1st Diary: Do we give Amazon a pass?
Last year I spent $1738 on Amazon.com. I have spent $1610 so far this year and I was planning to spend at least 90% of my X-mas budget on the site. I am now re-thinking my support. Last year Jeff...
View ArticleSigh. Howard Dean goes rogue
I believe the the ACA is flawed. It has issues that we as party will have to own up to and fix, the sooner, the better. Any piece of legislation that big is essentially a first draft. But the one key...
View ArticleFor those wanting HRC to weigh in on Iran etc...Stop it!
Sec. Clinton is very smart, despite the outright hatred some Kossacks have for her. From now until say the middle of next year, she will be very selective and only comment on issues where there is...
View ArticleEzra Klein: Single payer not as simple as it looks
Sorry for the short Diary, I saw this as I was eating lunch.This article by Ezra Klein has put me in a position where I have to ask the Obamacare experts on Dkos to explain to me what he is ultimately...
View ArticleAre we really this shortsighted? Dems may give up on The House.
I am hoping against hope that this is a trial balloon. I almost punched my laptop screen when I read this.http://www.politico.com/...With Democrats’ grasp on the Senate increasingly tenuous — and the...
View ArticleI am a Warren man, but I must say I am impressed!
http://www.politico.com/...A pro-Hillary Clinton super PAC named several prominent Democratic donors on Friday in its push to build support for the former secretary of state to run for president in...
View ArticleSen/Sec. Clinton supports BHO on Iran Sanctions
Early last month I wrote a diary in response to Kossacks wanting HRC to comment on the issues of the moment. In the diary I wrote:From now until say the middle of next year, she will be very selective...
View ArticleMolly Ball: "No, Liberals Don't Control the Democratic Party".
http://www.theatlantic.com/...In a classroom in Harlem, the liberal new mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, appeared with union leaders in support of his plan to raise taxes on incomes higher than...
View ArticleNYTimes: ACA causing some public sector jobs to go part-time
http://www.nytimes.com/...I read the article twice and I still don't understand why these cuts are necessary. I need Kossacks smarter than myself to break this down for me
View ArticleIf Alan Grayson was a Republican, there would be 3 diaries on the rec list
Why is this community ignoring this story?http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...A Florida judge has granted Rep. Alan Grayson's (D-FL) wife custody of the couple's children, and barred contact by her...
View ArticleNYTimes: Non compliant plans get 2yr extension
http://www.nytimes.com/...The Obama administration, struggling with continued political fallout over its troubled health care law, said Wednesday that it would allow consumers to renew health insurance...
View ArticleI have to ask a very simple question.
For all of the Hillary haters, would you rather have a GOP president than vote for Sec/Sen Clinton?I was having a back and forth with a Hillary hater in Kos' Cuomo diary. They clearly stated they would...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough talking out of his a**: HRC will be "more of a neocon than...
"Hillary is the neocon's neocon. It's going to be fascinating if she decides to run and she gets the nomination, that she will be more of a sabre-rattler and more of a neocon that the Republican...
View ArticleI have the ultimate respect for Bernie Sanders
With Elizabeth Warren declining to run, it is very clear to anyone paying attention that Hillary Rodham Clinton will be the Democratic nominee for President in 2016.Sen. Sanders, in an interview with...
View ArticlePPP (TX Gov.): Abbott 51%; Davis 37%
I always thought this race would be a heavy lift, but damn!!!http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...Abbott and Davis are the respective Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates. The poll found that...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg is not helping.
http://www.nytimes.com/...Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to...
View ArticleHRC's smart comments on the Snowden affair.
HRC is a very smart pol. A few months ago I noted that she would only comment on issues of the day once the dust had settled. This is a perfect example of that. This sort of position/comment is as down...
View ArticleEvery progressive should read the Vox article on Gov. Cuomo
http://www.vox.com/...Gov. Andrew Cuomo is not a popular guy on this blog. But when I leave the Kos echo chamber I find that he is very popular among people who keep up with politics. I live in San...
View Article3 out 4 Swiss vote against minimum wage.
http://www.nytimes.com/...Swiss voters resoundingly rejected on Sunday a proposed minimum wage that would have been the world’s highest, a move widely seen as reflecting an aversion to state...
View ArticlePPP Iowa 2016: HRC predictably beats her Dem opponents. Matchups w/ GOP...
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/...I am at work and can't write a proper diary, but here are the numbers that caught my eye. HRC 59%Joe B. 12%E. Warren 11%HRC Favorable: 83%Joe B. 74%E. Warren 55%...
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