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	<title>Comments on: Obama has political capital.  He should use it.</title>
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		<title>By: Richard Livingston</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-1049</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Livingston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Next step fir progressives is to take down the Tea Party at mid-term.They&#039;re not going to cooperate with the President.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Next step fir progressives is to take down the Tea Party at mid-term.They&#8217;re not going to cooperate with the President.</p>
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		<title>By: William Neil</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-860</link>
		<dc:creator>William Neil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, well perhaps.  Except if your logic is true, why wouldn&#039;t this &quot;populist&quot; president have drawn a line in the sand, the right thing morally, economically and politically, and come out for James Galbraith&#039;s new federal minimum wage of $12.00 per hour?  And why wouldn&#039;t those unions have said: we&#039;re sitting this out until your support it - said that in a labor day challenge?  I mean this was a no brainer, by no means all the nation needs or deserves for jobs and economic reforms, but simply the distilled essense of what it might stand for - which would have a great positive practical effect.

The truth is that I doubt President Obama or this upper middle class,  second business party could have ideologically even imagined this.  

But I hope you are right but your analysis and logic don&#039;t add up with the facts on the ground from the campaign, or even what the President said in the first debate on Social Security.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, well perhaps.  Except if your logic is true, why wouldn&#8217;t this &#8220;populist&#8221; president have drawn a line in the sand, the right thing morally, economically and politically, and come out for James Galbraith&#8217;s new federal minimum wage of $12.00 per hour?  And why wouldn&#8217;t those unions have said: we&#8217;re sitting this out until your support it &#8211; said that in a labor day challenge?  I mean this was a no brainer, by no means all the nation needs or deserves for jobs and economic reforms, but simply the distilled essense of what it might stand for &#8211; which would have a great positive practical effect.</p>
<p>The truth is that I doubt President Obama or this upper middle class,  second business party could have ideologically even imagined this.  </p>
<p>But I hope you are right but your analysis and logic don&#8217;t add up with the facts on the ground from the campaign, or even what the President said in the first debate on Social Security.</p>
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		<title>By: Edd Blackler</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-833</link>
		<dc:creator>Edd Blackler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Eskow has done an excellent job of highlighting some very important aspects of the election.  We can only hope that our elected representatives will aggressively move forward to enact measures that reflect the intent of the electorate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. Eskow has done an excellent job of highlighting some very important aspects of the election.  We can only hope that our elected representatives will aggressively move forward to enact measures that reflect the intent of the electorate.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed Ducharme</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-831</link>
		<dc:creator>Ed Ducharme</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great column!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great column!</p>
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		<title>By: Jack Lohman</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-827</link>
		<dc:creator>Jack Lohman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The voters sent a message! I voted for Romney, because he was the lesser of two evils. But he was still controlled by the right-wing fringes!

If this election taught us anything, it’s that money (special interest campaign bribes) has less of an advantage than we thought. Citizens United backfired on the Republicans as voters were influenced in the opposite direction. Good for them. They finally awoke.

But we sorely need bipartisanship in congress. If the R’s ever want to recover they must start working for the people and quit trying to destroy Obama. That is so “yesterday.”
Let’s not forget the Bell Curve

Yes there are leakers on the far left who want something for nothing (government giveaways), and they deserve nothing. But there are also a great many Lefties who have lost their jobs because the Fat Cats on the right have sent them to China. For higher profits, don’cha know, and all with the blessing of your favorite congressman.

But the real interest of most of those on the low side is food on the table for their kids, and that’s where the R’s have lost it.

The job of Congress is to eliminate the extremes, but the Fat Cats on the right fund their elections through campaign bribes.  And when cash plays a bigger role than constituent well-being, we have serious problems (called political corruption).

Where do we go from here? Third parties are a distraction that will go nowhere, though their candidates are superb. We must get them running in the two party system, as Democrat-Progressives or Republican-Libertarians. That will help stabilize the political system, though public funding of campaigns is the only way to make it fair and balanced.

And speaking of the media (we were, weren’t we?), $6 billion in campaign bribes were spent by politicians, easily half going to our 4th estate for TV and newspaper ads. Disclosing the political corruption was very cleverly buried. Thanks guys.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The voters sent a message! I voted for Romney, because he was the lesser of two evils. But he was still controlled by the right-wing fringes!</p>
<p>If this election taught us anything, it’s that money (special interest campaign bribes) has less of an advantage than we thought. Citizens United backfired on the Republicans as voters were influenced in the opposite direction. Good for them. They finally awoke.</p>
<p>But we sorely need bipartisanship in congress. If the R’s ever want to recover they must start working for the people and quit trying to destroy Obama. That is so “yesterday.”<br />
Let’s not forget the Bell Curve</p>
<p>Yes there are leakers on the far left who want something for nothing (government giveaways), and they deserve nothing. But there are also a great many Lefties who have lost their jobs because the Fat Cats on the right have sent them to China. For higher profits, don’cha know, and all with the blessing of your favorite congressman.</p>
<p>But the real interest of most of those on the low side is food on the table for their kids, and that’s where the R’s have lost it.</p>
<p>The job of Congress is to eliminate the extremes, but the Fat Cats on the right fund their elections through campaign bribes.  And when cash plays a bigger role than constituent well-being, we have serious problems (called political corruption).</p>
<p>Where do we go from here? Third parties are a distraction that will go nowhere, though their candidates are superb. We must get them running in the two party system, as Democrat-Progressives or Republican-Libertarians. That will help stabilize the political system, though public funding of campaigns is the only way to make it fair and balanced.</p>
<p>And speaking of the media (we were, weren’t we?), $6 billion in campaign bribes were spent by politicians, easily half going to our 4th estate for TV and newspaper ads. Disclosing the political corruption was very cleverly buried. Thanks guys.</p>
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		<title>By: Jerry Lee Mayeux</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-808</link>
		<dc:creator>Jerry Lee Mayeux</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Consider the Connection to: The Economic Pyramid CTC3
Conservation is the wise-use, management &amp; development of the Earths natural resources, including the wise-use of CONSUMER (tax-payer money).
[FAIR SHARE TAX IS NEEDED TO REDUCE THE DEBT AND GROW THE ECONOMY]
www.twitter.com/CTC123GREEN]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Consider the Connection to: The Economic Pyramid CTC3<br />
Conservation is the wise-use, management &amp; development of the Earths natural resources, including the wise-use of CONSUMER (tax-payer money).<br />
[FAIR SHARE TAX IS NEEDED TO REDUCE THE DEBT AND GROW THE ECONOMY]<br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/CTC123GREEN" rel="nofollow">http://www.twitter.com/CTC123GREEN</a></p>
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		<title>By: Ronn Jordan</title>
		<link>http://blog.ourfuture.org/20121107/obama-has-political-capital-he-should-use-it#comment-805</link>
		<dc:creator>Ronn Jordan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t believe there is a &quot;New America&quot;, I believe that this election  proved that the GOP can&#039;t ignore us anymore. We need to make the push back to the left where our values have been waiting for far too long.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t believe there is a &#8220;New America&#8221;, I believe that this election  proved that the GOP can&#8217;t ignore us anymore. We need to make the push back to the left where our values have been waiting for far too long.</p>
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