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Not your father’s GOP

March 18, 2010 Arthur Lieber Congress, Government, History, Politics Leave a comment

Actually the Republican and Democratic parties collaborated quite a bit well into the 20th century. They had to, because both parties were populated by both liberals and conservatives. Republicans and Democrats crossed party lines to advance their causes.

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Senator McCaskill: Please Lead!

March 15, 2010 Arthur Lieber Government, Health care, Missouri region, Politics 2 comments

In a recent posting in ShowMeProgress, a blogger going by the name of Willy K, residing in  southwest Missouri reports on an exchange of

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Democrats can also learn civility from Coffee Party

March 14, 2010 Arthur Lieber Government, Politics Leave a comment

While the political philosophy of the Coffee Party is evolving on a day-by day basis, a constant principle seems to be a commitment towards a civil political dialogue. This in itself separates the party from Tea Baggers.

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A progressive supporting the Tea Baggers

March 11, 2010 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Obama, Politics 6 comments

An honest Tea Bagger would ask of a government employee to spend his or her time focused on his or her job. Barack Obama has a day job; it’s called being president of the United States. Claire McCaskill has a day job; it’s called being a U.S. Senator.

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Campaign ethics 101

March 10, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Campaigns, Politics One comment

If you’re not sure how to be ethical in a Missouri election campaign, you can find out by watching a new, on-line tutorial posted

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Coffee Party (the progressive alternative to the tea party movement)

March 9, 2010 Madonna Gauding Congress, Politics Leave a comment

A few weeks ago, a young woman named Annabell Park was talking to a few of her progressive friends about how to counter the

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Will Congress help shareholders see corporations’ election spending?

March 7, 2010 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Politics Leave a comment

Three new bills introduced in Congress offer a modest counterbalance to the wide-open corporate spending in election campaigns enabled by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling. The

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UCubed: A New Union for the Unemployed

March 5, 2010 Madonna Gauding Congress, Employment, Obama, Politics 2 comments

I’m really hoping this catches on because it provides local support and empowerment for the unemployed while simultaneously strengthening their political voice on the

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Letting go of our economic myths and fantasies

March 5, 2010 Madonna Gauding Economy, Employment, Politics Leave a comment

America is supposed to be the land of opportunity, where people who work hard can create wealth and security for themselves and their families.

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We all live in glass houses but some don’t realize it

March 4, 2010 Chris Mayes Politics 4 comments

The ability to sell a contradiction is sometimes the measure of a man or woman, at least when it comes to success in politics. 

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A new book by Arthur Lieber. Political Introverts: How Empathetic Voters Can Help Save American Politics.  Buy it here.

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