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In Search of the Democratic Party

Leonard Nimoy looks for the Democratic Party, and ends up discovering the truth about why they can’t get anything done:

By Ted Rall and David Essman.
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Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

© Lee Judge
Why in the world was losing one senator such a terrible blow to the Democrats? Yes, they no longer have a “supermajority” in the Senate, and thus cannot automatically stop filibusters. But they still have a majority in the Senate, a majority in the House, not to mention the presidency. Isn’t that [...]

The difference between the two main political parties

© Jim Morin
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Republicans want Obama to act even more like Bush

Jon Stewart points out the ridiculousness of Democrats trying to please the Republicans:

My favorite part was the “Descent of the Democrats”.
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Following a Political Narrative off a Cliff

Rarely do we get such an obvious example of how the media loves a dramatic political narrative, even when the facts don’t fit it. In this case, the political narrative is that the Democrats are in deep trouble and that the upcoming midterm elections will be a repeat of the election that swept the “contract [...]

The Ship of State, or the State of the Ship

© Lee Judge
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Political Life of Compromise

© Matt Bors
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What If Democrats Behaved More Like Republicans?

© Tom Tomorrow
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Democrats couldn’t get laid in a house whose sole purpose is for free sex with legislators on finance committees

Jon Stewart tells it like it is. With 65% of Americans supporting the public option, 70% of doctors supporting it, even a plurality of Republicans supporting it, the President supporting it, and holding a super-majority in Congress, the Democrats are still doing their best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory:

See also these two [...]

The Spine that Binds

© Lloyd Dangle
I sure hope this isn’t really true, but if the Dems can’t pass health care reform this year, it may be time to reconsider.
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The Two Al Frankens

© Steve Sack
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Specter challenges someone else’s party loyalty!

Arlen Specter called his opponent in the Democratic Party primary, Joe Sestak, a “flagrant hypocrite” and accused him of registering as a Democrat “just in time to run for Congress.”
Remember that Specter just switched from Republican to Democrat, because polls showed that he was going to lose the Republican primary. Sestak says that he registered [...]