Read more Democrat stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4060/democrat.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 14:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74022/ex-rep-jefferson-sentenced-to-13-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA federal judge sentenced former Congressman William Jefferson to 13 years in prison today, less than the 27-plus years prosecutors called for but more than the 10-year term the Louisiana Democrat's lawyer wanted. Jefferson, who was convicted in August of 11 of the 16 counts relating to the public corruption...http://www.newser.com/story/74022/ex-rep-jefferson-sentenced-to-13-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 17:19:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOlympia Snowe could be in trouble in 2012: a new poll found that a generic conservative challenger would trounce the Maine moderate in a primary. The hypothetical conservative got 59% of the vote, while Snowe received just 31%. While it can be argued that results for hypothetical candidate have little...http://www.newser.com/story/73715/any-random-conservative-would-crush-snowe-in-2010.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:54:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73293/bloomberg-squeaker-embarrasses-obama-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNo one thought Bill Thompson had a prayer against Michael Bloomberg—no one, that is, except voters. Bloomberg did indeed win yesterday, but it was a moral defeat for the mayor, who spent $90 million and won by just 5%. And it’s an even bigger embarrassment for Democrats, who are...http://www.newser.com/story/73293/bloomberg-squeaker-embarrasses-obama-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 9:56:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73256/obama-cant-save-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe message to Democratic candidates from yesterday's GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia should be loud and clear: they're on their own, writes Dan McLaughlin . Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds tied themselves as closely to possible to President Obama and lost, demonstrating that the president's continued personal popularity isn't...http://www.newser.com/story/73256/obama-cant-save-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 4:17:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe House ethics committee is expanding its yearlong investigation of Charles Rangel to look at amended financial disclosure forms he filed earlier this year. Rangel, who chairs the Ways and Means Committee, filed the reports in July to account for $600,000 in previously undisclosed assets, reports Politico. The development...http://www.newser.com/story/71275/new-trouble-for-rangel-ethics-panel-widens-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 17:05:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71188/dems-block-move-to-oust-rangel-from-tax-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Republicans failed today for a third time to oust Charles Rangel as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee—but they kept the spotlight on his ethical problems. Instead of removing him, the House voted 246-153 along mostly partisan lines to refer the GOP resolution to the House ethics...http://www.newser.com/story/71188/dems-block-move-to-oust-rangel-from-tax-post.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 15:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70679/congressman-defiant-over-die-quickly-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort: "I...http://www.newser.com/story/70679/congressman-defiant-over-die-quickly-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 18:38:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70250/obvious-guy-to-fix-calif-guy-who-broke-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia is a financial mess, hamstrung by some late-1970s leftovers: some ill-considered “low-impact liberalism” and a ballot measure that makes raising taxes nearly impossible. Both came during the governorship of Democrat Jerry Brown, he of the motto “Maybe by avoiding doing things you accomplish quite a lot”—and the leading...http://www.newser.com/story/70250/obvious-guy-to-fix-calif-guy-who-broke-it.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Sep 2009 5:16:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70053/hey-dems-stop-whining-about-civility-and-fight-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democrats should be trying to land a few blows in the health care debate instead of meekly complaining about a lack of civility from the opposition, Thomas Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal . The right wing has made the issue into a crusade for its vision of liberty,...http://www.newser.com/story/70053/hey-dems-stop-whining-about-civility-and-fight-back.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 8:11:26 CDT