Ain’t Nothing Centrist About Them

by K. V. Hueval, The Nation

At this moment — when 72 percent of the nation supports a public plan option and 14,000 people lose their healthcare every day — the House Blue Dogs and conservative Democratic Senators are doing just about everything they can to cripple real health care reform.

Change Takes a Backseat As Obama’s Cabinet Takes Shape

by Scott Creighton

Many names are being tossed around for Cabinet level positions at this stage of the Obama transition to the White House. Today, two separate articles should raise some serious concerns for the true “progressives” who worked so hard and gave so much to help Barack Obama win the election.

The stories detail a couple more potential Cabinet members as well as a growing trend in the now very Blue Dog Democrat and Democratic Leadership Council looking staff. And if you think it’s a bit “iffy” to have the republican branch of the democratic party in the White House, wait till you hear about the republicans he’s bringing with him (why settle for imitation when you can have the real thing?).