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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:47 PM Original message |
Not Pretty at All: White House and AFL-CIO Argue after the AR Sen. Race. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Labor isn't an arm of the Democratic Party. It exists to suport working families. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
38. Will the environmental organizations come next? |
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hvn_nbr_2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:36 AM Response to Reply #38 |
138. Repub leaders pander to their base. Dem leaders hold their base in contempt. nt |
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GrantDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #138 |
149. Yep... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:59 AM Response to Reply #1 |
122. +1 |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
133. And the Democratic Party isn't and arm of organized labor |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm, not really helpful for a WH official to say that. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:54 PM Original message |
see me on election night.... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Seems to me that the culprit here is this WH official who attacked the unions |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
25. the question is.. who is fighting who? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. And if the party in power would just as easily outlaw labor... |
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daleanime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #30 |
85. Well, now that we've had a fair and honest primary;..... |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
103. What was Lincoln losing to the GOP by in that poll, did you notice? |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:47 AM Response to Reply #30 |
105. You cannot attack members within the party and still expect to |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:18 PM Response to Reply #105 |
150. As long as there are primaries and more than 1 contestant, there will be fights |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:56 PM Original message |
I'm just glad none of my Teamster DRIVE money was wasted on that race. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Was this WH official, the head of housekeeping? I don't like these unnamed sources. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. as I said in the OP ..... this is coming from multiple sources. NT |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Granted. I'm just wondering why a WH official would go on record... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Ezra explains it best: |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Maybe it is a little too much a political game? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #41 |
49. the huh? |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #49 |
81. That is what Ezra is saying |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
100. And Marc Ambinder has an anonymous source everywhere. He sometimes |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:44 AM Response to Reply #100 |
104. Exactly. I've never seen so many people on a democratic message board.. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #104 |
126. This is the kind of backbiting that goes on all the time. I cannot |
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PFunk (687 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. Great. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
4. Chickens are coming home to roost |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. lol .... what's my opinion.... |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. Well, wouldn't be the first time |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. it's ok but for clarification.... |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
57. It's not a "failure" |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. you cant unify and point fingers at the same time .... |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:49 PM Response to Reply #80 |
84. There are two primary paths to divorce.. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:58 PM Response to Reply #84 |
88. yeah but.... |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #88 |
132. What does the administration's petty gloating do to help that? |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
5. Right On! |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
6. If the house is lost, it is because of people supporting |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sounds like Rahm Emannuel |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Yep. Sounds just like Rahm. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
29. It does sound like Rahm |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Is the White House this clueless? |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Yep |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good for the Unions if they stick to their guns. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
10. Some people in the White House should stop talking to the media. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
11. Who did this official call Ben Smith or Marc Ambinder? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Uh yeah....two separate reporters are making stuff up and they just happen to match |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Did I say that? |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. I suspect it's the other way around |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
114. Because they are labor-hating assholes? |
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skeptical cynic (404 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. Dissent is never wasted unless it isn't expressed |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. The WH needs to understand that to working people the corporate Dems are the enemies |
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katandmoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. So who would that cowardly anonymous POS WH official be? |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
17. Unnamed white house source? |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. It rarely pays to work against one's own constituencies |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well according to Ever Trustworthy Cetrists and Pragmatists |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. It is kinda true though... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. yup nt |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. They do not have to go crawling back to Lincoln. They do not have |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. And the GOP candidate will do that? |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Apparently neither of them will. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:14 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Keeping Congress with a Democratic majority is NOT the right plan of action? |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Keeping Blanche Lincoln was not the right plan of action. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. And how handily would Halter have beaten the GOP? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Blanche voted for Wall Street bailout while opposing Main Street bailout |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #58 |
75. OUR goose is cooked. NT |
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sybylla (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:06 AM Response to Reply #75 |
124. You're dreaming if you think we'll hold the senate after November anyway |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #58 |
129. boozman supported it too, I understand. nt |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Labor would have backed Halter all the way to office |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #61 |
76. And the WH would have backed Halter, just as they are doing with Sestak nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
146. Haven't you heard the latest Sestak salvo at the White House? |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #32 |
55. The only reason I can see to vote for Lincoln is that she might help the Dems keep their majority... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. DING DING DING DING!!! |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:28 PM Response to Reply #60 |
64. so you did have an opinion? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. lol, well of course I did ... |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:06 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. Right now Lincoln needs Labor and she may still reget she ever abandoned it. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. who's the real Democrat in AR now? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #42 |
51. With friends like Blanche, labor doesn't need any enemies. |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. +1000 |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:20 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. again, WHO is the alternative? |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Well, the pres helped make sure of that, didn't he. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:24 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. You can always write someone in or file a blank ballot |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. No baby doll, THIS is evil... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:29 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. You still end up with the Rethug, which is a bit worse then Lincoln. |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. It could have been Halter. This is what a primary is about: choice. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:54 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. No, Modern parties don't accept Democracy in primaries. |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #53 |
119. That won't fly anymore. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
115. In Arkansas they may have to take the best friend they can get |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. Labor's support will be tepid, and rightfully so |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:52 AM Response to Reply #27 |
116. Some will not go crawling back to her. |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
40. Well, I stand WITH organized labor and AGAINST Blanche Lincoln and any other corporate shill |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Don't you really mean you stand with Politico? |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. What? |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. So then, how do you propose keeping the Democratic seat in the hands of the party? nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:25 PM Response to Reply #46 |
62. Who cares? We need people that represents the workers, not the corporations |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Find me a third party with some money behind it and I'll agree with you. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
87. Isn't that what the OP was saying? Labor HAD the damn money and still Washington shot them in the |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:01 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. Labor doesn't have enough money to exist outside of the party... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:55 AM Response to Reply #71 |
120. Time to get that started, I think. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:12 PM Response to Reply #120 |
145. Democrats for America. If you haven't, please join them |
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besdayz (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
45. a |
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jillan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
63. I just hope they kiss and make up before November. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:33 PM Response to Reply #63 |
68. they will.... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:59 AM Response to Reply #68 |
106. This is just crazy talk. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
72. Arkansas is not a very labor union friendly state. It is the home of Wal-Mart. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:37 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. I love all of my fellow DU'ers, I truly do .... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. That's exactly right. nt |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. I hear ya...and I live up in CT where we have all Dems. |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #73 |
79. Yeah. I'll still take Lincoln over any true Republican for that Senate seat. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:44 PM Response to Reply #79 |
82. I'd be ECSTATIC if she suddenly became my Senator... |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:48 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. My state, CA, has it's own version of Lincoln, namely Dianne Feinstein. |
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Go2Peace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:02 AM Response to Reply #73 |
90. But Lincoln is not a Republican |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:05 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. And neither is the man who garnered more popular votes than any Presidential candidate in history... |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #90 |
113. If they couldn't do it in a runoff |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #72 |
117. Absolutely |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-08-10 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
74. Let Me Guess Which Senior WH Official Made That Stupid Statement...... |
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Wandawilkerson (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
91. White House seems happy |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:28 AM Response to Reply #91 |
101. No, they seem pissy that money which could have been used strategically to |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:23 AM Response to Reply #101 |
108. DLC is pissed money was spent on non-corporatist Dem candidate. |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
93. Organized labor is entitled to support whichever candidate they choose collectively. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #93 |
94. lol, I think you just answered my question... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:55 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Being California born and raised, I can only imagine your predicament. |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:06 AM Response to Reply #95 |
98. do some research sometime on the history of anti-labor backlash in the South.... |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #98 |
99. Perhaps this is viewed as intrusion by out-of-state influences, |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #99 |
110. Media was silent on outside business groups that ran ads for Lincoln,like Americans for Job Security |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:44 AM Response to Reply #99 |
111. That's exactly what it was..... |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #111 |
123. You may be right, but 1) it is sad, 2) it is no reason for the WH to bash the unions. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #99 |
143. Only between now and November |
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WyLoochka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:54 PM Response to Reply #98 |
148. Howard Dean was right |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:57 AM Response to Original message |
96. And now we have a Twitter satire account, "Sr. WH Official" |
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Kitsune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
97. Looks like organized labor wasted a lot more than that when they supported Obama. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:43 AM Response to Reply #97 |
102. So now, some "unnamed source" speaks for Pres. Obama? |
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Bodhi BloodWave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:11 AM Response to Reply #102 |
107. you should know by now that everything and anything coming from the WH |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:58 AM Response to Reply #102 |
121. Well, who do you think hired that clown? |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #102 |
136. "unnamed source" = Rahm Emmanuel... that much should be obvious. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #136 |
139. You can say a lot of things about Rahm, but I don't think he's a coward. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:54 AM Response to Reply #97 |
118. I don't think he's that dumb |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:43 AM Response to Original message |
109. Labor, MoveOn from the 'Democratic wing of the Democratic party'--not the 'Corporate wing' |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
112. No, they tried |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:23 PM Response to Reply #112 |
142. Maybe if Big Dawg and leadership didn't rally around Lincoln |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:14 AM Response to Original message |
125. This is not a White House statement |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:57 AM Response to Reply #125 |
134. The White House doesn't have a right to lament about the money spent. It's not their money |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
127. Imagine, supporting candidates who support your union's concerns. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:17 AM Response to Reply #127 |
128. They should do as they are told. |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
130. DLCers will be **limited** to corporate money. Good. Pick a side DLCers. (nt) |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
131. According to Nate. There was no evidence that Halter could win the General Election |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:59 AM Response to Reply #131 |
135. He was going to be an underdog, but at least he had a chance |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #131 |
137. Hadn't Halter previously won a state-wide race? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 11:57 AM Response to Reply #137 |
140. But they shouldn't have spent |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
141. While I agree with the WH "sources" the fact that any of them would say this to press even off the |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #141 |
144. How else are they supposed to influence anything to the benefit of workers |
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Dinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
147. K & R (nt) |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
151. Greg Sargent's Plumline: SEIU president Mary Kay Henry: "We'd do it again in a heartbeat." |
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