Tag: Democratic Party

Kellyanne Conway: ‘I have no idea who the leader of the Democratic Party is’

Alex Pappas · April 25, 2017 3:20 pm

Current lawmakers, and frankly the leadership of the DNC, should take note of how Obama conducted himself on Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Why Obama was smart to not mention Trump in his first post-presidency public appearance

Capri Cafaro · April 24, 2017 9:08 pm

The Democratic Party is now viewed as out of touch by a larger share of Americans than either the Republican Party or President Trump, a poll says. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

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Dems following the Tea Party’s path, souring on their own party

David Freddoso · April 24, 2017 8:51 pm

DNC Chairman Tom Perez's declaration that every member of his party should support abortion rights alienates significant portions of the electorate, just as Democrats are seeking to rebuild their national coalition. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

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By the numbers: All the people Tom Perez just alienated with his abortion litmus test

Emily Jashinsky · April 24, 2017 5:13 pm

Tom Perez's excommunication of pro-life candidates from his party implies that the winning strategy won't be used again. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Dems unlearn their own electoral history in telling pro-lifers to drop dead

David Freddoso · April 24, 2017 4:48 pm

"The way the system works is whenever the government is shut down, people blame the Republicans," he said. "But, it will be the Democrats who shut down the government to block the funding for the wall." (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Jeff Sessions: Blame government shutdown on Democrats

Kyle Feldscher · April 24, 2017 2:38 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., likened President Trump and Republicans' reticence to referring to the Obamacare replacement bill as "Trumpcare" or "Ryancare" to a slapstick episode of Abbott and Costello. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer warns Trump he has to work with Dems ahead of government shutdown

Kyle Feldscher · April 24, 2017 1:47 pm

Sanders emphasized that he wants to see the party become "a grassroots party" that stands up to the wealthy. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Sanders: ‘The model of the Democratic Party is failing’

Caitlin Yilek · April 23, 2017 7:24 pm

"I am committed to women's rights under the law, reproductive rights certainly, and our party is," Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said. (Photo by Barry Brecheisen/Invision/AP)

Sen. Dick Durbin: Democrats must back abortion rights to be part of party

Caitlin Yilek · April 23, 2017 6:28 pm

Jon Ossoff, the 30-year-old former congressional aide who is the Democratic candidate to replace Republican former Rep. Tom Price, now President Trump's secretary of health and human services, could still win the runoff in June. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Even in defeat, Democrats building hopes for 2018

W. James Antle III · April 23, 2017 4:01 am

Many of President Trump's vocal critics made their voices heard via the march. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

Energy and Environment

Liberals celebrate March for Science

Ryan Lovelace · April 22, 2017 4:37 pm

Regardless of the rage from pro-abortion groups, the Vermont senator has put economic populism first at the expense of the Left's culture-war dogma. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Campaigning for anti-abortion Democrat, Bernie Sanders shifts progressive movement away from social issues

Philip Wegmann · April 21, 2017 7:21 pm