Good (4.00 / 2)

Its too bad that the cost included cuts in health and education spending. On the bright side, I don't think NYers will be electing Paterson in the gubernatorial.

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by: fisaed @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 09:45:07 AM CDT

after... (0.00 / 0)

...throwing Princess Caroline under the bus, low poll numbers, defending the economic status quo, dont see the NY gov re-elected either.  

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by: mariann @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 10:17:22 AM CDT

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Hooray (4.00 / 2)

Though frankly I'm annoyed that we have to spend energy getting a Democrat to do this sort of thing...it should be a given.

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by: Cat Servant @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 10:22:06 AM CDT

Yes, it wastes precious minutes (0.00 / 0)

stress lowers life expentancy as well.

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by: Dameocrat @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 10:27:26 AM CDT

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I think it might have had more to (4.00 / 1)

do with the tours of oligarchs homes than them being scared of our lobbying efforts.  We can't buy them back from the bankers but we can make them uncomfortable.

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by: Dameocrat @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 10:26:02 AM CDT

Fantastic news (0.00 / 0)

it shows what a strong progressive movement coupled with electoral reforms (fusion voting or IRV or both) can do.  

John McCain: Beacuse lobbyists should have more power

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by: Populista @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 12:33:29 PM CDT

Emphasizes the repeated failures of those Moderate Dems kissing the ass-ets of the Right (0.00 / 0)

The great Republican run homestate of Senator McCain has always been dominated by hard-edge fiscal whack jobs like Kyl and McCain.  
So what effect did the bi-partisan relationship of the 'popular' Democratic Moderate Governor Janet Naplitano have on our fiscal health?
Well the bad news first:  Under her stewardship and chronic capitulation Arizona's working class now ranks #1 as having the least income gains in the entire nation.  Eat your heart out Appalachia!
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/by...

Another sign of how bad we're doing: Because it was such a public relations downer, PBS removed one of their key fund raising lines that said "For every 5 people that move to Arizona, three move back out."

The good news: Our Right-wing Christian extremist Republican replacement for Napolitano, Jan Brewer now also has to raise taxes - somewhere.
http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/by...

Of course she doesn't blame the Republican controlled Congress for the poor health of the state and it's working population.  It's all the fault of that popular lone Democratic Moderate Governor.

Those who rise by playing ball with the devil always do so on the broken backs of their own brothers and sisters.
Moderates are unprincipled sell-outs.  Period.
 

Nationalism is not the same thing as terrorism, and an adversary is not the same thing as an enemy.

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by: worldlymother @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 13:27:25 PM CDT

Shelly Silver, the Speaker of the Democratic Assembly (0.00 / 0)

was one of the main reasons that this was part of the budget.  I think it is worth noting that while many have decried Shelly Silver in terms of "reform", those who constantly mistake form as being more important than substance and mistakenly saw the very long time, very liberal Shelly Silver to be an obstacle to doing good legislation.

Well I must commend the Working Families Party who despite a challenge from the shiny next new things, 2 young guys who indeed were new,  but no more and probably less liberal than Silver, for knowing a progressive when they see one and working real hard in the last Sept. primary to make sure that Shelly Silver kept his seat.

I think that credit must be given to old fashioned liberals and liberalism who actually still know what real liberal/progressive policies are.

And this is an object lesson that just because someone is new and hip that doesn't make them better progressives than old, unhip long term legislators.


"Incrementalism isn't a different path to the same place, it could be a different path to a different place"
Stoller

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by: debcoop @ Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 22:45:02 PM CDT