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Landrieu a 'yes,' all eyes on Lincoln

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - By Carrie Budoff Brown,Jake Sherman - Nov. 21 -

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The real reason Obama is not making much progress

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Independent - By Johann Hari - Nov. 20 (Opinion) - So far, Obama has tried to co-opt the corporations into his agenda by ensuring they will profit from any changes, but this inevitably waters down the proposals, often to the point of uselessness. The Cap and Trade legislation before Congress, for example, will barely limit carbon emissions at all because it has been gutted to please the polluters.

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Citizens left out in cold

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Indianapolis Star - Nov. 18 (Editorial) - State Rep. David Wolkins isn't shy about what he likes: golf, basketball and football. As ranking Republican member and former chairman of the Indiana House Environmental Affairs Committee, he's in a position to indulge his interests thanks to the very companies he's supposed to help regulate.

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Deficit hawks attacking the wrong prey

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Seattle Times - By David Sirota - Nov. 16 (Opinion) - When the House considered a health care expansion proposal that the CBO says will reduce the deficit by $11 billion a year, tea-party protesters and Congress' self-described "fiscal conservatives" opposed it on cost grounds. At the same time, almost none of them objected when Congress passed a White House-backed bill to spend $636 billion on defense in 2010. The hypocrisy is stunning

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Op-Ed Columnist: World Out of Balance

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Paul Krugman - Nov. 15 (Opinion) - But let’s hope that when the cameras aren’t rolling Mr. Obama and his hosts engage in some frank talk about currency policy. For the problem of international trade imbalances is about to get substantially worse. And there’s a potentially ugly confrontation looming unless China mends its ways.

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The Real Danger of 'One Big Regulator'

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Wall Street Journal - Nov. 11 (Opinion) - Financial regulation is the next item on the political horizon, and it doesn't have to be the deathly dull wonk-battle that it sounds like. In fact, if the Democrats do their job, it can just as easily become a platform for addressing the greatest issues of them all. Our current way of regulating the financial system is dysfunctional. Oversight is dispersed among numerous confusing bodies that at times have seemed to be racing each other to the bottom. Setting up One Big Regulator would end that problem. The Obama administration's plan is to have the Federal Reserve regulate banks that might pose a "systemic risk" if they were to fail. Critics suggest the Fed is too close to the banks that it would be charged with cracking down on. What's more, the Fed's main task is monetary policy, so regulating banks would never receive the attention it deserves.

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Corporations Win Again - This Time It's Healthcare

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

seekingalpha.com - By Jason Kelly - Nov. 09 (Opinion) - Health insurance companies are surely laughing themselves silly as the bill would force people to buy insurance from them. The remnant of the public insurance option is pretty barebones, so those unable to pay for insurance won't be well covered.

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Too Big to Fail - Too Big to Exist -

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

senate.gov - By Senator Bernie Sanders - Nov. 06 (Statement) - Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation that would break up financial institutions that are too big to fail. "If an institution is too big to fail, it is too big to exist," Sanders said. "We should break them up so they are no longer in a position to bring down the entire economy. We should end the concentration of ownership that has resulted in just four huge financial institutions holding half the mortgages in America, controlling two-thirds of the credit cards, and amassing 40 percent of all deposits."

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The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Frank Rich - Nov. 01 (Opinion) - This week’s election to fill that vacant seat has set off nothing less than a riotous and bloody national G.O.P. civil war. No matter what the results in that race on Tuesday, the Republicans are the sure losers. This could be a gift that keeps on giving to the Democrats through 2010, and perhaps beyond.

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Obama Heads To Dover Air Force Base To Honor Fallen Soldiers

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:28:49 -0700

Associated Press - Oct. 29 -

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Derailing unprecedented health reform would be unprecedented

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

bestoftheleftpodcast.com - By Jay - Oct. 28 (Opinion) - Edition #309 Act 1: Kid is denied healthcare for being too skinny – The Young Turks Act 2: Max Baucus and Senate health reform – Bill Moyers Journal Act 3: Medicare Part E – Thom Hartmann Act 4: Healthcare, now what – This American Life Act 5: Dems stopping healthcare would be unprecedented – Rachel Maddow Act 6: The history of our healthcare system – This American Life Act 7: Insurance company calls sick people dogs – The Young Turks Act 8: Further reporting on anti-healthcare campaign – Rachel Maddow

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Not So Unequal, After All

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Forbes - By Brian S. Wesbury And Robert Stein - Oct. 27 (Opinion) - The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer. You've heard it over and over again. Many free-market economists have argued against the conventional wisdom, only to be dismissed as out of touch. But an incredible new paper from Northwestern Professor Robert Gordon, a pillar of the "mainstream" academic establishment, says maybe they are right and have been for a long time.

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DeMint watches out for all of us

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Times and Democrat - By − Edwin O. Merwin Jr., James S. Ulmer Jr. - Oct. 18 (Opinion) - There is a saying that the Jews who are wealthy got that way not by watching dollars, but instead by taking care of the pennies and the dollars taking care of themselves. By not using earmarks to fund projects for South Carolina and instead using actual bills, DeMint is watching our nation’s pennies and trying to preserve our country’s wealth and our economy’s viability to give all an opportunity to succeed.

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The Great Challenge of Our Time: Re-Creating America's Great Middle Class

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Marie Cocco - Oct. 16 (Opinion) - we face "hard political tasks. But being pushed further down is harder, still. Because no one knows where the new bottom lies."

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Not Your Father's Chamber of Commerce: National Organization Is Now a Tool of the Radical Right

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Joshua Holland - Oct. 16 (Opinion) - under the leadership of Thomas J. Donahue, it has become increasingly partisan, even reactionary, in its steadfast opposition to even modestly progressive proposals in Congress, including those that are in the apparent interests of some of its member firms.

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Dick Gephardt's Fall: How a Progressive Stalwart Turned into a Spectacular Political Sellout

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Sebastian Jones - Oct. 15 (Opinion) - In a town where everyone seemingly has a price, Gephardt has distinguished himself, selling his reputation as a pro-labor, pro-universal healthcare, pro-environment expert and advocate to his new corporate masters, giving their efforts to kill and maim reforms a familiar, friendly face in the Democratic establishment. As a result, Gephardt has become a highly sought-after and very effective lobbyist. He has also betrayed nearly every principle he once claimed to hold.

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Obama Vs. Rupert Murdoch: Fox News' Blatant Transition into GOP TV |

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Eric Boehlert - Oct. 13 (Opinion) - Fox News has transformed itself into the Opposition Party of the Obama White House, which, of course, is unprecedented for a media company in modern-day America. That partisan embrace means the news media have to expand beyond typing up Fox News-ratings-are-up and the White-House-is-angry stories, and it needs to start treating the cable channel for what it is: a partisan animal.

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Big Ag’s odd obsession with You-Know-Who

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Grist - By Tom Laskawy - Oct. 09 (Opinion) - Big Ag has clearly decided that Pollan is a latter-day Lenin (or perhaps Trotsky?) leading a cadre of food revolutionaries who threaten to overthrow its hard-fought hegemony—rebut his arguments and perhaps the whole movement will collapse like a bad soufflé. All in reaction to a relatively unassuming guy who’s written some articles and a few books. Isn’t this all, like, a bit much?

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Send your medical bills to Max Baucus

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Comedy Central - By Stephen Colbert - Oct. 09 (Comedy News) - Senator Max Baucus will pay for your medical bills from the $3.2 million he's received from the health care industry.

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Fleischer: Birthers just like ‘loony’ liberals who thought Gore won

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Raw Story - By Diana Sweet - Oct. 07 (Opinion) - On CNN's Larry King Live Show Tuesday evening, as King and Democratic strategist James Carville try in vain to get Republican Congressman Michele Bachmann to answer a question about the 'birthers,' former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer chimes in claiming hypocrisy by the left because there were those who questioned the legitimacy of the [...]

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FEMA should conduct preparedness drill in the Green River Valley

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - By Dave Reichert, Adam Smith - Oct. 05 (Opinion) - The Federal Emergency Management Agency should augment local efforts to respond to the risks associated with the storm damage to the Green River Valley and Howard Hanson Dam, write U.S. Reps. Dave Reichert and Adam Smith.

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Pox Americana

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Tomdispatch.com - By Matt Bivens - Oct. 04 (Opinion) - There are many possible responses to the news that we have committed more than four trillion public dollars to Wall Street. Mine is a roar of admiration. Four trillion dollars! Holy hell! I didn't even know that was possible! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!

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Democrats Ponder Health-Care Suicide

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Consortium News - By Robert Parry - Oct. 04 (Opinion) - Democrats Ponder Health-Care Suicide By Robert Parry October 4, 2009 If Democrats enact something like the health-care bill emerging from the Senate Finance Committee, they may call it a legislative victory and it may keep the campaign donations flowing from the insurance industry, but the Democrats would surely infuriate millions of American voters.

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Are Electric Co-ops All So Different?

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Writing Corner - By Beth Wellington - Sep. 30 (Opinion) - The Old Dominion Electric Cooperative argues it is different than commercial utilities because it adheres to the "Seven Cooperative Principles," the last of which is Concern for Community—While focusing on members needs, cooperatives work for the sustainable development of their communities through policy. But sustainable development evidently includes forging ahead in its efforts to build yet another coal fired plant in Virginia at a time when utilities in other states are abandoning such efforts. The proposed Cyprus Creek Power Station, currently slated to cost $6 billion, will add additional mercury, nitrogen and other emissions harmful to the Tidewater region's waterways and air.

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A welcome message for the NYT’s new “opinion media monitor”

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Michelle Malkin - By Michelle Malkin - Sep. 27 (Opinion) - "Insufficient tuned-in-ness."

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