Do progressives have a voice in Washington politics?

edhopper

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:31 AM
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Do progressives have a voice in Washington politics?

During this Health Care debate and the proposed bills, I just see a back and forth between moderates and conservatives.
Since the election, has there been any real movement on a more progressive agenda, or are we just reduced to screaming from the blogsphere?

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ThomWV

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:34 AM
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1. The best voice Progressive Democrats have in the Senate is an Independent (Bernie Sanders).

Now how can that be?

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mdmc

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:37 AM
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2. Well, there is the great Bernie Sanders

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spanone

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:38 AM
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3. no.

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SeekerBlue

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:40 AM
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4. As far as I can tell, one:

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ThomWV

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:46 AM
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7. Yep, one in the House.

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Davis_X_Machina

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:42 AM
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5. The CPC is the largest caucus in the House...

...almost twice the size of the Blue Dogs.

You'd never know that from the news, would ya?

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OHdem10

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Sat Aug-22-09 10:44 AM
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6. Progressives are not permitted on TV. The Rank and File Republicans

might learn that the Progressives are not the evil
threat to the Constitution that they have been led
to believe. Rank and File Republicans know that
Progressive are "Librul". and have no core values.
Therefore, do they really belong on TV.

The Democratic Party does not do much to change
things.

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edhopper

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Sat Aug-22-09 12:04 PM
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8. I didn't mean to say there are no progressives in Congress

I meant that progressives are not being allowed into the debate, and I can't think of one progressive idea that has been worked for since the election.

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Orwellian_Ghost

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Sat Aug-22-09 12:07 PM
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9. None with power

Wonder why.

The system is working as it keeps out all reasonable voices in favor of varying degrees of big business reactionary Newspeak

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RagAss

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Sat Aug-22-09 12:08 PM
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10. we barely have a voice on DU.

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old mark

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Sat Aug-22-09 12:28 PM
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11. No. There are hardly any actual liberals in government anymore.

When Harry "The Fireball" Reid heads the Dems in the Senate, you know we are lucky to have any input at all. Maybe slightly more influence in the house, but there are is a lot more talk there than there is action.
The whole country went WAY to the right back under Nixon,and the left never regained what we lost. We are not even close to having as much influence we had in the early '60's till the late '70's.

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undeterred

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Sat Aug-22-09 12:53 PM
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12. There is a decent progressive caucus in the House.

But the Senate just has a few individuals like Feingold, Sanders, Boxer. Enough to speak the truth but not get anything passed.

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