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- The organization was founded in 1986 by Texas Agriculture Secretary Jim Hightower, Sen. Tom Harkin, and Rep. Lane Evans with the purpose of promoting progressive Democrats who are economic populists and who will fight for America's working families.
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Despite the slow economy, enough folks are psyched about President Obama's agenda that they're ponying up some cash to keep the Democrats in Congress exactly where they are...
If I recall correctly, this is a country where you have the freedom to practice whatever faith or religion you wish without the fear of persecution. For this reason, millions of people, including my grandparents, have traveled long, arduous distances to come here...
Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act love to scream about how it will “eliminate secret ballot elections” for workers (it won’t) and makes employees vulnerable to pressure from “union bosses” who will coerce them into forming a union against their will...
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Opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act love to scream about how it will “eliminate secret ballot elections” for workers (it won’t) and makes employees vulnerable to pressure from “union bosses” who will coerce them into forming a union against their will...
If I recall correctly, this is a country where you have the freedom to practice whatever faith or religion you wish without the fear of persecution. For this reason, millions of people, including my grandparents, have traveled long, arduous distances to come here...
<center>The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10cBaracknophobia - Obeythedailyshow.com<embed src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/mgid:cms:item:comedycentral.com:223862" height="301" width="360"></embed>Daily Show Full EpisodesEconomic CrisisPolitical Humor</center> We Democrats have known...
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Barack Obama has been President for about three months, and in the business world he would need to present his First Quarter review. That's one of the many reasons Obama took the stage today at Georgetown University to offer a vision for economic recovery. (Full transcript here)...
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<center> Govenor Palin seems to enjoy calling for other people to resign. </center> I can't believe I almost missed this: on Friday, the Alaska Republican Party called for the resignation of freshman Senator Mark Begich. Was Senator Begich incompetent? Corrupt? Scandalized? No...
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<center> Govenor Palin seems to enjoy calling for other people to resign. </center> I can't believe I almost missed this: on Friday, the Alaska Republican Party called for the resignation of freshman Senator Mark Begich. Was Senator Begich incompetent? Corrupt? Scandalized? No...
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I can't believe I almost missed this: on Friday, the Alaska Republican Party called for the resignation of freshman Senator Mark Begich. Was Senator Begich incompetent? Corrupt? Scandalized? No. The ARP ...
<center> A crowded unemployment office in Michigan </center> "We hope the administration and Democratic leaders in Congress do not distort and preach fear about our Republican plan...
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"We hope the administration and Democratic leaders in Congress do not distort and preach fear about our Republican plan. Some may be tempted to appeal to the darker emotions of envy and insecurity that surely run high in times like these. ...
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Today, 21st Century Democrats announced our endorsement of Jennifer Brunner, Ohio’s Secretary of State, for the United States Senate...
<center> </center> Any time you stake a claim on something that hasn't happened yet, you're making a gamble: either you end up right and you're applauded, or you end up wrong and you've got a face full of egg yolk...
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Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announces her candidacy for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Voinovich.
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Today, 21st Century Democrats announced our endorsement of Jennifer Brunner, Ohio’s Secretary of State, for the United States Senate. Our organization has supported Secretary Brunner throughout her career ...
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<center> Senator Gillibrand appears with Scott Murphy in a recent TV spot </center> The day of reckoning has almost arrived in the special election in New York's 20th District...
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We've posted a few videos to help you understand exactly what happened yesterday with the House Republican's budget proposal. First, Contessa Brewer analyzes the expertly executed media rollout of the plan. She's all smiles...
Republicans are tired of hearing on TV that they are the "Party of No." So they promised a bunch of TV networks that they would unveil a new set of plans to serve as an alternative to President Obama's proposals on the budget, the housing crisis, and so on...
<center> </center> As I write this, President Obama is holding the first ever online town hall. The event, called "Open for Questions," draws on questions submitted online, on which other online users subsequently vote. The result? User-generated questions with user-generated selection...
<center> </center> As I write this, President Obama is holding the first ever online town hall. The event, called "Open for Questions," draws on questions submitted online, on which other online users subsequently vote. The result? User-generated questions with user-generated selection...
<center> Looks like someone slept through his Politics 101 lecture </center>...
Since being elected President of 21st Century Democrats in November, I've been encouraged by the dialogue we've been having with you - the progressive majority - and I look forward to continuing to work together with you to elect strong progressive Democrats this year, and in years to come...
<center> Eventually, Senator Specter is going to run out of tricks</center> My last entry was about New York Rep. Peter King's political maneuvering on the Employee Free Choice Act...
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My last entry was about New York Rep. Peter King's political maneuvering on the Employee Free Choice Act. An original co-sponsor, King wiggled out of support for the bill with eyes toward the 2010 Senate ...
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You can search this nation far and wide and still wind up with very few elected moderate Republicans. As I've discussed before, the Republican tent is shrinking: those who don't subscribe to a narrow set of backward ideas are pushed out. ...
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When it comes to legislation, you can't have a diet version. When it comes to reforming labor law, you can't stop at one calorie. That's why Employee Free Choice Act sponsors Senator Tom Harkin and Congressman ...
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We Democrats certainly had two successive election blowouts in 2006 and 2008, and the Republican Party is inarguably lost in the wilderness. That, however, is only a temporary condition; while the GOP ...
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I generally prefer Rachel Maddow for my liberal talk, but I thought Keith Olbermann’s special comment from last night was worth a post:
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As an addendum to our discussion about 2009 races: yesterday Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher was selected to a top State Department post, which will create a vacancy in California's 10th District. Tauscher, ...
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One morning this past fall, when I first heard John McCain use the term "socialism" to describe Obama's proposal to return to pre-2001 tax levels, I laughed into my coffee cup. Certainly, no one could ...
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In 2008, the Democrats were successful in part by promising "change" while Republicans offered "more of the same." With that in mind, many of us are wondering why the new NRSC Chairman, Texas Senator John ...
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Yesterday, the Employee Free Choice Act was re-introduced on Capitol Hill after being derailed by Republicans during the 110th Congress. 21st Century Democrats’ co-founder Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) ...
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This morning, President Obama delivered a significant speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce introducing a set of sweeping education reforms. Sobering the audience with statistics, Obama challenged ...
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