Pelosi-AOC feud is exactly what the Dems need
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 12:56pmFirst of all, this is a fight that Pelosi wanted.
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Progressive insurgency in the Democratic Party keeps growing
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 06/10/2019 - 4:45pmSure, I know most of you have completely given up on the Dems.
Nevertheless, it's still a good thing by anyone's measure to see the Democratic establishment forced to have to publicly fight it's own base's demands for reform.
Who's winning the battle for Top Party Insider?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 4:56pmForget the polls. Forget what the voters want.
The real question is who the ruling elite want our political figurehead to be.
There are several ways to measure this.
Pg. 1 Lede in Today's NYT: "'Stop Sanders’ Democrats Are Agonizing Over His Momentum"
Submitted by bobswern on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 10:03am...and a similar headline--regarding today's Times article--over at CommonDreams.org, on Tuesday: "As Sanders 2020 Campaign Gains Steam, Corporate Democrats Reportedly 'Growing Increasingly Nervous'," are basically telegraphing to the public that the writing's on the wall, as far as the Democratic Party's status quo's 2020 Presidential Primary campaign strategy is concerned.
Tulsi Gabbard Best Democrat in the Field
Submitted by FreeSociety on Sun, 04/07/2019 - 11:54pm.
Hawaii Congresswoman and Iraq War Veteran Tulsi Gabbard is getting very, very close now to qualifying for inclusion into the 2020 Democratic Primary Debates.
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The Empty Suit(s)
Submitted by gulfgal98 on Tue, 02/12/2019 - 5:43pmRecently, Teodrose Fikre wrote a very interesting and insightful article about former President Barack Obama, titled, The First Bank President. Even without seeing Obama's picture at the top of the article, I knew that it was about Barack Obama.
The Resurrection of Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Submitted by gjohnsit on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 1:30pmIt's hard to think of a better example of Democratic Party corruption than Debbie Wasserman Schultz. Her political career should have ended in 2016.
The Democratic Party: My Third and Current Paradigm (Part 4)
Submitted by HenryAWallace on Thu, 01/24/2019 - 7:54amThis Part 4 deals with Democrats during the Reconstruction Era. N.B. I overpromised (yet another euphemism for "erred"): This Part 4 does not get to FDR--or even to Wilson.
Are Democrats still the Lesser Evil?
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 7:52pmSince 1993 the political debate on the left has been about the degree of the Democratic Party's evilness relative to the GOP's evilness, and whether the Dem's evilness is so great that a person can morally vote for them.
Democrats attempting to club progressives into submission again
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 01/04/2019 - 2:51pm
The Democratic Party insiders are ready to knife any progressive that dares to speak up. David Brock's article is a perfect example.
