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The Paranoid Style in American Politics | Richard Hofstadter on the "Radical Right" http://im.ly/86791 #p2
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- Yup. Shoq proposed the "MT," or "modified tweet." As far as 'human years' under my belt--I have MANY. 'Course, it's all relative!

20 Sep 09

Open Left:: Changing The Dynamic of Congress--"The Choice Is Ours"

Without a hardline group of progressives willing to join with Republicans and defeat Democratic legislation unless that legislation meets certain progressive criteria, every legislative fight will follow this process of backroom deals with corporate interests resulting in an inexorable right-wing slide. ...The Progressive Block needs to publicly draw clearn lines in the sand before draft legislation is introducted. This allows both netroots and grassroots activists to organize around that line in the sand. Otherwise, given the backroom nature of these dealings, there is no way for the progressive activist base to play any meaningful role in the legislative process, and all negotiation power is ceded to corporate lobbyists.

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How the Democratic Party Works, and Doesn't Work | Not a Sentimental Piece | Open Left

The reason why Democrats so often ignore and betray progressives is that we haven't given them incentives not to. Money, votes, and publicity are what count, and so far progressives have not leveraged these incentives effectively. Also, Democrats really need some leaders who are functional in the worlds of bluffing, bargaining, gambling, and fighting.

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14 Sep 09

Far Right vs Far Left | Central Myopia

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- I think the middle is often misunderstood by the left and the right.
  
  Let's pick an example position. Right: government is wasteful and concentrates power in bureaucracies limiting individual liberty. Left: capitalism concentrates wealth and limits opportunity for the disenfranchised.
  
  Guess what? Both are true. The far right obsesses on dismantling government to free the market. The far left obsesses on demonizing free enterprise. The vast middle are people who think that we need to work to find a balance between the two - on 2009-09-11
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I think the middle is often misunderstood by the left and the right.

Let's pick an example position. Right: government is wasteful and concentrates power in bureaucracies limiting individual liberty. Left: capitalism concentrates wealth and limits opportunity for the disenfranchised.

Guess what? Both are true. The far right obsesses on dismantling government to free the market. The far left obsesses on demonizing free enterprise. The vast middle are people who think that we need to work to find a balance between the two.

13 Sep 09

U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Co-Chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus | WikiBio

Raúl M. Grijalva (born February 19, 1948) has been U.S. Representative (D-AZ) since 2003. His father was a migrant worker from Mexico who entered the United States in 1945 through the Bracero Program and labored on southern Arizona ranches.

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