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Dedicated liberals have no political party. Time to start one.
Deju vu. This is where I came in 40 years ago. 40 years of voting futility from one futile war
Whether the government sends me a bill or not, I won't be voting for any candidate who supports these wars.
People do believe he's decent and thoughtful but that isn't what they want in a President. They want him to
I'm figuring the faux progressives will sell out the public option and probably plenty else before they're through. After all,
Plus, incremental works both ways. By failing to make this an expansion of Medicare and thus making the ideological argument
I didn't have high expectations for Obama but he isn't the problem. The problem is that we have no political
Allies? Bernie is not a Democrat. So I see you had a hard time coming up with names. I don't
Not so! They did Medicare D and when the Dem bill is finished it will be do for insurance what
But both Republicans and Democrats are lying about it being major change. It just leaves Americans with an horrifically complicated
After awhile you begin to figure that the 4 senators are only enabling most of the other 55 to use
If the bill is as compromised as you suggest it is going to be, you aren't going to be doing
Incrementalism in the face of an opponent whose mission is unconditional surrender is merely appeasement.
Well of course it is politicized. Those folks can't need a free clinic. Bill reformed welfare didn't he? So they
Let's see. What do you get when you begin with compromise and compromise the compromise to set up the compromise