Dear readers, would you agree that the new chair of the South Dakota Democratic Party, Ann Tornberg, is a party insider, and that her new vice-chair, Joe Lowe, is a party outsider? If Lowe is an outsider, does becoming state…
Posts tagged as “Elizabeth Warren”
An eager reader insists that I'm leading my Dems astray encouraging a leftward, liberal shift. I maintain that I'm just urging Democrats to be Democrats. I'm telling them to pick for party chair a real progressive populist—a bridge-builder, not a…
I may agree with 52% of the Libertarian platform, but I'm in 99.5% agreement with Senator Elizabeth Warren's progressive principles, which she offered Friday, July 18, at Netroots Nation in Detroit. Let's do some line by line! 1. "We believe…
Senator John Thune had a chance to help university graduates and stimulate the economy yesterday. He had a chance to vote for Senator Elizabeth Warren's plan to refinance millions of student loans at lower rates. Democratic Senate candidate Rick Weiland…
Senator Elizabeth Warren is taking another swing at student debt. She's pushing a bill to allow student loanholders to refinance: Warren said Tuesday that many of those with outstanding loans have interest rates of nearly 7 percent or higher for…
I don't care how much Cherokee blood Elizabeth Warren has. The Democrat challenging rookie Republican Senator Scott Brown gets my blood pumping by challenging Mitt Romney and corporate personhood (hint, Matt): The Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, said, "Corporations are people."…