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Creamer: Good News on Jobs Makes for Bad Day for GOP The following article by Democratic political strategist Robert Creamer, author of "Stand Up Straight: How Progressives Can Win," is cross posted from HuffPo:
Last Friday the GOP had a really bad day. It didn't come in the form ... |
Election Integrity Under Seige In her new York Review of Books article, "Can We Have a Democratic Election?," Elizabeth Drew addresses what is arguably the major problem of the 2012 election, one which is usually overshadowed by horse race reportage:
Beneath the turbulent ... |
Romney's Agenda Leaves No Room for 'Moving to the Center' If you know anyone who is both reasonably sane and still entertaining the delusion that Romney will move "to the center" once elected, compel them somehow to read Theda Skocpols' WaPo op-ed "Mitt Romney, the stealth tea party ... |
ALEC Puppet's Whoopsey-Daisy Abby Rappaport's "In Case You Were Underestimating ALEC's Role" at The American Prospect provides a disturbing example of the far-reaching influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council on Republican state legislators, who eagerly do the bidding of big ... |
Jobs-Elections Connection Coming Into Focus Democrats have reason to be encouraged by this morning's report that that the economy added 243,000 jobs in January and the overall unemployment rate has dropped to 8.3 percent. Of course the Administration should vigorously exercise its bragging rights ... |
Marshall: Obstacle Course--Obama and the 2012 Electoral Landscape Editor's Note: As part of an ongoing effort to encourage broad discussion of 2012 election strategy, this item by Progressive Policy Institute President Will Marshall is crossposted from The Progressive Fix.
As the 2012 election gets underway, ... |
Political Strategy Notes Romney's gloatfest about his big Florida win has been gished by his latest gaffe. But the most interesting statistic of the election --- the 14 percent decline in GOP primary turnout from '08 -- does not bode well ... |
TDS Strategy Memo: After the primaries Democrats will be on receiving end of a propaganda campaign of a scope and ferocity unparalleled in American history. Dems must anticipate this onslaught and begin now to plan how best to respond. The Republican primary campaign has provided a foretaste of the bitter and divisive super-PAC driven media tactics that will be used against Obama in the fall. The fundamental and inescapable fact is that Democrats will be on the receiving ... |