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Conflating Moderates With Corporatists And AstroTurfers With Grass Roots

In another exercise where our corporate media is pretending that Democrats have moved to the left to counter the fact that the Republican Party has moved way to the right, Chuck Todd treated his viewers to Conserva-Dem and former Arkansas Sen.

Chris Matthews Trots Out Todd Whitman And Lincoln As Beleaguered 'Moderates'

Here's what MSNBC apparently defines as a "centrist" or "moderate" politician. A Republican, Christine Todd Whitman, who had massive conflict of interests while running the EPA and taking actions that benefited her husband and Citigroup in a

Chris Cillizza Paints Blanche Lincoln As Someone Who Fought On Behalf Of The Public While In Office

Here we go with more fearmongering over whether the super committee manages to come to some sort of agreement or not. A couple of weeks ago we had Chris Cillizza, filling in for Chuck Todd on MSNBC's Daily Rundown, allowing the senior Sununu to spread lies about Social Security and Medicare.

Open Thread With The Professional Left Weekly Podcast: Hey Blanche Lincoln, We Want Our Party Back!

Time for your weekly podcast from The Professional Left, our own Driftglass and Bluegal. Enjoy everybody and have a nice weekend. To listen to past editions of the podcasts or to contribute to help keep them going you can visit their site

DSCC May Cut Their Losses With Lincoln After Backing Her Over Bill Halter In The Primary

Keith Olbermann talked to Sam Seder about this report from The Hill where it looks like the DSCC is cutting their losses with Blanche Lincoln in Arkan

Leo Gerard: Our Obligation Is Not To Be The Democratic Party's ATM Machine

Ed Schultz talked to the United Steel Workers President Leo Gerard about the "anonymous White House official" who decided to go shoot their mouth off

Ed Schultz: 'If It Wasn't For Labor, Barack Obama Would Not Be The President Of The United States'

Ed Schultz expresses his anger of the White House deciding to stick its finger in the eye of organized labor after Blanche Lincoln won her primary rac

Blanche Lincoln Escapes With Her Political Life

Well, it's a blow to the progressive movement but not the end of the world. (Especially since Halter wasn't really all that progressive.) I d

Chris Matthews Insults Unions By Comparing Blanche Lincoln To Fictional Union Organizer Norma Rae

Tweety gets his union hate on again after Blanche Lincoln's Democratic primary win in Arkansas. He repeated this nonsense several times on MSNBC the f