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The progressive left didn’t push Obama to the left, he’s been waiting for America to join him there

By on September 21, 2011 in Barack Obama, President Obama

President Obama’s new-found populist voice has reinvigorated liberals across the country and across the blogosphere. This week, for example, you would hardly recognize the Daily Kos vaunted Recommended List. Former Obama-bashers are thrilled that the president is coming on strong, naming names and shaming the shameful in his fight to get his new jobs bill passed. Example after example of this New Obama are being praised and touted. Some of them are suddenly interested in donating to Democrats again.

Many of the liberal commentators in the mediasphere are claiming victory. “See?” they say. “All of our efforts are paying off. President Obama is finally listening to us.…


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Obama gets the Senate to be bipartisan

By on December 14, 2010 in Barack Obama, Democrats, GOP, Politics, President Obama, Republicans

Last night the Senate voted for cloture on the tax cut deal the Obama administration negotiated with the Republicans. The vote was 83-15.

When was the last time the Senate voted as nearly a single voice on anything?!

Somehow this will get spun as a horrendous failure for the president I’m sure. I’m guessing the several million people whose unemployment checks will keep coming will disagree.

Final vote on the package in the Senate may happen later today. What will happen in the House is still a question mark as many members of Congress are still fighting for a better deal.…


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Pragmatism has its costs

By on December 9, 2010 in Uncategorized

First of all, a big welcome to folks coming in from Blackwaterdog’s most-excellent blog “The only adult in the room”.

My blog entry yesterday certainly got some attention. I got over 1,100 hits on my website. It was shared on Facebook almost 1,000 times. The Daily Kos version was the #2 diary of the day, getting over 1,500 comments and nearly 700 “Recommends”.

And I got torn to shreds.

Not by everybody of course. But if you venture into the comments over at Daily Kos, it was an amazing thing to behold. I was called a liar no less than three times.…


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