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In reply to the discussion: Yesterday, Elizabeth Warren assumed control of the Democratic Party [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)New Democrats do share some big goals with Republicans. For example:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/15/AR2009011504114.html
http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2010/05/10/obama-packs-debt-committee-with-supportes-of-social-security-benefit-cuts-and-privatization/ (note Paul Ryan, of whom few had heard at this point).
http://www.crewof42.com/news/conyers-on-jobs-weve-had-it-lays-out-obama-calls-for-protest-at-white-house/
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/05/bill-clinton-to-paul-ryan-on-medicare-election-give-me-a-call/
http://money.cnn.com/2011/08/11/news/economy/debt_committee_members/
It's probably not so that the editor of Harvard Law Review, a man who has been in and around politics most of his adult life, is simply incapable of seeing things that are blatantly obvious to most DUers.
Sometimes, not always, but sometimes, people hit what they aimed at.