Category Archives: The New Democrat

Allan Gregg: Christopher Hitchens- On Bill Clinton

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’m not a mindreader obviously, but Chris Hitchens was an admitted Socialist and was his whole life. Even though late in his career he became more of a Neoconservative on foreign policy and national security. He supported … Continue reading →

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Andrew Sullivan: Neither Living Nor Dead

Posted on August 4, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Before I give you my take on the U.S. Constitution, I’m going to give you takes from others further Left of me and from people who are to my Right and further Right. Today’s so-called Progressives who … Continue reading →

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The American Prospect: Paul Waldman- Can Liberalism Survive the Obama Presidency?

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  First of all Barack Obama when he ran for President in 2008 didn’t run as a McGovernite Social Democrat which is what the Occupy Wall Street and the broader New Left in America are. He ran as … Continue reading →

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American Enterprise Institute: Representative Paul Ryan: ‘Expanding Opportunity in America’

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  I’ve seem some of the reactions from so-called progressive publications like Salon and the AlterNet about Representative Paul Ryan’s anti-poverty programs reform plan. Representative Ryan is of course the Chairman of the House Budget Committee and a … Continue reading →

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Jamelle Bouie: John Fund’s Distorted History of The Democratic Party

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Erik Schneider

What right-wingers of today and John Fund of the Wall Street Journal and National Review is one of them, don’t seem to understand is that even though it is true that Congressional Republicans supported the civil rights laws more than … Continue reading →

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on Finding a GOP Anti-Cruz, Middle East

Posted on August 1, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Right now House Republicans can’t get past their Tea Party base on anything. And that is led and known by the House Republican Leadership who don’t have the balls (to put it bluntly) to take them on, … Continue reading →

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Face The Nation: 2014 Midterms: Where Does the Battle For the Senate Stand?

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Derik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Look I’m a loyal Democrat at least when it comes to my voting and anyone familiar with my blogging knows that. But what the Face The Nation panel didn’t really cover at all was the fact that … Continue reading →

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ABC Evening News: Saturday Before Start of 1976 Republican National Convention

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Rik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat  Just a few days before the start of the 1976 Republican National Convention and the GOP didn’t know who their presidential nominee would be. Even though they held the White House with President Gerald Ford. But President … Continue reading →

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Associated Press: Ed Donahue: US Employers Add 209K Jobs, Unemployment Rate 6.2%

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Erik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat Two-hundred-thousand jobs in a month even if it is not a high as the previous month of two-hundred-eighty-thousand jobs is a very good number. And when you have a slight uptick in unemployment from 6.1% to 6.2% … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Alabama Governor George Wallace on Face The Nation (1965)

Posted on July 31, 2014 by kireschneider

Source:The New Democrat  Governor George Wallace trying to make the case that police brutality was just as common in the North as it was in Alabama. What he didn’t show however was demonstrators being beat up and beaten simply for … Continue reading →

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