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In reply to the discussion: Rising Left in the Democratic Party Killed Larry Summer’s Fed Chair Chances [View all]Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)75. What's sad is the Democrats need to get consulted on how to be Liberal these days.
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Rising Left in the Democratic Party Killed Larry Summer’s Fed Chair Chances [View all]
WilliamPitt
Sep 2013
OP
"Beinhart is selling a bag of goods." Is that your argument against what he
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#67
realistic danger may be that a lefty challenger forces her into positions that hurt her in the GE
DJ13
Sep 2013
#103
It's your time! Rest assured, the left of a certain age have your back! Stay involved...
Melinda
Sep 2013
#63
I don't know who wrote this, but I wish I could hand out a flyer to everyone in your generation...
Caretha
Sep 2013
#71
"Ironically, Warren may be the political loser in Summers’s decision to drop out"
MNBrewer
Sep 2013
#13
he offically withdrew his name from consideration for something he was not be considered for.
KG
Sep 2013
#33
After the 2010 Congressional losses, Obama said "I get it." Now, with Summers, he gets it?
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#21
"And regulators who coddle Wall Street have to worry more about becoming props...
magical thyme
Sep 2013
#27
They are, except for those who always claim to be further left than whoever they're talking to.
tridim
Sep 2013
#52
a lot of people do make that conflation--but that's only possible because the left's been purged
MisterP
Sep 2013
#54
I know that there's no shortness of hand wringing over something that never happened
Renew Deal
Sep 2013
#106
What's sad is the Democrats need to get consulted on how to be Liberal these days.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#75
If: "The party still relies on the financial services industry to help fund its campaigns,
Zorra
Sep 2013
#104
There are people within or close to the Democratic Party's leadership who are terrified...
YoungDemCA
Sep 2013
#120