The Democratic Party-- What Is It Good For, Part II
Yesterday, Democracy published an important essay about the Democratic Party by Sarah Miller and Faiz Shakir, The Democrats' Progress....
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Howie Klein
Mar 25, 20223 min read
As Long As Congress Tolerates Bribery, Drug Prices Will Remain Outrageously High
Republicans and the Blue Dog, New Dems and corporate whores from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- and their allies in the...
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Howie Klein
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Doug Schoen, Still Pretending To Be A Democrat
If there was a dictionary definition of "conservative treacherous scumbag lobbyist," the photo would be of Doug Schoen. Usually referred...
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Howie Klein
Feb 27, 20224 min read
Pulling The Democratic Party Right-- Prevention Is A Battle Worth Fighting
All the regular suspects are inundating the media with "news" items about how the only way for Democrats to win is by turning right and...
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Howie Klein
Jan 17, 20226 min read
Any Blue Will Do? No... Especially Not During Primary Season
A case can be made that there are worse Democrats in the House than corrupt Oregon reactionary Kurt Schrader, a prominent Blue Dog. But...
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Howie Klein
Jan 9, 20225 min read
Conservatives Have Come Up With A New Way Of Ruining Your Life: DCEs
Earlier today, you may have read, once again, about how Manchin was never serious about allowing Build Back Better to pass once he...
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Howie Klein
Jan 2, 20228 min read
"The Issue Is Not Just Mr. Manchin." What Does The Democratic Party 2022 Stand For?
This morning, Morning Consult released a new national tracking poll for Politico. Some of these favorable/unfavorables are interesting to...
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Howie Klein
Dec 31, 20216 min read
You Can't Blame Voters For Being Confused When Dems Support Tax Loopholes For The Very Rich
On the last day of the year, I want to remind you of why it's so crucial, especially during primary season, that not any blue will do....
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Howie Klein
Dec 26, 20217 min read
The Enemy: Conservatives
Mostly under the Build Back Better rubric, Bernie and other progressives came up with a relatively strong package of programs to address...
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Howie Klein
Dec 19, 20214 min read
Manchin Pronounces Build Back Better-- And Democratic Midterm Prospects-- Dead
The End Of Kyrsten Sinema's Ability To Command A News Cycle Friends are already asking me how many seats in Congress I think the...
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Howie Klein
Nov 28, 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 25, 20212 min read
Who Could Buy Into John Kennedy's McCarthyite Smear? 5 Corrupt Conservative Democrats
Today is likely to be a slow news day and I'll probably take most of the day off from blogging. I did want to mention one thing though...
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Howie Klein
Nov 23, 20218 min read
The Democratic Party Brand vs The Midterms
Last night Arizona Public Opinion Pulse released new state polling that shows both Arizona conservative Democratic senators, Mark Kelly...
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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 20, 20213 min read
Progressive Candidates Put Heavy Pressure On Blue Dog Incumbents To Back BBB
This morning, after the vote for Biden's Build Back Better Act, several people noticed that just one of the corrupt conservative Blue...
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Howie Klein
Nov 19, 20215 min read
80% Of Dems Want Lower Drug Prices-- So How Can PhRMA Pawns Like Case & Schrader Be Reelected?
On Wednesday, Andrew Perez and Julia Rock wrote about how a gaggle of corrupt corporate Dems rushed to the rescue of Big PhRMA, while...
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Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20217 min read
The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Is Destroying The Party Brand
The other day a regular Blue America financial contributor, who gives around $100 a month to our candidates, called me to complain. He...
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Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20217 min read
Stuff Is Getting Baked Into The Midterms-- Mostly Bad Stuff For The Democrats
Check out the time-stamps on these two tweets from Alabama far right political coward Gary Palmer, who represents the rich, white...
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Howie Klein
Nov 15, 20215 min read
Drug Prices Will Never Come Down While Corporate Whores Are Integral To The Democratic Party
Does this sound complicated? Democrats can do the right thing-- the popular thing that people elected them to do-- say, lower the cost of...
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Howie Klein
Nov 10, 20215 min read
Words Can Illuminate; Words Can Distort & Mislead... "Moderate" Has Been Captured By The Bad Guys
The word "moderate" is one of the most favorable in the political lexicon. The Democratic consulting class and the corporate media use...
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