Silverhair
08-04-2011, 08:32 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4946549#4946562
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=94646&tsp=1
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
There have long been rumblings that the liberal base is ticked off at President Obama, but the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party just put that frustration into writing: They've passed a resolution exploring calling for a primary challenge to Obama.
Now, this is largely symbolic, but it's heavy nonetheless. They're ticked that Obama hasn't ditched the Bush tax cuts, has continued drone attacks overseas, and hasn't ended the foreclosure crisis, among other sins listed below. The straw that broke their collective caucus backs, Caucus chair Karen Bernal told us Wednesday, was Obama's -- as the resolution put it -- "unilateral closed-door budget offer to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which endangers the New Deal and War on Poverty safety nets."
"Our silence," Bernal told us, "is a price that's too high to pay."
mwrguy (264 posts) Wed Aug-03-11 11:18 PM
Response to Original message
1. Bernie Sanders or Dennis Kucinich, please
No more DLC.
Maybe they could bring McGovern back.
Downwinder (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 12:11 AM
Response to Reply #1
14. Anybody for Al Franken?
No Elephants (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 02:41 AM
Response to Reply #14
31. Tom Harkin?
on point (430 posts) Wed Aug-03-11 11:45 PM
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6. or Feingold. There are real meaningful choices out there who can win!
Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 01:27 AM
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19. I would really like to see Kamala Harris run, personally...
But I mean, I think it will just take one person to completely step into the fold who hasn't already kind of done so to get a sort of domino effect like the whole 1968 thing.
I guess he has forgotten who won in 1968. NIXON.
Lots to laugh at in this thread.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=94646&tsp=1
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
There have long been rumblings that the liberal base is ticked off at President Obama, but the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party just put that frustration into writing: They've passed a resolution exploring calling for a primary challenge to Obama.
Now, this is largely symbolic, but it's heavy nonetheless. They're ticked that Obama hasn't ditched the Bush tax cuts, has continued drone attacks overseas, and hasn't ended the foreclosure crisis, among other sins listed below. The straw that broke their collective caucus backs, Caucus chair Karen Bernal told us Wednesday, was Obama's -- as the resolution put it -- "unilateral closed-door budget offer to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which endangers the New Deal and War on Poverty safety nets."
"Our silence," Bernal told us, "is a price that's too high to pay."
mwrguy (264 posts) Wed Aug-03-11 11:18 PM
Response to Original message
1. Bernie Sanders or Dennis Kucinich, please
No more DLC.
Maybe they could bring McGovern back.
Downwinder (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 12:11 AM
Response to Reply #1
14. Anybody for Al Franken?
No Elephants (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 02:41 AM
Response to Reply #14
31. Tom Harkin?
on point (430 posts) Wed Aug-03-11 11:45 PM
Response to Original message
6. or Feingold. There are real meaningful choices out there who can win!
Tiggeroshii (1000+ posts) Thu Aug-04-11 01:27 AM
Response to Original message
19. I would really like to see Kamala Harris run, personally...
But I mean, I think it will just take one person to completely step into the fold who hasn't already kind of done so to get a sort of domino effect like the whole 1968 thing.
I guess he has forgotten who won in 1968. NIXON.
Lots to laugh at in this thread.