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Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20227 min read
Kyrsten Sinema-- Chuck Schumer's Frankenstein Monster
I can’t say I know Kyrsten Sinema well, but probably better than you do. About a dozen years ago, when she was still serving in the...
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Howie Klein
Aug 9, 20225 min read
Let's Face It: The Democrats Have Nothing Going For Them Other Than How Bad The Alternative Is
The juice of a carrot, the smile of a parrot A little drop of claret, anything that rocks Dan Pfeiffer wrote this morning that optimism...
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Howie Klein
Aug 7, 20224 min read
In November Will Voters Care Who Voted How On Build Back Worse? Not A Chance
Louisiana scumbag John Kennedy introduced an amendment forcing the Democrats to find 10 Republicans if they wanted to keep the cap on...
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Howie Klein
Jul 6, 20226 min read
Tearing Down Is A Lot Easier Than Building-- Just Ask The Republican Party Elites
BINGO! BINGO! BINGO! The Republicans are a conservative party. They just want to keep the status quo. Their reactionary wing wants to...
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Howie Klein
May 28, 20226 min read
A Different Vision From The Manchin-Biden Perspective-- Read Ro Khanna's New Book Yet?
This morning the Wall Street Journal published a piece by Andrew Duehren and Richard Rubin about how Manchin may include a few scraps of...
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Howie Klein
Apr 26, 20228 min read
Is Manchin Just A Convenient Excuse For Biden?
In 1928 Herbert Hoover (R) faced off against conservative Democrat Al Smith in a lesser-of-two-evils presidential election. Hoover...
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Howie Klein
Apr 6, 20224 min read
Manchin's Not Going To Do Anything To Help The Dems. Will... Mitt Romney?
Michelle Cottle, a member of the NY Times' editorial board doesn't have much faith in Joe Manchin coming to the rescue of the Democratic...
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Howie Klein
Apr 4, 20224 min read
The Midterm Fate Of The Democratic Party Rests With Its Corrupt Republican Wing
Without many tangible accomplishments, many voters who could be reasonably expected to vote blue in the midterms will probably stay home...
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Howie Klein
Mar 2, 20224 min read
Build Back Better Again? Not If Joe Manchin Is The Decider
Although that was Joe Biden stumbling through his first State of the Union address last night, it could have almost been Joe Manchin....
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Howie Klein
Feb 7, 20224 min read
Tuition-Free Community College-- Another Victim Of TransPartisan NeoLib Agenda
Jill Biden at a conference of community college leaders this morning: "One year ago, I told this group that Joe, my husband Joe, was...
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Howie Klein
Jan 3, 20222 min read
Pres. Manchin Dangles A Shriveled Build Back Worse Plan In Front Of Desperate Democrats
Tonight, when Schumer hosts his weekly Senate leadership meeting, Manchin says he will attend. He is also planning to attend tomorrow's...
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Howie Klein
Dec 23, 20216 min read
It May Be Xmas, But Conservatives Are Still Working Tirelessly To Shrink Build Back Better
Around noon today, the Washington Post editorial board wrote that Manchin is wrong on inflation and Build Back Better. The editors point...
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Howie Klein
Dec 22, 20215 min read
Is There A Path Forward For Build Back Better-- Or Even Build Back Worse?
In the last couple of days, the GOP-- though not Trump-- has increased the drumbeat of love towards Joe Manchin and both McConnell and...
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Howie Klein
Dec 17, 202111 min read
"Annus Horribilis" Does Not Refer To A Butt... Other Than Perhaps Joe Manchin
It's been years since I spoke with Robert, one of my oldest friends from college, someone who was an upperclassman-- and a legend-- when...
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Howie Klein
Nov 29, 20216 min read
Progressives Offer A Better World; Conservatives Offer A Hobbesian-Nietzschean One
David Benatar is so pessimistic that he made a strong case for not being born. He believes that life is so bad, so painful, that human...
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Howie Klein
Nov 27, 20213 min read
The Progressive Policy Institute Is Anti-Progressive In Every Way
Doesn't the name "The Progressive Policy Institute" sound like something that is probably good, perhaps that you would want to support...
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Howie Klein
Nov 21, 20218 min read
Who's Worse-- Manchin Or Sinema? Does It Even Matter?
Over a decade ago, before she had been elected to the House, Kyrsten Sinema was in the Arizona state legislature and she and I were...
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Howie Klein
Nov 13, 20219 min read
Don't Expect Any Antidotes To Sinema & Manchin From Chuck Schumer & The DSCC
Last week, after the House foolishly passed the inadequate, "better-than-nothing," conservative infrastructure bill, Biden's speech...
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Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20218 min read
Who Gets The Last Laugh? Easy Question: Manchin, Sinema, McConnell, Thune
According to the PunchBowl News crew early this morning, the hard transportation bill passed last night-- a complete cave by the...
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Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20218 min read
Democratic Leadership... More Evil Or More Incompetent?
When I woke up yesterday, Pramila was reminding Democrats that it is worth doing something transformational for the American people even...
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