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  “Good morning. Let me say something right up front. I’ve laid out a very detailed and in-depth plan for what I think we should be doing. We need to get in motion. We need to move and we need to move fast, now! Everyone. Now, all at once, now. You can only move too slowly. We need to get moving! Move faster! You can read it on JoeBiden.com. “And, ah, in addition to that … uh, in addition to that … we have to make sure that we, ah, we are in a position that we are … well…

Only unconventional “off the wall” Democrats have won the presidency in the last five decades. By Allan Lichtman The Hill (2/24/20) Our party “seems all too anxious to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, and we will do the same if we nominate” an extremist for our presidential candidate. Moderates “represent the most electable area of the party.” This is not a contemporary pundit or some Democratic Party operative warning about the potential nomination of avowed Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders. It was the moderate Republican Representative John Anderson warning about the nomination of Ronald Reagan in 1980. An internal memo…

“I think it speaks to the fundamental, endemic corruption of the Democratic Party establishment that you had to pay… multiple thousands of dollars to get into that room.” [Editor’s Note: Shortly after reading this I found an email from Tom Perez crying for money to the DNC. I dleted it and donated money instead to the Sanders campaign. I’m tired of hearing from the wealthy drones in the dem party and I am REALLY sick of the glitzy game show atmosphere of the dem debates. — Mark L. Taylor] By Jake Johnson Common Dreams (2/26/20) Unusually loud booing and jeering directed…

“I was born and raised here, and these are the people I want to help. And I’m seeing that our concerns aren’t being addressed by our current representative.” [Editor’s Note: Just a little note to this story: If you consider yourself a progressive and a free citizen, never, ever give a dime to the corporate right wing Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. — Mark L. Taylor] By Eoin Higgins Common Dreams (2/14/20) Texas Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar, facing a tough primary race from progressive attorney Jessica Cisneros, picked up the endorsement of the Koch political network Friday—just over a week before the…

“Why? Why in the world would you take a mess of already historic proportions and make it even worse, sowing even more mistrust into a process that was already so catastrophically laden with mistrust..?” Rising / The Hill (2/5/20) Krystal Ball criticizes the behavior of the Iowa Democratic party in releasing partial results. Link To 9+-Minute Video  (Commoner Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2020. Open source and free for non-derivative use with link to www.thecommonercall.org ) ***** Saagar Enjeti: Bernie’s EPIC Billionaire Battle Is Coming Rising / The Hill (2/5/20) Saagar Enjeti argues why it’s looking more likely Mike…

“Electability” is just another name for the self-compromised Democratic Party’s defeatism and cowardliness. By Ralph Nader Common Dreams (2/1/20) It is remarkable how the Democratic Presidential candidates allow themselves to be pigeon-holed by the media as “moderate,” “centrist,” “extreme,” “left-wing,” and other abstract fact-deprived nomenclature. It is also astonishing that the Democratic operatives have made something called “electability” a yardstick for deciding who to vote for in the primaries. This is particularly ironic considering the winner of the primary will be running against “crooked” self-enriching Donald and his brazen wrecking crew. Remember, Donald Trump was once considered unelectable. Let’s start…

  By Jon Queally Common Dreams (1/13/20) For bucking a key arm of the Democratic Party establishment that has stood in the way of attracting and supporting progressive candidates, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) received applause over the weekend after she announced the launch of a new political action committee designed to directly challenge the power of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee by helping insurgent, left-leaning challengers like herself take on both Republican incumbents and centrist Democrats. “The rumors are true,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Saturday [1/11]. “Today we’re announcing the Courage to Change PAC—and we need your help.  We are pushing the…