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A major threat is developing to Barack Obama’s dream of universal health care…and surprisingly, it comes from the left. After acceding to all of independent Joe Lieberman’s demands, including nixing the public option and the early Medicare buy-in, progressives are in an uproar.  They have already lost a lot of faith in this President on [...]

In 2006, progressives joined forces to try to oust Senator Joe Lieberman from his Senate seat in Connecticut.  It was liberal purity in action; Lieberman believed that Iraq was worth fighting, and that simply was not allowable in the Democratic Party. After an ugly nomination process that Lieberman lost, he came back and won as [...]

After 8 years of Republican failures in reigning in government and excesses by the executive branch, many thought the Democrats could not be worse. Well, they were wrong. A failed stimulus.  The budget deficit blown up beyond anyone’s imagination. And now, a level of incompetence on health care reform that I would not thought possible. [...]

As this health care debate rolls on, I cannot believe that anyone that has risen to the high level of Senate Majority Leader could be so incompetent.  Don’t get me wrong; Sen. Harry Reid is certainly incompetence.  But his level of incompetence is rising to new levels of greatness. However, this week, after Reid made [...]

Neoconservatives, or neocons, became the bane of the existence of liberals under the Bush Administration. I would say the exact reverse has occurred with the ‘new’ neoliberalism we see today.  (And I am not talking about the Alexander Rustow economic principle of neoliberalism, mind you…) Neoliberals, or neolibs for short, have clearly taken over power [...]

An interesting political dynamic is developing in the Democratic party.  In a crucible of the so-called ‘big tent’ of the Democrat Party, fissures are starting to appear. First, let us give Harry Reid some credit.  For once, his base incompetence was overcome.  To get 60 votes by bribing, arm twisting, and begging is what majority [...]

Harry Reid plans to attempt cloture in the Senate on the Health Care bill in an attempt to move the procedure forward.  8 hours of debate are planned on Saturday, with a cloture vote on Saturday night. This is a pivotal moment in the debate.  If cloture is denied, we could spell the end of [...]