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stand up Democrats Listen to this week's guests In-depth discussions with the nations top progressive commentators each week. Each show features a common sense commentary from Texan populist Jim Hightower. 
Jim Hightower has spent three decades battling the Powers That Be on behalf of the Powers That Ought To Be – consumers, working families, environmentalists, small businesses, and just-plain-folks.
Twice elected Texas Agriculture Commissioner, Hightower believes that the true political spectrum is not right to left but top to bottom, and he has become a leading national voice for the 80 percent of the public who no longer find themselves within shouting distance of the Washington and Wall Street powers at the top… As political columnist Molly Ivins said, ‘If Will Rogers and Mother Jones had a baby, Jim Hightower would be that rambunctious child — mad as hell, with a sense of humor." To read his latest commentaries and subscribe to his monthly Hightower Lowdown, go to www.JimHightower.com.  Hear the host of The Bill Press Show on America'sDemocrats.org! Bill Press is a fierce progressive with insider access to the administration -- he's the only nationally syndicated talk radio host to attend the daily White House press briefings. Listen here for his interviews with lawmakers and prominent Democrats! Visit BillPressShow.com for more. |
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Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul won a House special election in western New York on Tuesday night, a Democratic triumph in a conservative district that many regarded a referendum on House Republicans’ efforts to reform Medicare. With 90 percent of precincts reporting, Hochul had 48 percent of the vote. State [...] MADISON — The Wisconsin board that oversees elections gave the final approval to three recall petitions targeting three GOP senators, making it all but certain that those senators will face recall elections this summer.
The Government Accountability Board rejected the challenges made to recall petitions targeting Republican Sens. Dan Kapanke of La Crosse, [...] Democrat Kathy Hochul has taken a four-point lead over Republican Jane Corwin ahead of Tuesday’s closely-watched special congressional election in New York, according to a Siena College poll released Saturday. [...] The New York Times By ABBY GOODNOUGH
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Many people move to Vermont in search of a slower pace; Dr. Deb Richter came in 1999 to work obsessively toward a far-fetched goal. She wanted Vermont to become the first state to adopt a single-payer health care system, run and paid for [...] The Washington Post
By Chris Cillizza Democrats are defending all five of the seats on this month’s gubernatorial Line but that vulnerability belies the fact that the party has strengthened its hand in several of its most problematic races in recent weeks. To wit: * Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s convincing victory in [...] |
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