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Politics - Democratic Party

• Populist, combative Obama gets love from Democratic lawmakers (Reuters)

  Reuters - Congressional Democrats have complained in the past that they have not felt the love from U.S. President Barack Obama and accuse the White House of not consulting them on key policies. But when Obama addressed them on Friday it was a love-fest.

• Obama urges Congress to act in election year (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way.

  
  

• Obama seeks to rally Democrats to election-year fight (Reuters)

  Reuters - President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to push back hard against Republicans who try to obstruct his election-year proposals on taxes and jobs, as he sought to rally congressional Democrats and move past a period of strained relations.

• Democrats and Republicans Finally Agree on One Thing: Gingrich Must Go (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | With the all-important Florida primary approaching, Democrats find themselves in the same position as most prospective Super Bowl viewers. Although the majority of hardcore gridiron fans no longer have a team in the playoffs, they are inevitably drawn to choose sides in the big game. If it's not the Super Bowl, the Florida primary can make a case for being the conference championships of politics, since the winner may well end up with his party's nomination.

• Biden says Democrats can win back control of House (Reuters)

  Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden told Democratic lawmakers on Friday that he believes their party can regain control of the House of Representatives from the Republicans in the November 6 elections because voters are starting to see the benefits of President Barack Obama's policies.

• Dem NC governor faced tough re-election fight (AP)

  AP - Gov. Beverly Perdue said Thursday she will not seek re-election because she fears a fight with Republicans over public education would become too political. But she entered the election year with some baggage: a campaign finance investigation, sagging poll numbers and worries from fellow Democrats she would drag them down in a key battleground state for President Barack Obama.

  
  

• Dems to Obama: Bring on 'Do-Nothing Congress' hit (AP)

  AP - House Democratic leaders said Thursday they welcome a campaign by President Barack Obama against a "do-nothing Congress" even though they're part of it.

• House Dems raised $61 million in donations in 2011 (AP)

  AP - The political committee representing House Democrats said it has raised more than $61 million last year, giving the group a stronger financial footing heading into the November election.

• Report: NC gov won’t seek 2nd term as Dems struggle in state (Daily Caller)

  Daily Caller - Rumors began swirling early Thursday morning that North Carolina’s Democratic governor, Bev Perdue, would soon be announcing that she would not seek a second term. The embattled governor had been performing poorly in statewide polls and faced a strong challenge from Republican Charlotte Mayor Pat McCroy, who she ran against in the 2008 election.

• Senate declines to block Obama debt request (AP)

  AP - Senate Democrats on Thursday stopped a Republican attempt to block President Barack Obama from using his authority to raise the government's borrowing cap by $1.2 trillion.

• Obama Should Ditch the "Kumbaya" Messages (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | A theme that President Barack Obama offered in the last election, and this election, is bipartisanship. President Obama would like nothing better than for the Republicans and the Democrats to work together to get American back on track.

• Ind. House Dems end long right-to-work fight (AP)

  AP - In the end, they just didn't have the votes.

  
  

• Senate Democrats promise to push Obama tax agenda (AP)

  AP - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate promised Wednesday to press ahead this year with legislation drawn from his plans to require millionaires to pay at least 30 percent in taxes and curb tax preferences for companies that ship jobs overseas.

• 'Open for business': Ind. House OKs right-to-work (AP)

  AP - Indiana is poised to become the first right-to-work state in more than a decade after the Republican-controlled House passed legislation on Wednesday banning unions from collecting mandatory fees from workers.

  
  

• Do Democrat Presidents Demand More from Congress in Their State of the Union Speeches? (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - ANALYSIS | President Barack Obama's critics have frequently derided him for being long-winded and prone to making many demands for Congress to enact his laws. In fact, Yahoo records 5,200 more cases where "President Obama" is referred to as "long-winded" more than "President Bush" (both combined, no doubt).

• Black NJ leaders: No public vote on civil rights (AP)

  AP - Two of New Jersey's most influential black leaders blasted Gov. Chris Christie on Wednesday for proposing gay marriage be put to a popular vote in November, but the Republican governor insisted he's offering a reasonable compromise amid his personal opposition to same-sex nuptials.

  
  

• Democrats club Romney with his tax records (Daily Caller)

  Daily Caller - Democratic officials are using Gov. Mitt Romney’s tax records to hammer him in Florida.

• Is Democratic Socialism the Next Step in Our Political Evolution? (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | The last few months have seen some of the most prominent symbols of authoritarian communism falling. Protests have fired up in Russia against the almost dictatorial rule of Vladimir Putin (a former KGB officer and Communist Party of the Soviet Union elite). Allegations of election fraud and ballot-stuffing abound, and the people of Russia are now clamoring for real democracy.

• John Kerry Debuts A Broken Face (The Atlantic Wire)

  The Atlantic Wire - RELATED: Who's Bankrolling the Super Committee: Senate Democrats

• Newt Gingrich's Success Entertains Democrats (ContributorNetwork)

  ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | There is a doctored Washington Post front page making the rounds on Facebook with an image of President Barack Obama laughing with the headline "Gingrich Wins S.C. Primary." Clearly this is not a real headline from The Post, but it has probably been seen by even more people than if it were.