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Democratic Party stories: 134 news summaries

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 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

 New DNC Ad Slams 
 GOP's 'Angry Mobs' 



Dems use town hall protests to fire back

Aug 5, 09 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a new online ad, Democrats return fire at “angry mobs” driven by the Republican Party, the Huffington Post reports. “They lost the election. They lost on the Recovery Act, the budget and children’s health care,” says the ad. “Now, desperate Republicans and their well-funded... More »

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online advertising • mob • Republican Party • Democratic National Committee • political advertising • Democratic Party • town hall meeting • right wingers • protesters • President Obama • birther

(Newser) - Blue Dog Democrats might represent more socially conservative constituencies than their liberal brethren, but that's no reason to take pro-corporate stances on everything from the mortgage market to health care reform. Thomas Frank has a simpler explanation: They're in it for the cash. The Blue Dogs are "champion fundraisers,... More »

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Jack Abramoff • Tom DeLay • health care reform • Democratic Party • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

Health Care Debate Readies for Road Trip

Democrats will spend recess targeting insurance companies

Aug 3, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the House already on break and the Senate readying for the August recess, the health care debate has moved to the court of public opinion, the New York Times reports. Both sides are launching campaign tours and waves of TV ads, with Democrats attacking the insurance industry and... More »

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health care • health insurance • House of Representatives • Republican Party • health care reform • political advertising • Democratic Party • David Axelrod • US Senate • Obama administration • political strategy

Facing Primary Battle, Specter Shifts Leftward

Has voted with Dems 97% of time since Sestak announced bid

Jul 26, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since going blue, Arlen Specter voted with Democrats some two-thirds of the time on “Contentious Votes”—defined by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com as “anything that comes up for a floor vote and where the majority of each party splits their votes.” That is, up until... More »

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primary • Arlen Specter • partisanship • vote • Democratic Party • Pat Toomey • Joe Sestak

Obama: You Can Keep Your Honeymoon

Prez says he's not losing sleep over
harsh NYT column

Jul 22, 09 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I never understood this concept of honeymoon," President Obama told Katie Couric yesterday when the CBS interviewer asked about his sliding poll numbers. Obama said he wasn't too worried about a New York Times column from David Brooks saying he has fallen into step behind Nancy Pelosi on... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Katie Couric • Democratic Party • David Brooks • President Obama

(Newser) - The public is rapidly losing faith in President Obama, new polls show. His overall approval rating is below 60%—a USA Today/Gallup poll gives him 55%, putting him 10th among the 12 post-World War II presidents after six months in office. A Public Trust Monitor/Politico survey finds 54% trust Obama,... More »

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health care • Barack Obama • Republican Party • Democratic Party • approval ratings • economy • poll numbers • Gallup poll • polls • President Obama

OPINION

Congress Leads Dems on 'Liberal Suicide March'

They're as out of touch as Republicans were
in Bush years: Brooks

Jul 21, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party turned away from America during its years in power, writes New York Times columnist David Brooks, by paying more attention to echo-chamber media outlets and yes-men pollsters than voters. Now the Democrats are doing the same—instead of Southern conservatives, now it's left-wingers from the coasts who... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Senate Democrats • health care reform • Democratic Party • House Democrats • David Brooks • Blue Dog Democrats • liberal elite

(Newser) - Over the last few elections Democrats have captured House seats from the GOP in some of the wealthiest constituencies in the nation, from northern Virginia to suburban Denver. But as the White House and leaders in Congress look to tax hikes to fund the health care overhaul, recently elected congressmen... More »

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Congress • taxes • House of Representatives • health care reform • rich • Democratic Party • House Democrats • tax hikes

(Newser) - Roland Burris made it official this afternoon: He won't run for a full term next year, the Chicago Tribune reports. “I love serving the people of Illinois,” the current holder of President Obama's old Senate seat said. But “political races have become far too expensive... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Chicago • Senate • Senate Democrats • Illinois • Democratic Party • Rod Blagojevich • re-election • Election 2010 • Roland Burris


 Lieberman, Dems 
 Heal Old Wounds 

Independent sen. 'critical' to party despite departures

Jun 18, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The rift between Joe Lieberman and his former party, which stretched wide after the senator supported John McCain for president, is closing, the Hill reports. The Connecticut independent, who caucuses with the Democrats, has been "critical" to the party, the majority whip says—Lieberman has praised the president on... More »

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Congress • John McCain • Senate • Senate Democrats • Joe Lieberman • Democratic Party • President Obama

Israeli Minister Urges Sanctions Against US

Upset with Obama shift, he also wants to influence elections

Jun 10, 09 2:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli cabinet minister has suggested his country stop buying technology from the US and even try to influence US elections because of the Obama administration’s perceived shift on Mideast policy, the Jerusalem Post reports. Yossi Peled, a “minister-without-portfolio,” said “Obama’s ascendance represents a turning... More »

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Israel • sanctions • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Democratic Party • Obama administration • Yossi Peled • cabinet minister

(Newser) - The global recession has sparked a conservative, anti-immigrant impulse in Europe—see the right’s victory in European Parliament elections—and US liberals should take notice, Michael Lind writes for Salon. Though “it would be a mistake to read too much into the elections” as the “European Parliament... More »

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immigration • European Union • conservative • United States • recession • racism • Democratic Party • European Parliament

(Newser) - Democrats head to the polls today in Virginia for a surprisingly tight gubernatorial primary, Politico reports. Last-minute polls show Creigh Deeds surging ahead of Terry McAuliffe and Brian Moran. If he pulls out the win, it’ll be a major upset—McAuliffe, the former DNC chair, had been expected to... More »

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primary • Virginia • Democratic National Committee • Terry McAuliffe • Democratic Party • governor • DNC • gubernatorial races • Creigh Deeds • Brian Moran

(Newser) - In the post-Obama political landscape, a young congressman is attempting a feat perhaps more difficult than putting a black man in the White House, writes Robbie Brown in the New York Times. That would be putting a black man in the Alabama governor’s mansion. “Yes, it will... More »

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Congress • House of Representatives • Alabama • Democratic Party • governor • President Obama • Election 2010 • Artur Davis • Peggy Wallace Kennedy

OPINION

Rush, Newt Push Media
to the Right

They're mainstream while progressives are ignored: Dionne

Jun 4, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media coverage of Barack Obama is closed-minded and biased—in favor of conservatives. "Rush Limbaugh's sneezes or Newt Gingrich's tweets" circulate like wildfire, but criticism of the president from the Democratic left goes unheard, writes EJ Dionne of the Washington Post. The result is a skewed picture in which... More »

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Barack Obama • Newt Gingrich • Rush Limbaugh • Democrat • Democratic Party • mainstream GOP • media bias • Obama administration • President Obama

Obama Already Throwing Weight for Midterms

Takes steps for Reid, Specter, Gillibrand
4 months into term

May 26, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - He’s been in office just a few months—but President Obama’s already working to get Democrats elected in 2010, the Wall Street Journal reports. So far this month, Obama has urged a potential candidate to run in North Carolina, battled a primary threat to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, pledged... More »

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Congress • Harry Reid • Arlen Specter • Democratic Party • David Axelrod • President Obama • Election 2010 • Kirsten Gillibrand

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