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Weekend Watchdog

By Terrance Heath
September 5th, 2008

The conventions are behind us, and as the balloons and confetti are swept up, it's time for for the watchdog to make its weekend rounds. The Sunday show line-up particularly interesting this week, both because of the names you see and the names you don't see. 

At least one politician who made a big splash this week isn't taking any questions for a while, but there's lots of time to study (and time for tutoring) on the way home for all the questions to come on the campaign trail. In the meantime, we'll have to make do with the line-up we've got.

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The Resentment Strategy

By Paul Krugman
From nytimes.com
September 5th, 2008
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nytimes.com — Mr. Krugman makes the Nixon comparison and cites Nixonland.

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The Republican straight talk express.

Submitted by Robert Kerner
September 5th, 2008

Here is the link to a video clip of some Neocons feeding sheep dip to the wing nuts.

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From the People Who Brought You Misery...

By Bernie Horn
September 5th, 2008

Do you remember the "misery index" that became an iconic feature of the economic debates in the late 1970s and 1980? Well, it's back and it's bad—worse than it has been in more than 17 years. Progressives need to talk about the misery index and argue for bold economic policies. Let's talk about it. more »

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As If the Last Eight Years Never Happened

By Tom Sullivan
September 5th, 2008

Scratch out Barack Obama's name and insert Al Gore or John Kerry's, and this week’s GOP convention was the same gleeful character assassination fest we have come to know and loathe. Except during Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech when it took on the air of a political movie written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen.

Come to think of it, a lot of the convention had that feel. more »

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John Kerry works the road bicycling addled crowd.

By Jonathan Vaughters
From slipstreamsports.com
September 4th, 2008
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slipstreamsports.com — OK. I admit this is my niche, and I liked Kerry already. But this posting gave John Kerry actual credibility with roadies. Shaved legs! No way! Some of the insider talk may elude you but to put things into perspective Vaughter’s is saying that Kerry was descending at 55MPH. I don’t like that on straight roads.

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Still Needed: An Elevator Pitch

By Greg Colvin
September 4th, 2008

At the Denver convention, Sen. Barack Obama gave a very fine acceptance speech, but not a great one. Winning the battle against conservatism requires going beyond personality and empathy and clearly—and extremely briefly—stating the case for progressive reform. more »

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The Hot Mike of Truth - Two Cons Turn Thumbs Down on Palin

By Tom Sullivan
September 3rd, 2008

"It's over." - Peggy Noonan

Caught in a hot-mike moment, conservative pundits/advisors Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy reveal their feelings about McCain's VP pick to Chuck Todd: more »

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Myopic Selfishness of the Wealthy Leads to Constricting Economy

By Gordon Johnson
September 3rd, 2008

The economic stance in favor today is to give breaks to the wealthy under the expectation that if they have more money, they are more likely to be in a position to invest to make our means of production bigger and better. What the stance is missing is that corporations do lots of marketing studies to figure out how much of what to produce. Guess what the marketing studies look at? more »

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Access to the Courts in the Obama Moment

By Kia Franklin
September 3rd, 2008

On this site we are in the middle of a critical discussion about the Obama Moment. Progressives fighting to restore our values in this country must seize upon the increase in political engagement and energy that Obama has inspired, to meet our agenda for those tangibles that our values require. more »

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