Mandate Watch


David Sirota's picture

Mandate Watch: Confused About Tax Promises

I'm confused about the state of Barack Obama's tax promises. more »

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David Sirota's picture

Mandate Watch: "Team of Rivals" Or Rival Team?

A quick lexicographic note: Seems to me the term "Team of Rivals" is the new euphemism for "bipartisanship," which unto itself has always been a synonym for "buypartisanship" (ie. bipartisan corporatism) and "Broderism" (the principle, championed by Washington Post columnist David Broder, that bipartisanship is an inherent virtue regardless of what it is in pursuit of). more »

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David Sirota's picture

Mandate Watch: NAFTA Reform? Psych!

What do you do after a huge number of new swing-district Democrats win office promising to reform NAFTA? Apparently, if you are D.C. Democrats, you do this: more »

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David Sirota's picture

Were Democrats Elected With a Mandate to Attack "The Left?"

Seems to me that House and Senate leaders have declared an all-out war on "the Left." In fact, "seems" is the wrong word. It doesn't "seem" like that. They are actually saying it explicitly. more »

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David Sirota's picture

"Center-Right Nation" Watch - Hoover Institution Admits It's a Center-Left Nation

The Hoover Institution is one of the major conservative think tanks in this country, so this op-ed in the Washington Post today is pretty incredible for its honesty: more »

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Leo Gerard's picture

This Moment Screams For Boldness

Within hours of Barack Obama’s election, naysayers chastened caution. Don’t go too far, they inveighed. Build trust slowly with restrained, moderate, and gradual actions, they admonished.

In other words: Start with piddling plans.

Basically, they want to abort hope -- kill it before it has a chance.

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Robert Borosage's picture

Progressive Mandate in a Sea-Change Election

Barack Obama’s historic victory in 2008 spearheaded not only a change election, but a sea-change election. It marks the end of the conservative era that has dominated our politics since 1980, and the beginning of a new era of progressive reform, driven by an emerging progressive majority. more »

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David Sirota's picture

The Mandate Manipulation Machine Enters Stage Right

As I (and many others) predicted a while back, the Partisan-Industrial Complex in Washington, D.C. more »

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