Read more Democrats stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/305/democrats.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:07:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74561/reid-gets-60th-vote-holdout-lincoln-agrees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDemocrats have hit the 60-vote number needed to move ahead on health care legislation. Just hours before the 8pm roll call, Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln said on the Senate floor that she will vote with her party. The centrist Democrat had been the last remaining Democratic holdout, after Mary Landrieu and...http://www.newser.com/story/74561/reid-gets-60th-vote-holdout-lincoln-agrees.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 13:51:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74552/all-eyes-on-blanche-lincoln-in-cliffhanger-senate-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagArkansas Sen. Blanche Lincoln is in the hot seat tonight, as the last Democratic holdout to the 60 votes Harry Reid needs in balloting tonight to bring the health care bill to the Senate floor for debate. Nebraskan Ben Nelson said yesterday he would vote yes, and Louisiana's Mary Landrieu...http://www.newser.com/story/74552/all-eyes-on-blanche-lincoln-in-cliffhanger-senate-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 7:24:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74551/palin-pulls-in-big-bucks-for-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGuess who else is raking in the dough as Sarah Palin noisily returns to the national stage: her detractors. After months of trailing Republicans in fundraising, Dems raised $11.5 million in October, a record for a non-presidential year, the Washington Post reports, compared to $8.7 million for the...http://www.newser.com/story/74551/palin-pulls-in-big-bucks-for-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Nov 2009 6:50:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74183/paterson-rips-obama-for-putting-911-trials-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNew York Gov. David Paterson, already unpopular with the White House, tonight ripped the Obama administration for deciding to try five men implicated in the 9/11 terror attacks in New York City. "This is not a decision that I would have made,” Paterson said. “New York was very much the...http://www.newser.com/story/74183/paterson-rips-obama-for-putting-911-trials-in-nyc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:41:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73932/should-democrats-panic-yes-but-only-a-little.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new Gallup poll shows Republicans ahead of Democrats in a generic House ballot, a reversal of political fortune from October. Is it time for the party to panic? "Maybe a little," writes Nate Silver . "My 30,000-foot view is that between the pressures of the jobs situation and the...http://www.newser.com/story/73932/should-democrats-panic-yes-but-only-a-little.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 8:44:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLiberal Democrats are angry at Bart Stupak for forcing an amendment restricting abortion into the House’s health care bill. But one day, they may view the unassuming congressman as a savior of health care reform. Polls show the American public is evenly split on abortion, and most don’t want government...http://www.newser.com/story/73822/democrats-ought-to-thank-stupak.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 13:40:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73804/gop-wants-to-resurrect-that-town-hall-feeling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans are hoping to re-create the late-summer town hall meetings at which angry voters lashed out over proposed health care legislation. Sen. Lamar Alexander tells Politico the party is planning 50 phone and in-person gatherings over the next few weeks. "If every American has a chance to read the bill,...http://www.newser.com/story/73804/gop-wants-to-resurrect-that-town-hall-feeling.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 12:23:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73691/bill-clinton-to-corral-senate-dems-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBill Clinton is expected to speak to Senate Democrats about health care legislation during their weekly caucus today. Clinton's appearance comes as fragile Democratic unity is threatened by abortion opponents in the Senate seeking similar restrictions in the bill to those in the House version passed Saturday. Nebraska Sen. Ben...http://www.newser.com/story/73691/bill-clinton-to-corral-senate-dems-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 6:35:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73545/obama-lets-finish-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama rallied the Democratic troops today and told the nation that "this is our moment to deliver" on health care reform. In a brief Rose Garden address that took place as the House debated its long-awaited bill, Obama again stressed the need for reform and urged lawmakers to "answer...http://www.newser.com/story/73545/obama-lets-finish-the-job.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Nov 2009 12:34:50 CST