Tag Archives: Progressives

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 New Republic: William J. Dobson: A Victory For Democratic Foreign Policy

Source:FRS FreeState I had just turned five years old and was in kindergarten when President Jimmy Carter left the White House in January in 1981. After losing reelection in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in November 1980. I remember President … Continue reading

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The Boston Globe: Video: Ted Kennedy: Why do You Want to be President?

The New Democrat Anyone who doesn’t know why they want to be President of the United States, should not run for President. It is too big of a job to have someone who hasn’t put much if any thought into … Continue reading

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James Miller Center: President Lyndon Johnson: Remarks on Decision to Not Seek Reelection (1968)

Source:FRS FreeState When President Lyndon Johsnon decided not to run for reelection in March of 1968, the United States was very divided, but they were united around the fact that they didn’t like Lyndon Johnson as their President. His approval … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Healing Medi-Cal

Source:FreeState Now A lot of states are swamped in deficit and debt thanks to high unemployment. With a lot fewer people working and paying taxes as we had four years ago. And instead of working and paying taxes, they are … Continue reading

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CBS News: Longines Chronoscope: Senator Prescott Bush (1953)

Source:The New Democrat  Senator Prescott Bush who of course is the father of George H.W. Bush and the grandfather of George H.W. Bush’s children, was what we would call a Northeastern Republican today. Someone who leans conservative, but who isn’t … Continue reading

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CBS News: Dan Rather-George H.W. Bush Showdown (1988)

Source:The New Democrat  If you are familiar with the old CNN version of Crossfire from the 1980s and 1990s, this is what it looks like. Where the two debaters let’s say aren’t really there to answer the others questions or … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Doyle McManus: What’s the Secret to Richard Nixon’s Unpopularity?

Source:The New Democrat  If all due respect to Doyle McManus who is a very knowledgable Washington political insider and very intelligent about Washington politics. There is no secret to why Richard Nixon is unpopular. “Go to the videotape” as the … Continue reading

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The New York Times: Paul Krugman: ‘Inequality is a Drag’

Source:New York Times– left-wing columnist Paul Krugman. Source:The New Democrat “For more than three decades, almost everyone who matters in American politics has agreed that higher taxes on the rich and increased aid to the poor have hurt economic growth. … Continue reading

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The Daily Beast: Jonathan Miller: ‘For 2016, Take Martin O’Malley Seriously’

Source:The Daily Beast– Governor Martin O’Malley (Democrat, Maryland) Source:The New Democrat “As Martin O’Malley dips his ankles into the deep end of national politics – most recently with his full-throated plea earlier this month against the deportation of immigrant children … Continue reading

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