What's wrong with New Jersey?By Anonymous OperativeA few months ago I wrote of the corporatization of Democratic politics. My thesis: for a party that appeals to progressive values, we are as pathetic as those moral/value-based conservatives on the right.We are sell outs.
All too often "bipartisan" has come to mean Democrats being led down the path to slaughter by transpartisan conservatives. It's not just Republicans who are screwing working families… it's also the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- the Blue Dogs, New Dems and their fellow travelers, like Steny Hoyer and Steve Israel.
THE PROBLEM SOLVERS (pretty painting by Attila Richard Lukacs)Obama pressured Democrats into a putrid deal with Republicans (and through them, Wall Street) on the student loan debacle.
Yesterday we talked about how cowardly New Dem freshmen Patrick Murphy and Kyrsten Sinema, who Boehner and Cantor know they can count on to almost always betray progressive Democratic ideals and vote with the GOP in a way that allows them to claim their toxic agenda is "bipartisan," h
"McKinley and DeGette initially hoped to get 50 members to sign up for the outing, but they’re at nearly 100, and the new goal is to get 150 participants."-- from the item "Ballpark bipartisanship"in Al Kamen's Washington Post "In the Loop" columnby Ken"Ask old-timers why Congress is so divisive these days,"
