Matt Stoller

Lieberman decision pits Dean against liberal blogosphere

It's no secret that most of the liberal blogosphere loves Howard Dean and loathes Joe Lieberman. So it's interesting to see how progressive bloggers have responded to the news that Dean supports Senate Democrats' decision to...

A Crisis of Confidence in the American Auto Industry

Matt Stoller makes a good point over at OpenLeft. What's going on in the auto industry right now is similar to a bank run. It's not just that demand for American-made cars has dropped, it's that people have no confidence that...

The mind of the Democratic leadership

An article in The Hill, describing how profoundly House Democrats will miss the leadership of Rahm Emanuel, describes this episode, involving the vote by Democratic Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota in favor of the dreadful Protect...

What "We Can't Afford to Escalate" Means to Me

The website Icasualties.org now reports that over 1,000 coalition soldiers have died in Afghanistan. (I am having trouble locating precise figures on NATO casualties in Afghanistan and icasualty's estimate may be high....

Larry Summers Out as Obama's Treasury Pick?

Posted by Matt Stoller, Open Left at 9:45 AM on November 14, 2008. Victoria McGrane and Lisa Lerer from the Politico are reporting that Larry Summers is on the outs with Obama's transition team. Seth Colter Walls Huffington...

Bonanza Decision Presses Pause Button on New U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants

Opponents of coal must send the Sierra Club some flowers. Better yet, make a donation to support the important work that they do to stop dirty coal-fired power plants and the pouring of even more CO2 into the atmosphere. Back...

The fight to replace Dingell with Waxman

As you know, Waxman is trying to unseat Dingell from the chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce committee. Matt Stoller has a good summary of the issues: The fight over the Energy and Commerce chairmanship is really the fight...

Center of Confusion

One of the statements coming out of Washington from both sides of the aisle is that Barack Obama will govern from the Center. Centrist governance will be the order of the day according to none other than Speaker Pelosi. The...

How Linda Stender Lost

Post-mortems are a sad duty in any world, in no small way because it means "after death." The death in this case are the hopes of thousands of volunteers, donors and staff to send Linda Stender to Congress to represent New...

Daily Digest: Never Review a Transition on Opening Night...

After taking a quick initial look at Change.gov, the Obama transition team's new site, we concluded that while it echoes the campaign's talk of open government, the site doesn't have much meat on its bones yet. The Next Right's...

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