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The filibuster matters
Matthew Yglesias makes a baffling claim: There’s much talk in the air right now of the need for the Democrats to get serious about blocking the most objectionable elements of the Bush agenda, but I don’t think it’s realistically possible. Someday, Bush may put something on the table that’s sufficiently offensive to some group of
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Silver lining search XI
Andrew S. Rappaport says it will kill the claim of a natural Democratic majority: Continuing to wallow in nostalgia and trying to reassemble the New Deal coalition relegates Democrats to long-term minority status. “If there’s a silver lining [in Kerry’s defeat], it is that it’s going to eliminate the ability [of Democrats] to argue that
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Silver lining search X
Will Saletan suggests Democrats have the opportunity to re-think the party’s positions and message: One silver lining in last night’s debacle is that for another 24 hours or so, you might be open to rethinking what your party stands for. So, while I have your attention, here’s an idea.
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Silver lining search IX
Parental handouts! From the Columbia Spectator: Blau, however, found a silver lining in Kerry’s loss and a possible consolation for employment woes. “If my dad gets to keep the tax cut maybe he’ll give me more money,” he said. “I was going for anything.”
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Silver lining search VIII
Music that’s less political! From the Houston Chronicle: Here’s a musical silver lining. With the campaign out of the way, the music of Bruce Springsteen and Sammy Kershaw may lose some of its divisive political significance and can safely be downloaded onto your MP3 player without risking accusations of partisanship or causing your iPod to
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Silver lining search VII
Chris Suellentrop on Slate — at least the Electoral College wasn’t as bad as the popular vote! The silver lining for the minority party is that the Democrats may have a slight edge in the Electoral College. Although he lost the popular vote by more than 3.5 million (a landslide in a 50-50 nation), Kerry
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Silver lining search VI
In the Gadflyer, Sean Aday points to the alleged Republican “problems” of unified control of the federal government and an increased House majority. By this logic, the GOP would be screwed if there were no Democrats in Congress. Think of all the seats they’d have to defend! There’d be no one else to blame for
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Silver lining search V
Matthew Yglesias takes a shot: The joy of it being so far from the next election is that one can feel free to say what one means without undue worry about its electoral consequences. I wouldn’t advise politicians to start talking like this, but for liberal journalists it’s gonna be eighteen sweet months of elitist
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Silver lining search IV
There must be one somewhere! Here’s Kos (via Belgravia Dispatch): The big silver lining, and it’s significant, is that Kerry won’t be tarred for cleaning up Bush’s mess. Had Kerry gotten us out of Iraq, he would’ve been blamed for “losing the war”. Now Bush will ineptly lose it for himself. Kerry would’ve been forced
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The apparent answer to the bulge mystery
From The Hill: But sources in the Secret Service told The Hill that Bush was wearing a bulletproof vest, as he does most of the time when appearing in public. The president’s handlers did not want to admit as much during the campaign, for fear of disclosing information related to his personal security while he