Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
In my last post, I noted the health care reform conference call that Howard Dean was on tonight. Speaking of health care reform, the Center for American Progress reports that more Americans are “losing health insurance every day” during the recession.
Employers are shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs every month—just last month employment declined by [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Credit Crisis, Democrats, Economic News, Economy, Healthcare, In The Blogosphere, In The News, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pamela Leavey, Political News, Politics, Recession, Republicans, Senate
Posted on May 4th, 2009 by Pamela Leavey
My friend Ellen Beth Gill at Ellen of the Tenth, live blogged Howard Dean’s conference call earlier on health care reform. Here’s where we’re at via Ellen’s live blog but I recommend reading it all:
Senate finance committee meeting tomorrow. Go to moveon.org/publicoption. Write your piece.
Ellen notes that her old pal and mine, “John Kerry is [...]
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Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Marc Ambinder reports today that “multiple Democratic sources” say Hillary Clinton, “in a series of private conversations and conference calls, continues to urge her pledged delegates to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention.”
Clinton plans a series of calls with superdelegates, interest groups and state delegations over the next few days. (One of [...]
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Posted on June 7th, 2008 by Alegre
I just can’t do it – not yet. I respect Hillary more than words can say and I know she did what she had to do today. I was there to hear her speak and found myself cheering wildly every time she paused to catch her breath, until she got to the part where she [...]
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Posted on June 6th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
It seems rather absurd to me that Democrats should have to be reminding Democrats of all the reasons not to vote for John McCain, but sadly there’s the “hell hath no fury” crowd that just doesn’t get it, right now because they are hurt and frustrated and that’s understandable.
As a woman who had her heart [...]
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Posted on June 5th, 2008 by Gilbert Martinez
Because the former king of pop can do it better than me:
From the early MNSBC treatment of Hillary (initiated, btw, by Edwards and Obama), to mocking her nonexistent tears, to the constant calls for her to quit, to the painting of her as racist, to the absurd f#$%ing idea that Hillary was waiting for the [...]
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
I’ve urged here frequently that readers should support the nominee, whoever the nominee is, but frankly, truthfully, the backlash that is brewing is a little hard to ignore.
The thing is, as Joan Walsh pointed out tonight on Hardball (see video in post below) “Bill Clinton is our only 2 term Democrat” in the White House in [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
Word has it today that Barack Obama “has begun a top-secret search for a running mate.”
Although Obama would not acknowledge the search is on, Democratic officials speaking on the condition of anonymity say that “Obama has asked former Fannie Mae CEO Jim Johnson to begin vetting potential vice presidential picks.” Johnson vetted VP candidates for [...]
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Posted on May 8th, 2008 by Diane Elayne Dees
…That John Kerry sniped mercilessly at Howard Dean during the 2004 primary, but no one ever accused him of being a traitor to the Democratic Party?
…That when feminists complain of massive sexism and misogyny during the campaign, they are called “whiners,” but when Obama supporters complain of racism, they are called “victims of injustice”?
…That when [...]
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Posted on May 7th, 2008 by Mark
Democratic National Committee Chairman, Howard Dean, shocked Democrats today with his announcement at a Washington D.C. press conference that Condoleezza Rice has offered to disclose confidential information and sworn testimony “that will lead to the indictments of many of the current administration’s officials, including President Bush and Vice President Cheney” in return for the Democrats [...]
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