End the Lame-Duck Sessions
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 2nd, 2010 5:31 am by HL
End the Lame-Duck Sessions
David Harsanyi, Denver Post
It was a moment of inadvertent public honesty. An open C-SPAN microphone caught the often-beleaguered Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., lamenting the impotence of this congressional lame-duck session. “It's all rigged,” Bennet griped Monday. “The whole conversation is rigged. The fact that we don't get to a discussion before the break about what we're going to do in the lame duck is just rigged.” Receive news alertsA Bennet aide later explained that, yes, Washington is “broken” and that “we can't move forward on major issues facing our…
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The Democrats’ Diversity Problem
Josh Kraushaar, National Journal
Democrats have a diversity problem.There, I said it. Many of you reading might be doing a double-take, thinking I went really “against the grain” with this column. You’re thinking: It’s clear Democrats are a much more inclusive party—just look at the fact that nearly one-third of House Democrats are non-white, while Republicans have struggled to diversify.