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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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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...