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‘Our Work is Now Finally Beginning’: Progressives Claim Victory in Midterm Elections

Republicans may have made historical gains in last week’s midterm elections, but liberal progressives are the ones now claiming victory.

Look no further than the far-left DC-based Institute for Policy Studies — the “ideas factory” behind the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC). As Speaker Nancy Pelosi is having to give up her Speaker’s gavel, IPS is celebrating the fact that nearly all hard-left members of the CPC were re-elected. The notion may seem shocking, but Trevor Loudon of NZ Patriot notes, it’s partially true:

While so called “centrist” or moderate democrats lost hugely, the Progressives lost only three members Alan Grayson, John Hall and Phil “don’t worry about the Constitution” Hare… [T]his means that Obama and the remaining Democrats now have nothing to lose by pushing hard to the left.

Karen Dolan of the IPS is now encouraging President Obama to “do the right thing through as many Executive Orders as we can present to him.”

Did we all miss the news flash? PROGRESSIVES WON! Two significant exceptions are of course the tragic defeat of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and the sad loss of prinicpled Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL). But, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the largest caucus in the House Democratic Caucus at over 80 members, emerged virtually unscathed, losing only three members.

By constrast, the conservative Blue Dog Democratic caucus was more than sliced in half from 54 members to only 26. Further, of the 34 conservative Dems who voted against Obama’s Healthcare Reform, a mere 12 won re-election.

Dead weight gone. Good Riddance. The blame for the stalemate to come can now fall squarely where it belongs…on the anti-progressive, anti-democratic, anti-populist Republican members of Congress.

Our work is now finally beginning. The veil of a happy Democratic governing majority is finally lifted. We didn’t have it then; We don’t have it now. But what we do have now is a more solidly progressive bunch of Dems in Congress and a president presumably less encumbered by the false illusion that playing nice will get him a date with the other team.

Let’s thank Grayson, as well as Reps. John Hall (D-NY) Phil Hare (D-IL) for their principled time in office. Let‘s get Feingold on the ticket as Obama’s runningmate in 2012. Let‘s throw our support unabashedly behind the Congressional Progressive Caucus and let’s push Obama to finally do the right thing through as many Executive Orders as we can present to him.

People…Progressives WON!!! Republicans are all over the map. They‘re a mess and won’t be able to wreak the havoc they seek. We should be energized. We must be energized. Too much is at stake. The road ahead isn’t so bad as long as we have the big picture and the fighting spirit spurring us on. Progressives will be the heroes in 2012. Let’s make Obama one too.

As NZ Patriot warns, don’t dismiss the progressive ramblings of IPS — they seem to have friends in high places these days.  As Loudon notes, IPS is not only a strong voice within the Congressional Progressive Caucus, but has also advised the White House in the past.

“If you want to know what the Democrats will do tomorrow, read what I.P.S. is advocating today,” Loudon writes.  After all, it was IPS staffer Chuck Collins who “recommended that Obama appoint communist Van Jones as a ”Green Jobs Czar”, even before the 2008 election,” he concludes.

Comments (91)

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  • politics101
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:50pm

    The only Dem’s that survived were those hard left. The reason is that they are from “hard left” districts or union shop vote-machine districts. The wave of Tea Party conservatism was not yet big enough to wash away that scum…yet.

    Redistricting under the broad control of republican controlled state houses will erode those hard left districts and the Tea Party wave will continue to grow.

    One more election cycle…may two…should wipe them out.

    If the hard left progressives move further left, then only one more election cycle will be required.

    So please…move hard left…it will help our cause.

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:47pm

    If I were a ********* I would make Wall Street and GM pay a principle of the tarp money back to the people in the form of a dividend check for as an investment with every American now owning a part of both of them. Then we can either use that money to reinvest or take out dividend in cash or stock.

    13thGenerationAmerican  
  • mlbinseattle
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:43pm

    Progressives are truly brain-dead. I mean, no brain-wave activity. Zero. I know it’s their ideology, and they’ll spin it any way possible to make it sound like they still have a foot-hold. That’s okay. I want them to keep thinking this way. Their arrogance (and policies) caused them to loose, and it’s what will be their demise. This morning, I wrote my own analysis of the tax cuts, healthcare, and Obama. In essence, Republicans (and even more…fiscal conservatives)…are in the cat-bird seat. http://michaelsgrapevine.com/2010/11/08/analysis-tax-cuts-healthcare-and-obama/

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  • MiketheTrucker
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:33pm

    Now we know where to focus the “election fraud police” next time they’re up for re-election.

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:31pm

    They’re are going to go after Grandmas Social Security and Medicare aka Bachmann or are they going to raise the debt ceiling? I say they will raise the debt, cut military, gut Social Security and keep special interest earmarks,

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  • HouseNegro
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:30pm

    The 2nd Amendment may be the only thing that keeps us the Land of the Free and Home to the Brave. I know some of you will disagree. But remember what Anita Dunn said about Mao and the barrel of a gun.

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  • MontanaMade
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:30pm

    Lets hope they keep “winning” just like they did!!

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  • 13thGenerationAmerican
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:24pm

    What about earmarks folks, you got co-opted (see Mitch McConnell) What about Rep. Spencer Bachus: ‘Sarah Palin Cost Us Control Of The Senate’, what about Rand Paul cutting the Military Budget?

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    • We Are Not Alone
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 4:22am

      13th…. sorry…. can’t hear you…

      Don’t include yourself in “us” please

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  • JohnnyJT
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:23pm

    DemonCrats as usual.

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  • FSUDAVE
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:22pm

    Maybe there plan is to use the newspapers over the next two years to paint Repubs as the reason for stagnation and destruction, then put Progressives to run in these areas and then have all progressives and no Blue Dogs. That is even chaos doesn’t break out before then. In addition to the Executive Orders, watch out for regulations from the EPA, FCC, FTC, the Labor Regulation Board, Elizabeth Warren, and Cass Sunsteen.

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  • rick
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:21pm

    What is really something to be concerned about is what other nations are talking about right now. This administration has ushered in a phase of hatred , defiance , and anti colonialism that no amount of benevolence in any amount can overcome without violence.

    This has been done in other countries many times to overthrow a regime not wanted by the world , it’s being done here now.

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  • CaptGregg
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:20pm

    There are districts where a Democratic candidate would have to be caught on tape committing an axe murder on the 50-yard line at half-time in the Super Bowl in order to lose an election. (Think Ted Kennedy) Pelosi, Waters, Boxer and a few other far left characters are from such districts. Better to replace as many “moderate” Dems with Reps as possible than to beat our heads against the wall trying to get rid of a handful of radicals.

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  • BurntHills
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:15pm

    these anti-American scum democrats are flowing out of the woodwork.

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  • Seven
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:04pm

    What happens when we start fighting just as dirty as they do. We will if cornered and we will fight like Americans not communists. Beware not to put us in a corner. You will pay with all you have taken and more.

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  • CBAY
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:00pm

    Also, many of the elections in these “liberal” districts were closer than normal, meaning there definately was some anxiety being displayed by those so-called “intelligent” people out there!

    What I really want to know is, does Barney Frank really dance that well????? ha ha hahaha

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  • CBAY
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:58pm

    Makes sense to me, liberals only get elected in liberal districts! The blue dogs that lost were actually more republican than democrat on financial issues anyway, which is why the more conservative districts voted for the republican candidates!

    Now, all the new governers need to do is make sure to really get a good re-districting plan made out!

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  • Nigel2
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:58pm

    One more progressive win like that and we can say goodbye to them for another hundred years.

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  • rojotx
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:49pm

    Beware folkes, Watch the other hand! They will continue to try to push their agenda no matter what the rules/laws say. They see themselves as the saviors, No ifs, ands, or Buts!! They did not and will not see what is in front of their noses; ie. WE THE PEOPLE don’t wanted this and said NO this election. I like to say “WATCHING”!

    http://bcast.eamped.com

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  • Bernese2008
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:47pm

    You need to thank the Union Thugs for that far left.. How many far left retired before the midterm elections??

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  • nostromo
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:46pm

    They believe it and it is scary. Executive orders are nothing to be ignored. They will attempt to wreak as much havoc as possible. We are entering a very dangerous time as the last 2 years of Obama approaches.

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    • General K
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:58pm

      You got that right. You know Sors’s sock puppet is going to destroy us with executive orders and implementing his horrid agenda through the various agencies. it is going to be tough to stop his destruction of this country. We are in a dog fight, we have got to battle this fool to the end.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:02pm

      You are sooooo right!! If you really, really want to know how much freedom we have lost, just go and start reading up on the Executive Orders…….not only do they scare you to death, they make you as mad as the devil!!!! AND they are from both Dems and Republicans. President Bush signed some horrible ones.

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    • Contrarian51
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:16am

      No question. Watch not only Cass Sunstein, but the FCC, EPA, SEC, and don’t forget that Sebelius is in charge of all the new rules that still have to be designed and implemented related to Obamacare.

      I‘m in favor of repeal and replace but mathematically that can’t be achieved until after the 2012 elections and the 2013 legislative sessions, so we need to be sure that Obamacare remains unfunded until then.

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  • hifi74
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:43pm

    I wish I could say delusional, but these cheeky buggers are more organized then most are aware of. We need to keep close tabs on them and what they are doing, remember “The truth will set you free!”

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    • blacksmith
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 1:49pm

      The progressives only need to break the the final barrier for a complete victory. That barrier is that approximately 47% of the population recieves some form of government assistance/entitlement. If they can break this plain and push this up to 51% then all is lost. The policies that are being put in place will push more people to the dole. When a 26 year old can stay on parents insurance they are not going to vote to cut their own throat. When social security age needs to be raised or benefits cut those people won’t go for that. The muslim that thinks we are restricting them from taking over with sharia will vote progressive every time and them put them to the sword after taking over. The reason that the U.S. won WWII was that as a country the American people were for the most part like minded. We do not have that same scenario now so we must be extremely vigilant.

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  • Dstarr55
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:42pm

    Wow, you lost the house and almost the senate, not to mention all those governor races – way to win, Progressives.

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:53am

      I hope they have just as much success in 2012 .. when we take the country back!

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    • A1955Rosie
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 5:20am

      BUT…The big power players are still in place. IL NV CA… They lost more than they will concede to but it does mean 1. They’re out of the closet now 2. They will openly fight now. We are still fighting a considerable battle in this Republic of America. Win or loose there will be some big tough times coming. You need to ask what are you ready to give for your country, your childrens future?

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    • RightUnite
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:24am

      That must be that liberal schooling that is telling them they can claim a victory.

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:29pm

      My life, my fortune (small though it is) and my sacred honor! That‘s all I’ve got but I will give it all for individual freedom and liberty.

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  • Shock Collar
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:41pm

    De Nile is not just a river in Egypt…

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  • TruthTalker
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:38pm

    Insane

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:56am

      NO they are counting on the RINO’s not to stand with the new TEA in the Republican party .. remember their mantra — compromise (which is R rolling over and letting D do what ever the H they want!) … if that little wizzer Lindsey Graham tries to goe across the aisle this time … I swear someone should tie him to his seat!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on November 8, 2010 at 10:38pm

    Can you say “HEAD UP A$$?”

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    • HKS
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:01pm

      I think the commies are going to find their execution a lot more difficult since the people are awake and they have a bright light in their face.

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    • Nightstalker
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:10pm

      We are not out of the woods yet!
      They have been discovered and they know it.
      This is not a small covert force, hiding in the darkness.
      Waiting until they are strong enough to act!
      They are now in the open field, visible to all!
      They are going to hit as hard and fast as they can!
      This is it all or nothing, for them.
      If they fail now they are done for.
      Hang on kids, this is when the fecal matter hits the fan!

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    • snowleopard3200 {mix art}
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:25pm

      As much as I wish I could discount this nonsense just as the rhetoric spooled out of the Progressives mouths, these people remain fanatically blinded – we the people need to watch, for the fact that they lost in the open now means to seek the dagger hidden in the back, or in the night. I feel they will make the effort to pull off every underhanded trick in and out of the book.

      God protect this great land from those seeking to destroy it, and keep the watchmen of the USA and her citizens from falling asleep again.

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    • HouseNegro
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:32pm

      At this point I have no idea whats up the “ole demo poop shoot”…………

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:44pm

      “The blame for the stalemate to come can now fall squarely where it belongs…on the anti-progressive, anti-democratic, anti-populist Republican members of Congress.”

      No, the blame for the stalemate to come can fall to us, the anti-Progressive citizens of the United States. You face the People now, you bastards.

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:47pm

      The only option now is for a small amount of libertarians to take over the democrat party and destroy this little bit of cancer from the inside. To ask republicans to do the job would be impossible, but the libertarian is one who advocate for social liberty’s. If they fight that in public then they would come off as the statists they are.

      It would be funny to see democrats in ten years running on free trade and pro liberty. One may think Jefferson rose from the grave to take back his party.

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    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on November 8, 2010 at 11:56pm

      I knew it was a matter of time before this would happen. Leave it to liberal/progressives to claim victory after the drubbing they took. You have to understand that they consider this a good tactic, but other than making them feel better, I have no clue what-so-ever why this is a good tactic. Maybe you have to be one of them to understand. I thank God that I will never understand them!

      PatriotShops.com

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:55am

      Nightstalker… I agree.. they are now using their real names PROGRESSIVES… but it’s really NOT a bad thing.. NOW the DEMOCRATS of our grandparents have been WOKEN UP… they KNOW the Democratic party was HIJACKED and THEY WILL stand up.. and with the loss of the BLUE DOGS there is NO WHERE for them to hide anymore.. The Unions can’t save them.. the members are getting antsy as they see more and more illegals taking union jobs… when the do do hits the fans you will be surprised at who is on who’s side.. remember even unions are 45% conservative in their membership..52% are OLD FASHIONED Democrats and only 3% tops are PROGRESSIVE.. Can’t wait until Beck outs Soros.. that will leave the PROGRESSIVES no where to run… right now they are playing a game.. it’s called DISTRACT.. and it’s not working.. it’s making them look like a horses rear.. even the TROLLS are laughing at the PROGRESSIVES now.. they too know the people are on to them.. they are like the school bully who just got his rear whipped and now is pretending it doesn’t matter or hurt their agenda.. but everyone is laughing at him..

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    • StMichelob
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 2:48am

      NO. You all take this seriosly. Beck is gonna tell a tale later on today, at 5 EST, that will make you seriously aware that what these peple are saying is right on point with what they plan to do to our American Constitution. MAKE NO MISTAKE, people, we are now up against the defining moment of our time, and if you all poo-poo this statement, you may as well pack up your freedom and take what is coming to you. STAND UP RIGHT NOW AND DEFEND OUR CONSTUTION, OR DIE ON YOUR KNEES.

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    • LadyLiberty
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 7:27am

      Utter denial.

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    • Beckofile
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 10:34am

      This confirms what Beck is discussing. I think with the dilution of blue dogs the progressives could hide behind them. Now they are losing the cover of darkness and we will see how the electorate likes a real left leaning congress. If the last election was any sort of referendum on how the house ruled in the last session with blue dogs providing cover. How will this next session go for the progressives that are out in the open? I just hope the Repubs are smart enough to let them get all the air time possible. I am scared of the set up job on the R’s. They will be what the Bamster will run against.

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    • suttonea76
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 11:56am

      So what they are saying is that if you avoid losing all seats you won? Umm, does this mean I win for just existing? Maybe I could claim I beat AIDS because I never got it….does that work? Yes, let’s divulge the rallying cry of mediocrity and exercise our victory of pure existance. Gotta love the lowest common denominator. Thanks LIBS for making us conservatives look that much better. Olbermann must be your contributor.

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    • lketchum
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:12pm

      Amen, Nightstalker!

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    • Diamondback
      Posted on November 9, 2010 at 12:24pm

      @INDEPENDENTVOTERIL:

      NO, there “real name” is COMMUNIST. Progressive is the name they adopted after their defeat following the FDR regime.

      PROGRESSIVE = COMMUNIST

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