Nancy Pelosi has just announced that she's running for the position of House Minority Leader. As a San Franciscan, maybe she understood that turning her leadership role over to the Blue Dogs would have been like giving the Giants franchise to Oakland. She's been the most effective Speaker in a generation and she'll be equally effective in the opposition. more »
Tom Perriello always knew it would be hard to hold his seat in Congress. The progressive Democrat from Albemarle County, Va. represents a district designed to nullify liberal votes with a wide swath of conservative countryside. He was elected in 2008, riding President Obama’s coattails to victory by just 727 votes. more »
Am I the only one frustrated that now that we finally have a President who looks out for the greater good of average Americans, his own party won’t join the fight to take the country back from special interests? more »
The most treacherous opponents of the reforms vital to get us out of the deep hole we are in come from within the Democratic Party itself—so-called "Blue Dog" conservatives in the House and their cousins in the Senate who are working to block the changes that we need.
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