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Salon: Katie McDonough: Bernie Sanders, Feminist: Making America More Like Scandinavia

Salon I’m glad Senator Bernie Sanders, the only self-described Socialist member of Congress, but not the only Socialist in Congress, which I’ll get to later, is running for President in 2016. Not because I as a center-left New Democrat Liberal … Continue reading

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The Hill: Congress: Keith Laing: Senator Bernie Sanders: $1T Infrastructure Bill Would Be Cheaper Than Iraq War

Source:The Hill Bernie Sanders wouldn’t be Bernie Sanders if we wasn’t proposing things like a trillion-dollars in infrastructure investment to rebuild America. And I agree with him as far as the amount of money that we should invest to rebuild … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Fred Dews: ‘An Economic Agenda For America-A Conversation with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’

“On February 9, the Center for Effective Public Management at Brookings hosted Senator Sanders, the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, to discuss his economic policy ideas to spur growth and rebuild America’s middle class.” From Brookings Institution This blog … Continue reading

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The Washington Post: Michael Gerson- Are Democrats Stuck in 1979?

“The passing of Mario Cuomo brought bipartisan tributes appropriate to a rare political figure with a developed inner life. He was Catholic-educated, and it showed. How many other politicians grappled with Thomas Aquinas? Even the loser is dignified by such … Continue reading

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HBO: Video: Real Time With Bill Maher: Bernie Sanders Standing Up For Socialist Values

. This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger At risk of sounding simplistic, there’s a reason why we live on a planet with somewhere around a hundred-eighty countries or so and not live on a planet … Continue reading

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The Daily Caller: Video: HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher: Senator Bernie Sanders Sneers at Americans For Not Demanding European Style Social Benefits

. This post was originally posted on The New Democrat on Blogger What is lost in this whole America vs. Europe socialism vs. what I call real liberalism and others call classical liberalism debate, is the economics and economies of … Continue reading

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CATO Institute: Ilya Shapiro: ‘ObamaCare’s Medicaid Expansion Violates Federalism’

Source:FreeState Now I would’ve gone farther to bring down healthcare costs with things like preventive care, taxing junk food and drink, getting junk food and drink out of public schools, encouraging people to eat healthy and exercise, mandatory physical education … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Peter Beinart: ‘ClintonPhobia: Why No Democrat Wants to Run Against Hillary Clinton’

Source:The New Democrat  ‘ClintonPhobia’ ? How about Clinton fatigue? Does anyone who seriously understands the Democratic Party who is honest and knowledgable about the Democratic Party believe that Hillary will get a cakewalk to the Democratic nomination for president in … Continue reading

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The Atlantic: Russell Berman: Bernie Sanders is 2016’s Democratic Noisemaker

Source:The New Democrat  The far-left, or socialist-left, McGovernites if you will in the Democratic Party and outside of the Democratic Party need credibility if they are ever going to be taken seriously by anyone in America with real power let … Continue reading

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Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Should Populists Declare Victory?: Some of the Differences Between McGovernite Democrats and New Democrats

U.S. Senator George McGovern & The McGovernites Campaign For America’s Future: Opinion: Robert Borosage: Should Populists Declare Victory? This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger Just to start this post off I need to give a … Continue reading

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