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Debt ceiling
Progressives Recoil At Reported Debt Ceiling Deal
President Barack Obama meets with Republican and Democratic leaders
Progressive groups are speaking out against the debt ceiling deal currently being hashed out in Washington. The response from two of the nation's largest organizations goes essentially like this: really?!?
Progressives are more than a little upset that the deal does not include new revenues upfront, a line in the sand President Obama drew early on in the process and apparently had to abandon as the cogs of the legislative machinery turned hours before the nation went into default. They're casting the deal outlined on the Sunday talk shows this morning as a huge win for Republicans -- and (yet another) agonizing defeat for the left.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Debt Ceiling, Debt ceiling, MoveOn, Progressive Change Campaign Commitee
Alberta Darling
Progressives Go Up With Massive Health Care Attack In Wisconsin Recall Fight (VIDEO)
State Sen. Alberta Darling (R-WI)
Before there was the war over the debt ceiling, there was the unending Democratic attack over Republican plans to change Medicare. In Wisconsin, that old fight is still raging as the recall elections approach - and progressives are firing a massive new salvo.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee and Democracy for America are launching a new, $150,000 television buy against state Sen. Alberta Darling (R), who Democrats hope to depose with state Rep. Sandy Pasch (D). The buy will also continue an existing spot the coalition is running against state Sen. Luther Olsen (R). Both recall elections will be held Aug. 9.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: Alberta Darling, Democracy for America, Progressive Change Campaign Commitee, Wisconsin Recalls
Elizabeth Warren
Progressives Launch Draft Elizabeth Warren Effort, Immediately Raise $30K In Campaign Cash
Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the expenditure of TARP, Elizabeth Warren.
It was inevitable, given the strong feelings of support Elizabeth Warren inspires in the left: A matter of hours after President Obama appointed someone else to lead the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the left is already hauling in thousands of dollars in campaign cash and begging Warren to run for Senate in Massachusetts.
The process is about to take the next leap, as supporters of a Warren campaign against Sen. Scott Brown launch an online ad campaign. For her part, Warren has not yet said if she'll run, though she's left the door open.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2012 elections, Elizabeth Warren, MA-SEN, PCCC, Progressive Change Campaign Commitee, Scott Brown
NM-1
PCCC Backs Its First 2012 Candidate: Eric Griego (NM-1)
One of the nation's leading progressive groups has picked the first candidate it will endorse in 2012: New Mexico state Sen. Eric Greigo, the only declared Democrat in the race to replace Rep. Martin Heinrich (D), who's leaving the House to run for Senate.
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee, which has raised hundreds of thousands of national dollars for candidates across the country, chose Greigo as its first challenger candidate of 2012 in an email sent to its national list Thursday.
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