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Parties are loyal to their own power regardless of policy agenda; movements are loyal to their own policy agenda regardless of which party champions it.

Sunday, September 6, 2009

Obama and the Drawbacks of Rahmism

Every mistake made by the Obama White House in the pursuit of health care reform can be traced to the political style and ideological prejudices of Mr. Emanuel, who has sought to intimidate progressives and empower conservatives, always in the name of winning elections and “getting things done.”

Joe Conason
Posted by Don Shimoda at 9:03 AM
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Blogs I read

  • Paul Krugman
    The Blog Moves On
    7 years ago
  • Salon: Glenn Greenwald
    Exclusive: Despite escalating government intimidation, Greenwald will “force the issue” and visit U.S.
    11 years ago
  • David Sirota's Open Salon Blog
  • Eric Alterman

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2009 (14)
    • ▼  September (14)
      • A Threat to Fair Elections - NYTimes Editorial
      • This Modern World - Then and now with Goofus and G...
      • Living in a Culture of Cruelty: Democracy as Spect...
      • Mr. President, it's time to fight - Bill Moyers
      • VIDEO - Al Franken shows how it's done
      • Glenn Beck’s Next Target: Cass Sunstein
      • Taking the (Progressive) Movement Out of the Obama...
      • How American Health Care Killed My Father
      • How Did Economists Get It So Wrong? - Paul Krugman
      • Who are Broderian anti-investigation journalists r...
      • Obama and the Drawbacks of Rahmism
      • Matt Tiabbi on Health Care Reform
      • A party is not a movement
      • First Posting - Sat. Sept. 5, 2009