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Chris Bowers is a blogger for OpenLeft, and was until July 2007 a front-page blogger for MyDD. His focus is polling and analysis of the political blogosphere. He tends towards data-driven analysis, such as his partisan index, a ranking of how far each state in the United States leans towards a political party.

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Democrats seek to eliminate filibuster for? preventing Social Security cuts

One of the reasons that some progressives use to argue against eliminating the filibuster is that the filibuster is the only reason Social Security wasn't handed over to Wall Street in Bush's privatization scheme. Senators from both parties on ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Senate,  Barack Obama,  Howard Zinn

"Gentleman's Club" Senate isn't working for us

I was a little surprised to read Susie Madrak writing about Joe Sestak's potential conflicts with other Senators as a negative: It's a legitimate question since, as Howard Dean pointed out, the Senate is a gentlemen's club and your effectiveness is ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joe Lieberman,  U.S. Senate,  Claire McCaskill,  Joe Sestak,  Howard Dean

Senate Forecast, 11/23: GOP still nets four, but it could get much worse

Rankings change: As Rubio gains in the Republican primary and as Meek gains on Rubio in the general election, Florida moves ahead of North Carolina and Louisiana. Commentary: It is worth noting that while the Senate forecast has been stuck on a ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Senate,  Russ Feingold,  Tommy Thompson

Blanche Lincoln's website says she supports the public option

Blanche Lincoln is a liar.  She signs a document stating that she supports the public option.  Her website says that she would be fine with a public option.  And then she does on the floor of the Senate, and promises to filibuster any bill with a ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Senate,  White House,  Merck & Company, Inc.,  U.S. Republican Party

Dems reach 60, but three threaten to filibuster final bill with public option

Mary Landrieu and Blanche Lincoln have now, unsurprisingly, joined Ben Nelson and given Democrats 60 votes to proceed on the health care bill.  Debate and amendments will begin the week after Thanksgiving. Our government's responsibility is to ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Mary Landrieu,  White House

I hereby unconcede defeat in the 1991 Onondaga County High School chess championships

Eighteen years ago, I was pressured into conceding by a shadowy coalition of Manlius Pebble Hill chess team members (who wanted one of their own to win the title), my employer at the time, Wegman's (which was afraid I would turn professional and leave ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  20 Nov 2009

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Senate likely has 60 votes for motion to proceed on health care bill

It now seems quite likely that the Senate has the 60 votes necessary to force cloture on the motion to proceed with the health care bill.  The final three votes Senate majority leader Harry Reid needed were Ben Nelson, Blanche Lincoln, and Mary ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Blanche Lincoln,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Harry Reid,  Mary Landrieu,  Barack Obama

No legal barrier to using TARP money to pay for jobs bill

The jobs bill is going to happen.  The House will likely pass a bill in December, and the Senate will match in January or February after the health care bill is done.  Rather than "if" it will happen, the major questions for the jobs bill are how large ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: House Financial Services Committee,  U.S. Democratic Party,  John B. Larson,  Barney Frank,  Nancy Pelosi

The 2010 elections will hit moderate, conservative House Democrats hardest

For hypothetical purposes, if all of these Democrats lost to Republicans, and there was no other switch in the partisan control of any seat in Congress, the power balance within the Democratic House caucus would shift as follows: Three major Democratic ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Jane Harman,  John Barrow

Why I support the Senate health care bill

By no means does this solve the health care problems we face in America, but this is still a real achievement.  Throw in the fact that, against all odds, we managed to get a triggerless public option in the bill, and yeah, I'd vote for the Senate ...

From CHRIS BOWERS, Open Left,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Senate

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