Centrists

One wonders why Moderate and Centrist Democrats don’t understand our current politics. AOC is correct as they play into the hands of the GOP. Watch the entire clip. AOC hits the nail on the head See full episodes here. Democrats must remember who brought them into power. Urban America and the...

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  • March 4, 2021

We in big trouble. x You think the Republican war on democracy is bad now? Just imagine what it would be like if Trump won: https://t.co/ogHG88jwDa— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) September 24, 2020 With the Supreme Court soon to have a 6-3 conservative majority even though Republicans have lost the popular...

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  • September 24, 2020

 If as the Trump campaign says, “Joe Biden is an empty vessel for the radical left,” Trump’s septic tank overflows for the radical right. Needless to say, RWNJ’s will claim that Joe Biden is as much a tool for something something left-wing as Trump isn’t a dupe for all kinds...

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  • August 4, 2020

Conservative icon Bill Kristol appeared on Meet The Press Daily to speak out against the Trump Republican Party and sent a message that is music to the ears of Democrats. Bill Kristol did not mince his words x x YouTube Video Watch complete episodes here. Chuck Todd asked Bill Kristol...

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  • July 18, 2020
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Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) can (but not will) save the US economy. What with the White House Council of Economic Advisors now reduced to one economist, it’s worth noting that one of their econometric models (Hassett) influenced the prediction that COVID-19 infections in the US would go to zero by...

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  • June 28, 2020

As America fights to get through the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated by Trump's inaction, his 'war profiteering' is so much more obscene. Obscene Trump war profiteering x x YouTube Video A few days ago it was pointed out in the post “Trump is trying to brainwash Americans. Only safe if he’s president!” that...

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  • April 3, 2020

The urgency to end the Trumpian counter-revolution in one term must GOTV with the strongest party unity. Adam Serwer’s article in The Atlantic is worth your time to summarize the issues that lead to the noisy disrespect for one or another side in the waning days of the Democratic primary....

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  • March 18, 2020

Democratic Party Leader & South Carolina Representative Jim Clyburn wants the DNC to shut down the primary, cancel the debate, and declare Biden winner. Clyburn: Shutdown the debates. Biden is the winner x x YouTube Video “I think when the night is over,” Clyburn said. “Joe Biden will be the prohibitive favorite...

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  • March 11, 2020

FiveThirtyEight went there and attacked “party elites” today as the reason for the “inevitable” loss of Warren. It doesn’t make anyone feel better, except that whoever those “party elites” are, they have made the Democratic party do some very stupid things in its history. As we’ve seen, becoming the party elite...

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  • March 6, 2020

We’re going to see a lot of triangulating until the convention. The Nation endorsed Warren. x Time for Bernie to respectfully show differences w Biden— on Biden’s support for trade deals that hurt workers, on enabling Iraq which destabilized ME, on Biden’s support for cuts to social security, and support...

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  • March 5, 2020

Mike Bloomberg has been attaching himself to the hip of Obama in all his commercials as if they've been mutual supporters. Yet in newly exposed tapes, he trashed his endorsement of Obama. A new Bloomberg tape emerges that proves who he is. x x YouTube Video English Catholic historian, politician,...

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  • February 25, 2020

My blood started to boil as I listened to Biden, at one time the chosen one, denigrate Sanders, Warren, & Medicare for All, a policy that makes life better for every American. Centrists using Republican narratives & lies are a problem. Why Biden will lose and M4A opponents should too...

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  • February 17, 2020

Thomas Piketty’s new book, emphasizes the role of ideology in preserving and challenging capitalism even as “multigenerational wealth transfers, combined with high rates of return on capital, will inexorably create an uberrich capital class.” George Eaton’s article in New Statesman has some useful and current observations. “The key point is that...

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  • February 13, 2020

When asked about the legitimate criticism directed toward the DNC debate rule change that will now allow Michael Bloomberg to grace us with his divine presence on a debate stage, MSNBC political analyst Beth Fouhy thought the DNC made the correct decision.  Her argument is that Bloomberg is being allowed...

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  • February 1, 2020

Pot calling kettle black here.  I voted for Bernie Sanders during the primary in 2016, but I gave money and my vote to Hillary Clinton in the Fall of that year.  I didn’t really play close attention to Sanders’ supporters — some that is — continuing to throw shit at Hillary when...

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  • January 21, 2020

Once again, newly elected Democratic Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has kept another campaign promise: signing an executive order that ended Matt Bevin’s “work requirements” for Medicaid.  For those not in the know, Republican Governor Matt Bevin hated, hated, hated the ACA and the Medicaid expansion under then Democratic Governor Steve...

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  • December 16, 2019

So here’s the latest news about impeachment: House Democratic leaders are bracing for some defections among a group of moderate Democrats in swing districts who are concerned a vote to impeach President Trump could cost them their seats in November. Lawmakers and senior aides are privately predicting they will lose...

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  • December 12, 2019

I don’t play chess but if I did, I am sure I would equate today’s politics with three-dimensional chess. And in the game, the middle class and the poor are likely to be ill-prepared to win. Centrism has powerful allies. It must be repeated ad-nauseam, the American political game is...

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  • December 8, 2019

Those outside of Kentucky are already betting heavily on Amy McGrath as the Democratic nominee to take on Moscow Mitch in 2020.  However, Kentucky progressives are not happy with McGrath, and I one of those people.  Before all you centrists jump down my throat and give me shit, I will...

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  • November 29, 2019

President Obama recently in a room of wealthy Liberal donors called out Progressives for wanting transformational change. He implied it was unrealistic. Thus far, Obama had stayed out of the Democratic Primary Process. He should consider continuing said refrain as coming out as an anti-progressive will activate many progressives, who...

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  • November 17, 2019

Yes, we cannot criticize Barack Obama.  Democratic voters simply will not tolerate any dissing of Obama.  I’m in the distinct minority that thinks Obama wasn’t all peaches and cream, but it will be up to history to judge Obama, not some cranky old progressive from Kentucky.  But do Democratic voters...

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  • November 15, 2019

Some Biden supporters who didn’t like my latest diary about Joe Biden got me thinking.  One commenter in particular thought it would be better if I focused on Andy Beshear’s electoral victory in the Kentucky governor’s race instead of running down Joe Biden.  I’m not entirely sure what Beshear’s race...

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  • November 8, 2019

That is when Buttigieg is not punching at Warren.  Buttigieg won’t have to show his distaste for Beto O’Rourke any more though.  But Tiger Beat has Buttigieg going after Biden supporters in Iowa.  And as any good media outlet that loves Republicans and centrists, Tiger Beat on the Potomac (Politico)...

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  • November 2, 2019

Senator Joe Manchin appeared on Fox News and said that if Bernie Sanders is the nominee of the Democratic Party, Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, will not vote for him. Centrist Democrats are always expressing concerns about whether Progressives would show up for their less than progressive candidates in the...

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  • November 1, 2019

Actions speak volumes over words, and the punches thrown by the Democratic presidential candidates at Elizabeth Warren tonight scream, “She’s the frontrunner!”  I don’t give a shit how often they say, “Polls don’t matter!  I meet all kinds of people out on the campaign trail…blah, blah, blah.”  The rest of the...

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  • October 16, 2019

Safe Bets For Tonight: It’s hosted by CNN and NYT, so the questions to the candidates are going to suck. The moderators want this to become a professional wrestling match, so look for lots of questions crafted to spark fights among the candidates. I predict Erin Burnett will ask Warren...

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  • October 15, 2019

Most of the moderate and conservative Democrats in the House are against impeaching Trump.  I think most of us can agree upon that fact.  Correct?  If not, here is their favorite “news”outlet that they love to run to — Tigerbeat on the Potomac — with this headline from September 15th: Moderate Democrats...

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  • September 22, 2019

A blue-collar worker, Mike, who called into my show Politics Done Right should touch every single person who listens to him. One can hear the pain and loss of resolve in his voice. To this guy, the centrism & “stability” of the last 30+ years failed him and most. Exasperated Blue-Collar worker...

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  • September 19, 2019

There is a Fox News( cough on the word “News”) poll and a SurveyUSA poll that have come in.  I don’t have a direct link to the SurveyUSA poll, so I will give you the 538 page.  Both get A ratings from 538, and for Biden supporters, they boost his...

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  • September 19, 2019

Barack Obama gave a resounding speech of “Yes, We Can!”,  and Democrats loved it.  He was the first biracial man to occupy the White House.  Obama talked about being “transformational.”  And his election and re-election gave hope to many. Too bad some of the Democrats vying for the Democratic nomination...

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  • September 12, 2019

Yes, I am no fan of Joe Biden, but this article from Tiger Beat On The Potomac demonstrates really does no justice to Biden.  The Good News for Biden:  his centrist political opponents are inept and waiting on Biden to destroy himself.  The Bad News for Biden:  his political allies...

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  • September 10, 2019

Wow.  A corporate billionaire who thought that the federal deficit was the greatest threat to America and wanted to fix it with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid had to end his foray into presidential politics.  Seems Howard Schultz didn’t find a mass audience for his austerity message.  But...

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  • September 6, 2019

Progressives in Kentucky may have something to cheer about with regards to next year’s U.S. Senate race against Moscow Mitch:  Matt Jones has formed an exploratory committee. Kentucky Sports Radio host Matt Jones is forming an exploratory committee for a potential U.S. Senate bid against Mitch McConnell in 2020. Jones, a...

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  • August 29, 2019

Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman skewered his own newspaper’s silly coverage of the now totally irrelevant tea party movement today in a series of pull-no-punches tweets: x Academic research confirms the obvious. The idea that the Tea Party had something to do with notions of fiscal responsibility...

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  • August 28, 2019

Former U.S. Senate Majority & Minority Leader, Harry Reid (D. NV), sat down with NPR yesterday in an interview and continued to push an issue that needs to be emphasized in this primary: abolishing the filibuster. It’s the only way to get progressive policy pushed through. You want to get...

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  • August 26, 2019

This got some news on TRMS:   Indivisible Project Launches 5-Figure Ad Buy Urging Constituents to Hold Rep. Josh Gottheimer Accountable I don’t live in his district or NJ, so maybe someone from Gottheimer’s district will want to comment on this development.  But I have never been a fan of conservative...

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  • August 21, 2019

Does anyone seriously consider that Democrats are going to pick a SUPER majority in the U.S. Senate come 2020?  That Democrats are doing to get up to 60 or more Senate seats?  Really?  But according to Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado, Democrats NEED to keep the filibuster because it will...

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  • August 14, 2019

Yes, It’s Jim Geraghty and the National Review, so why the hell should we EVER pay any attention to either?  Neither is a friend of Democrats.  In fact, both would probably love to hand Democrats an anchor for 2020.  However, he writes about some interesting parallels or similiarities between Hillary...

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  • July 20, 2019

I was for Gary Hart back when first ran for president in 1984.  To be honest, I was an enthusiastic backer, and I looked forward to his next try in 1988.  Then, he self destructed with his reckless private behavior with Donna Rice.   Think about it.  Having an affair could...

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  • July 13, 2019

I’m grateful and pleased that Amy McGrath has decided to challenge Senator Mitch McConnell in 2020.  To be honest, I was convinced that McConnell would get a pass for next year.  Before Amy McGrath came along, there was literally no one with the balls to take on McConnell, even if...

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  • July 9, 2019

According to some of the comments on Daily Kos, there are multiple issues with regards to several of the diaries on the presidential Democratic candidates.  Let me see if I can summarize and address some of the reocurring comments: There is Biden bias on Daily Kos. Instead of “bashing” any...

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  • July 6, 2019

Since the first set of Democratic Presidential Debates, it’s been a rocky road for centrists.  The heavy weight champ of centrism, Joe Biden, took some hits.  And while some Biden supporters have been saying, “Well, it was just one poll!,” subsequent polls have shown that Biden has lost some steam.  And...

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  • July 3, 2019

It’s truly amazing what happens when a progressive or two starts to gain some national political traction.  Besides Bernie Sanders being a boogeyman for conservatives and so called centrists, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris latest moves in the Democratic presidential contest are starting to make Never Trumpers hyperventilate (see David...

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  • June 30, 2019

My opposition to Biden is not based upon hatred.  I’m seeing Biden supporters on Daily Kos throwing that charge around lately in the comments section.   I’ve even seen some complaints that anti-Biden Democrats would actually prefer Trump over Biden.  And it is always repeated as a mantra that anti-Biden Democrats...

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  • June 29, 2019

E.J. Dionne Jr. wrote a recent column that covers the recent Third Way meeting in Charleston, SC.  There is the usual blather from the attendees who describe themselves as “moderates” against leftists in the Democratic Party.  But Dionne goes on to take some quotes from Third Way President Jon Cowan...

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  • June 20, 2019

photo: Harriet Ross Tubman • Public Domain • CC BY-SA 4.0 In solidarity,  Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Janis, Mike H, Dan, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Join Us Honoring Harriet Tubman! Harriet Tubman is a true American hero—from her years guiding people out of...

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  • June 5, 2019

The results are in: With 77% of votes cast in favor, MoveOn members in Minnesota’s 5th District have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Ilhan Omar for re-election to Congress! Representative Ilhan Omar’s endorsement for re-election marks MoveOn’s very first endorsement for the 2020 cycle. Rep. Omar is a uniquely powerful, compelling...

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  • April 24, 2019

April 3, 2019   Brussels, Belgium By, Alan Minsky, Executive Director | Progressive Democrats of America Hello, I’m Alan Minsky, the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America, also known as PDA. Contrary to what our name might imply, PDA is not actually a part of the Democratic Party. We...

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  • April 10, 2019

Zach Carter at Huffington Post has a good write up about Howard Schultz is stuck in the 90’s, and I think what is outlined by Carter is why we should not panic about Schultz running for president. Schultz is trashing what he calls “free health care” promised by the extreme...

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  • January 29, 2019

The labels of progressives versus centrists or “New Democrats” over policy differences is meaningless in my humble opinion, at least as defined by the Media and the Beltway Establishment.  I say this because I think — I could be wrong — that many moderate or even some conservative voters would agree that...

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  • November 19, 2018