Tag: Greg Sargent

The Real Obstructionists

Democrats aren’t even trying to stop entitlement programs from going bankrupt

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A left-wing organization has targeted a moderate Democratic lawmaker for suggesting it is time to compromise on entitlement programs, muddying the narrative of both the media and Democratic party operatives about who is to blame for the failure of deficit reduction talks.

Serial Hy-PAC-risy: Obama’s Reversal Comes As No Surprise

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The Obama administration’s announcement late Monday that it would no longer oppose the efforts of Democratic Super PACs was a stunning, if predictable, reversal of the president’s professed disdain for “shadowy groups with harmless sounding names” that pose “a threat to our democracy.”