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DAVID BROOKS

 Voters Seek—But 
 Don't Find—Safety 


Independents flee Dems to avoid 'turmoil and risk'

Nov 6, 09 10:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Independent voters are more volatile than ever, and politicians who want their votes need to regain their trust first, writes David Brooks . Polls show those voters, especially in new suburbs hard hit by recession, trust the government less than ever before, leaving them "in the position of a person... More »

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Republican Party • Democratic Party • independents • independent voters • the independent vote • election day November 2009

ELECTION FALLOUT

 Dems Torn: Too Much 
 Change, or Not Enough? 

Do voters want them to ditch presidential agenda, or complete it?

Nov 5, 09 9:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress reading the tea leaves of Tuesday’s elections find themselves split: were the Republican wins in Virginia and New Jersey a vote of no confidence in the administration’s agenda, or frustration that it isn’t moving fast enough? Most agree on the first step going forward:... More »

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Senate • House of Representatives • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Democratic Party • Obama administration • gubernatorial races • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Election 09 • agenda

ANALYSIS

 Obama Can't Save Democrats 

NJ, Va. votes show that president's popularity isn't catching

Nov 4, 09 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - The message to Democratic candidates from yesterday's GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia should be loud and clear: they're on their own, writes Dan McLaughlin . Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds tied themselves as closely to possible to President Obama and lost, demonstrating that the president's continued personal popularity isn't... More »

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Jon Corzine • Democrat • Democratic Party • Democratic candidates • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Election 2010 • Creigh Deeds • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Ammo Supply Can't Keep Up With Demand

Fearing tighter laws under Obama, 12B rounds fly off shelves

Nov 3, 09 1:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Crime is down, gun control is on Obama's back burner, and Americans are buying more ammunition than factories can produce. While there are economic reasons—supply is off as the war effort eats up necessary materials—Americans have still managed to buy 12 billion rounds in the past year, up... More »

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gun control • gun sales • Second Amendment • Democratic Party • National Rifle Association • ammunition • Obama administration • President Obama

SF Mayor Drops Out of Calif. Governor's Race

Newsom's decision makes Jerry Brown virtual lock for Dem nod

Oct 30, 09 6:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Citing his responsibilities as San Francisco mayor and as a new father, Democrat Gavin Newsom withdrew today from the race to succeed Arnold Schwarzenegger as California governor. Despite the heavyweight endorsement of Bill Clinton, Newsom has had trouble raising money; his departure leaves state attorney general, and former governor, Jerry... More »

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California • San Francisco • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Bill Clinton • campaign fundraising • Democratic Party • Gavin Newsom • Jerry Brown • gubernatorial races

PUBLIC OPTION SHOWDOWN

 Reid's 6 Biggest Headaches 

Ben Nelson, Joe Lieberman are two of them

Oct 28, 09 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - To get the 60 votes he needs just to bring his health care bill to the floor of the Senate, Harry Reid is going to have to rein in some of his caucus' members. Politico surveys the majority leader's biggest challenges.
  • Joe Lieberman, Conn. The independent said yesterday
... More »

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Senate • Harry Reid • Joe Lieberman • Mary Landrieu • health care reform • Evan Bayh • Democratic Party • Mark Pryor • Ben Nelson • Democratic Senators • public option • Blanche Lincoln

2010 playbook

 GOP Trains Fire on Pelosi 

Republicans go after House speaker despite failures in '06, '08

Oct 12, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republicans angling to take back the House and Senate in 2010—or at least trim their losses from the last two elections—are making attacks on Nancy Pelosi a central feature of their campaign, and it's already getting ugly. The GOP has been releasing statements mocking "Gen. Pelosi" for... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican Party • Democratic Party • speaker of the House • House Republicans • House race • Election 2010

'Kiss My Gay Ass': Calif. Dem After Heckling Arnold

... after interrupting governor's speech by yelling 'You lie!'

Oct 8, 09 7:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Slightly different forum, very different personalities, same heckle. And California Democratic Assemblyman Tom Ammiano apparently followed up his “You lie!” interruption of a speech last night in San Francisco by Arnold Schwarzenegger by walking out and telling the Republican governor to “kiss my gay ass.” Ammiano’... More »

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San Francisco • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Willie Brown • Democratic Party • bipartisanship • President Obama • heckling • Tom Ammiano • California State Assembly • Joe Wilson • You lie

Pelosi Eye Roll Hints at Dem Rift on Afghanistan

She doesn't seem to be on the same page as Reid

Oct 8, 09 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - It was a little thing. After Tuesday’s powwow with the president on Afghan strategy, Harry Reid emerged from the White House with Nancy Pelosi and announced: “Everyone said that ‘whatever decision you make, we will support it,’” as the House speaker rolled her eyes. Though... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • troop surge • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • Democratic Party • speaker of the House • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Senate majority leader • President Obama

gallup poll

 2010 a Toss-Up as 
 Indies Flee the Dems 

But trend and dismal 21% approval of Congress could spell Dem's demise

Oct 7, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sizable lead among registered voters Democrats have maintained since the 2006 midterm elections has eroded to almost nothing. In the latest Gallup poll, Dems have just a 2-point advantage over Republicans going into the 2010 midterms, 46% to 44%, well within the sampling error. That’s down from a... More »

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Congress • Senate • GOP • House of Representatives • Republican Party • candidate • Democratic Party • Gallup poll • opinion polls • Election 2010 • midterm elections

(Newser) - Norman Hsu is a man of many hats, but the Hillary Clinton fundraiser extraordinaire, Ponzi schemer, and onetime fugitive has been sentenced to wear them in prison for the next 24 years. While significantly less than the 30 years prosecutors had asked for, Hsu’s lawyer tells the Wall ... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Norman Hsu • campaign fundraising • Ponzi scheme • Democratic Party • federal sentencing • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

 Baucus Leaning Left Again 

As interminable mark-up on health bill continues, chair moves on from bipartisan dream

Sep 23, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - With his health care reform bill finally in committee, finance chair Max Baucus appears to have given up on a truly bipartisan bill. On day one yesterday, "he seemed to be moving back to the left again," writes Mike Madden in Salon. He agreed to a host of... More »

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Congress • Jon Kyl • legislation • Senate Finance Committee • health care reform • Jay Rockefeller • Max Baucus • Democratic Party • progressive • bipartisan • Gang of 6

Black Caucus Worries About Resurgent Racism

Anti-Obama anger troubles CBC ahead of triumphant annual conferences

Sep 23, 09 6:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Congressional Black Caucus is enjoying unprecedented power, with more of their members in leadership roles than ever before, not to speak of one of their number in the White House, but many are disturbed by changes in the political atmosphere, Politico reports. As the 42-member group holds its annual... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • African Americans • racism • Barbara Lee • Democratic Party • Jim Clyburn • Congressional Black Caucus

 Fall Sends Byrd to Hospital 

Spokesman says Democratic senator will likely not be admitted

Sep 22, 09 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Robert Byrd is at the hospital after a fall at his Northern Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. The 91-year-old West Virginia Democrat has been scarce at the Capitol recently after a previous hospitalization that ended in June. The longest-serving US senator ever “apparently stood up too... More »

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Congress • elderly • Senate • hospital • West Virginia • Democratic Party • hospitalization • Robert Byrd • fall

(Newser) - One of Barack Obama's top advisers during the campaign tells Politico he's "losing patience" with the White House and wants more "bold" leadership from the president on a host of issues including health care and gay rights. “I’m not going to just sit by the curb... More »

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Congress • gay rights • presidential campaign • health care reform • Democratic Party • Election 2008 • moderate • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Steve Hildebrand

House Progressives Call Out Obama on Public Option

Democrats may be headed for intra-party battle

Sep 4, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - House progressives have told President Obama that they “cannot vote for anything less” than health-care legislation with a “robust public option”—all but threatening a showdown if, as seems likely, the White House doesn’t push for a public plan, Talking Points Memo reports. The California lawmakers... More »

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Congress • politics • health care reform • congressional Democrats • Democratic Party • President Obama • letter • public option • progressives

 GOP Candidates 
 Hold Own Town Halls 

Republicans jump on Democrats' reluctance to host ugly meetings

Aug 30, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Republican candidates across the country are staging their own health care town halls in a bid to upstage Democratic incumbents, Politico reports. With many Democrats declining to host the rowdy events, GOP challengers have seized on town halls as easy tickets to voter connection and press coverage. “By the... More »

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health care • Republican Party • health care reform • Republican candidate • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • congressional candidates

Dem Fundraiser Charged in Citibank Scam

Obama, Clinton donor allegedly tried to bilk bank out of $74M

Aug 26, 09 6:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - A major fundraiser for Democratic candidates, including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, was charged yesterday with using bogus documents to obtain a $74 million loan from Citigroup, Reuters reports. Hassan Nemazee, who did not enter a plea, faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors say he forged... More »

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campaign fundraising • Democratic Party • Democratic campaign • fundraising • Hassan Nemazee

OBITUARY

 Ted Kennedy Dead at 77 


Aug 26, 09 1:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Ted Kennedy, patriarch of one of the most powerful political dynasties in American history and long-time liberal lion of the Democratic Party, died late last night at his Massachusetts home in Hyannis Port, reports the New York Times. “We’ve lost the irreplaceable center of our family and... More »

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Ted Kennedy • obituary • Massachusetts • Democratic Party • political dynasty • JFK • women's issues • Kennedy • Hyannis Port

Clinton Urges Progressives
to Solidify Power

But president, Congress need help cementing it

Aug 14, 09 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Political winds have shifted in America, says Bill Clinton: The country has “entered a new era of progressive politics which, if we do it right, could last 30 or 40 years,” the former president told liberal Internet activists at a convention in Pittsburgh. But first, he told Netroots... More »

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climate change • Congress • Bill Clinton • health care reform • Democratic Party • online activism • climate change legislation • progressive • Obama administration • Netroots Nation • President Obama

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