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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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Jeremy Diamond & Eric Weisbrod: Congress Defined As: Useless, Worthless, A Joke

Source:CNN– with a look at the U.S. Congress. “It can be tough to agree on a single word to describe something that affects every single American. But when it comes to Congress, the task suddenly doesn’t seem so insurmountable. CNN … Continue reading

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

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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CBS News: John Anderson vs Ronald Reagan: 1980 Presidential Debate

Source:CBS News– U.S. Representative John Anderson (Republican, Illinois) 1980 Independent presidential candidate. Source:The New Democrat “In 1980, the League of Women Voters invited independent John Anderson to their first presidential debate, and President Carter refused to attend. Ronald Reagan showed … Continue reading

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Associated Press: President Obama Chides House GOP For Lawsuit

Source:The New Democrat  Barack Obama- The do nothing Republican House of Representatives. I agree with the President when he says that House Republicans rather sue the President and try to go back in time and repeal legislation then do their … Continue reading

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Senator John Tester: Taking Care of Veterans is a Cost of Going to War

Source:The New Democrat  Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator John Tester with the lines of the veterans affairs debate. Senator Bernie Sanders, “that if you can afford to send your soldiers to war, you can afford to take care of them … Continue reading

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American Thinker: Bruce Walker: Barry Goldwater: The Birth of Modern Conservatism

Source:The New Democrat  I agree with Bruce Walker that Barry Goldwater represents the birth of modern conservatism and that he and Bill Buckley are probably the fathers of modern conservatism. Similar to how I believe Wendell Willkie and Jack Kennedy … Continue reading

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The National Interest: Jacob Heilbrunn Interviewing Senator Tim Kaine

Source:The New Democrat  This might be or might not be common knowledge at least for Americans who live outside of the Washington Beltway and don’t follow American politics and current affairs closely, but the United States hasn’t officially declared war … Continue reading

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Los Angeles Times: Representative David Dreier: Can We Make Congress Move?

Source:The New Democrat  With all due respect to Representative David Dreier who served in the House of Representatives from 1981-2013 and has and inside view of Congress at least the House, “it is worst than it looks”. To paraphrase a … Continue reading

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VOA News: Congress to Focus on US Border Crisis

Source:The New Democrat  At some point Congressional Republicans are going to have to decide if they want to solve the Texas border crisis, or keep it going to use it against President Obama and use it as an issue during … Continue reading

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