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Stories by Eugene Debs

Eugene Victor Debs is the pseudonym for a Democratic activist in the Washington D.C. area.

How Obama Sparked the Dems’ Tax Revolt

Eugene Debs wrote on December 9th, 2010 at 5:55 pm

If Obama, a former community organizer, had followed the basic tenets of organizing he might have avoided having the House block his tax cut compromise.  more

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How Latinos and Big Labor Saved the Dems

Eugene Debs wrote on November 4th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Latino voters and the labor movement combined to provide Democrats with a firewall against even worse losses.  more

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Why I Write as Eugene Debs

Eugene Debs wrote on August 13th, 2010 at 8:20 pm

Instead of engaging any of my arguments debunking his claim that Obama is a socialist, Stanley Kurtz has only focused on the fact that I write under a pseudonym.  more

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Obama’s “Socialist” Revolution Comes Up Short

Eugene Debs wrote on August 6th, 2010 at 4:59 pm

Stanley Kurtz argues that President Obama is a socialist. But if true, how does one explain the Left’s growing disappointment with his presidency?  more

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Looking for Socialism in All the Wrong Places

Eugene Debs wrote on August 5th, 2010 at 11:22 pm

If we believe the claim that Obama’s policies are creeping socialism, how can we tell the difference between them and the mainstream liberalism every major Democrat supports?  more

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Where are Obama’s Comrades?

Eugene Debs wrote on July 31st, 2010 at 2:38 am

If Obama is a socialist, why aren’t there any in his inner circle?  more

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What Kind of a Socialist is Barack Obama? No Kind

Eugene Debs wrote on July 29th, 2010 at 1:17 pm

Stanley Kurtz’s forthcoming book argues that Obama is a socialist. But does anyone truly believe the president favors nationalizing the U.S. economy?  more

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How Do You Fight the Crazy Right?

Eugene Debs wrote on July 11th, 2010 at 6:36 pm

Ann Coulter writes books with “traitor” in the title, yet her supporters are outraged when she is smeared with the same language.  more

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Senate Should Give Obama’s Nominees the Green Light

Eugene Debs wrote on February 12th, 2010 at 1:21 am

On Tuesday, Craig Becker, Obama’s nominee to the National Labor Relations Board, failed to overcome a GOP filibuster. There is no reason why presidential appointments of either party should require a supermajority to be confirmed.  more

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A Liberal Lament: When Will Obama Do His Reagan?

Eugene Debs wrote on January 29th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama failed to do what Reagan did during his first address in 1982: make an argument not merely for discrete policies but on behalf of his worldview.  more

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The Dems’ Health Care Win

Eugene Debs wrote on December 19th, 2009 at 12:59 pm

Ultimately, the Democrats who really do want to help people weren’t going to miss a chance to get 30 million plus people health insurance for the rest of their lives.   more

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Election Forecast: Split Tickets Benefit Dems

Eugene Debs wrote on October 28th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

In New Jersey’s governor’s race and in New York’s 23rd congressional district, expect the Democratic candidates to slip by GOP opponents weakened by third-party challengers.  more

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Anger is No Path to Power

Eugene Debs wrote on October 17th, 2009 at 1:04 pm

Demagogues like Limbaugh and Beck exploit the resentments and anger of conservative Republicans while keeping them marginalized and unable to build a viable movement.  more

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Radical? Not!

Eugene Debs wrote on October 15th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

Recently, Newt Gingrich described President Obama as “a radical in the sense that the victory of [his] values would mean the end of American civilization as we know it.” If Obama’s presidency is the “end of civilization” – I’m both disappointed and relieved.  more

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Universal Coverage: A Disgrace It’s Taken So Long

Eugene Debs wrote on August 23rd, 2009 at 9:49 pm

If American conservatives continue to oppose universal health insurance coverage, they will remain the outliers of the civilized world.   more

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Birthers: Ignorance is No Excuse

Eugene Debs wrote on August 11th, 2009 at 4:42 pm

According to a new poll, 7% of North Carolinians who voted for John McCain do not believe Hawaii to be a part of the United States. They may be older voters who never quite absorbed the news that our 50th state is indeed our 50th state. Sadly, even if the latter is the case, it doesn’t explain much about the birther phenomenon.   more

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Do Democrats Hate the Working Class?

Eugene Debs wrote on July 8th, 2009 at 2:05 pm

Look at three Democratic politicians: Bill Clinton, LBJ, Mario Cuomo. If you used the standard measurement for “working class,” their backgrounds fit the label.  more

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Is Sarah Palin Working Class?

Eugene Debs wrote on July 8th, 2009 at 7:55 am

Conservatives tend to define white people as “working class” for reasons of cultural affect, i.e. they say, “you betcha”, and own guns, are anti-abortion, seem to have conservative economic views, didn’t go to an elite university, and are deeply religious.  more

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Douthat’s Palin Fallacy

Eugene Debs wrote on July 6th, 2009 at 10:03 pm

Quite a lot of American politicians have become great success stories without graduating from Columbia and Harvard. Even Republican politicians.  more

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