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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks On The MidTerm Mood

. Source:The New Democrat  Most likely and for me that means the best guess and best educated guess, Senate Republicans win back the Senate on Tuesday and perhaps add five seats to their House majority as well. I don’t see … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Gerson On Ebola & 2014 Elections

. Source:The New Democrat  Anyone who uses Ebola to gain political power Right or Left, is unfit for office and perhaps should resign or give up their request to win the office that they are pursuing. This is a serious … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Mark Shields & David Brooks on Same-Sex Marriage, Voter ID & U.S. Senate Elections

Source:The New Democrat  As far as same-sex marriage where right-wingers have a 5-4 majority on the U.S. Supreme Court and tend to be respected by the Christian-Right in this country. Same-sex marriage is dead as an issue when not even … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer Introducing the Watergate Hearings

Source:The Daily Times If you are familiar with C-SPAN or the Cable Special Public Affairs Network, well the PBS coverage of the 1973 U.S. Senate Watergate hearings is basically the early days of C-SPAN. Gavel to gavel coverage of a … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: David Brooks & EJ Dionne On Ground Troops Debate

  Source:The New Democrat  When was the last time that Congress had big bipartisan votes on anything? Both the House and Senate overwhelmingly voting in favor of President Obama getting America involved in Syria and Iraq to defeat ISIS or … Continue reading

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PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Report: 1988 Iowa Caucus, Democratic Candidates

Source:The New Democrat  Governor Michael Dukakis looked like the clear Democratic nominee for President as early as the summer of 1987 and was never really seriously challenged for that nomination. Representative Dick Gephardt was supposed to win the Iowa Caucus … Continue reading

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PBS: Frontline- JFK and the Mob (Nov. 17th 1992)

You can also see this post at The Daily Post, on Blogger. “PBS Frontline: JFK and The Mafia (November, 17th, 1992)” Originally from Frontline, but the video has since been deleted or blocked on YouTube. It is clear that the Italian-American … Continue reading

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Firing Line With William F. Buckley: Newt Gingrich, Where is the GOP Headed (1984)

Source:The FreeState Not really Newt Gingrich himself, but his movement and followers represented where the Republican Party was headed post Ronald Reagan. Not George H.W. Bush who succeeded President Reagan as President, but didn’t offer a vision other than maybe … Continue reading

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PBS: NewsHour: Shields & Brooks on President Obama as a Reluctant Warrior & Congress

  Source:The New Democrat  President Obama gave a very good speech on why America should act against ISIS in Syria and Iraq. Now its time for Congress to do their job and hold a debate and vote on action against … Continue reading

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20th Century Video: PBS MacNeil/Lehrer Report Iowa Caucus (1988)

Source:The New Democrat  Without the Bush Campaign literally bashing Bob Dole in South Carolina in 1988 and doing things like accusing Mr. Dole of fathering African-American babies which I guess was considered a sin for Caucasian men to do at … Continue reading

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