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Opinion: Obama's Weakness -- He's Typical, Not Radical

The best way for conservatives to defeat Barack Obama in 2012 is to tag him as typical, not radical. The GOP only hurts its own cause by slamming Obama as an extremist ideologue with an alien agenda, when it's both more accurate and more effective to identify him as a conventional, old-school, big-government liberal. When...

Piece by Piece, Obama Undoing President Bill Clinton's Actions

ANALYSIS WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's stunning announcement that it now considers the Defense of Marriage Act indefensible because it discriminates against gay couples was more than a sign of the times. It was yet one more reason Barack Obama is the un-Bill Clinton. From gay rights to Wall Street reform,...

Opinion Roundup: Why the Centrist DLC Is Shutting Down

Just as President Barack Obama is being hailed for his Clintonesque turn toward centrist policies -- Triangulation 2.0," in the words of multiple pundits -- the icon of triangulation itself, the Democratic Leadership Council, has run out of cash and is closing up shop. The DLC has fallen far from its peak in the mid-'90s,...

Why the Democrats Picked Charlotte for 2012 Convention

Charlotte, N.C., better get ready. In a year and a half, the city will be invaded ... by Democrats. The Democratic Party has selected Charlotte as the site of its 2012 national convention. Charlotte beat out St. Louis, Cleveland and Minneapolis, which had also hoped to win the right to host the Democratic National...

Are Labor Unions Done For?

State and municipal officials on both sides of the political spectrum are increasingly taking on public employee unions -- promising to cut pensions, freeze salaries and inhibit collective bargaining -- to address budget shortfalls. From the Atlantic Wire But the antagonism against labor unions isn't...

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Progressive Group Pours Major Cash Into Scott Walker Recall Effort

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee announced Tuesday that it will send $100,000 to Wisconsin to help unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R), a cash infusion that will go to the state Democratic Party's field operations for next week's recall vote.

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The Truth About the Democratic Party

This is the third entry in a three part series on the major party players in the 2012 presidential election.

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DNC Pushed To Incorporate Marriage Equality Into Party Platform

An LGBT organization is calling on the Democratic Party to officially support marriage equality, launching a national campaign to get Democrats to enshrine it in the 2012 party platform -- even though the head of the party, President Barack Obama, still does not support same-sex marriage.

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Maryland Democratic Superdelegate Yvette Lewis Scouts Out Charlotte Convention Site

For Maryland Democratic Party chair Yvette Lewis, scouting out hotels and conference sites for next year's Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., isn't just about seeing the sites of the Queen City. It's also a homecoming of sorts.

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Destroying the Democratic Party to "Save" It

Alongside these political arguments, naturally, they restate their long-held policy argument that cutting these benefits is the right thing -- indeed the "progressive" thing -- to do.