work well. This is plain annoying: Making clear that some wounds caused by disagreements between progressives and [...]
Netroots Nation 2011 Shows Progressives’ Anger **UPDATED**
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. freespeechtv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Thousands of progressive activists are in Minneapolis for the annual Netroots Nation conference. And boy talk about headlines that should alarm the DNC and POTUS. Russ Feingold at Netroots Nation was the keynote speaker and his words are making headlines. [...]
Anthony Weiner on Resigning: ‘I’m not’
**UPDATED** According to the one-day poll, conducted Wednesday, just 33 percent of voters in New York’s Ninth Congressional District think Weiner should resign from the House, while 56 percent do not think he should resign. – Poll: Weiner’s Constituents Don’t Think He Should Resign I didn’t believe he would and he shouldn’t. Rep. Anthony Weiner [...]
Breitbart Leaks X-rated Shot to Opie and Anthony
**UPDATED** After saying he was going to keep the X-rated photo as leverage, you know, (ahem) in case Rep. Anthony Weiner targeted him, Andrew Breitbart leaked the photo during an appearance with wingnut radio hosts Opie and Anthony. It was tweeted earlier by the radio hosts, which was posted on yfrog, then Gawker blasted the [...]
Screw Austerity
“This will be the largest economic campaign we have ever run,” Justin Ruben, MoveOn’s Executive Director said in an interview with The Huffington Post. “The goal here is to really change the debate and refocus it on the stuff that is necessary to create jobs and make the economy work for regular people … It [...]
Polls Show People are Smarter than Eric Cantor, Reince Priebus, Sean Hannity Combined
According to a survey of 500 New York City registered voters conducted by New York 1 and Marist College, only 30 percent say Weiner should resign. 51 percent of respondents said he should stay in his position and 18 percent said they were not sure. “It’s worth keeping in mind that New York is overwhelmingly [...]
Weiner Should Pull a Hugh Grant and Talk to Jon Stewart
“I don’t represent the hide-under-the-desk wing of the Democratic Party.” – Rep. Anthony Weiner Rep. Weiner was not shy or quiet about taking on Pres. Obama and Speaker Pelosi, whom he believed hadn’t made the case on health care strongly enough. He also told Republicans to “put up or shut up” on the necessity of [...]
Progressive Notes: GOP Freaks… Russ Could Return & Latest Happenings
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. We have lots of progressive news to catch up on so let us get to it! Progressives are never going to let the Right off the hook for their move to end Medicare. Republican Congressman Charlie Bass, in swing state New Hampshire, is caught up in [...]
It’s Obama’s Economy Now
This is not a revelation, because I wrote about it in great detail before the 2010 midterms, sounding warnings for months and months that Pres. Obama buying into the Right’s economic argument would end in big trouble for us all. The connection between the foreclosure crisis and rampant unemployment is well known by economists and [...]
Progressive Notes: Humphrey at 100, and Latest Happenings
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Humphrey speaks at 1948 Dem convention on civil rights: This past January the media swooned for Reagan’s 100th birthday. Well this week we progressives are the ones recalling the 100th birthday of one of the greatest liberals of the 20th century: Hubert Humphrey. Humphrey was known [...]
Lawrence Slides Easily Into Olbermann Slot
“Liberals amuse me,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program after the election last fall. “. . . I live to the extreme left of you mere liberals.” – A starring role as the cable guy A snippet from the profile on Lawrence O’Donnell is below. It’s a terrific piece for O’Donnell, who seems to have found [...]
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