Democratic politics in the United States was defined for much of the beginning of the 21st century by a sense of legislative inertia and powerlessness. During the increasingly unpopular Bush regime, liberal politics seemed largely ignored as considerations in a wide array of programs including tax cuts, national security initiatives, educational curriculums and other areas [...]

In the increasingly polarized atmosphere that preceded the final passage, in late March 2010, of President Obama’s far-sweeping and extensive legislation detailing an overhaul of the nation’s health-care system, the hopes for bipartisan cooperation that President Obama had entertained in his speech accepting the office came to seem increasingly distant from the governing American political [...]

The success of President Obama’s sweeping legislation enacting ambitious changes to the United States health care system, which finally took place following protracted debate and political negotiation in late March 2010, was first signaled by the achievement of Senate Democrats in approving the bill on Christmas Eve 2009. Democratic senators now feel justifiably proud for [...]

The polarization of the American political landscape between factions of center-right and left, as represented, respectively, by the dominating philosophies of the Republican and Democratic parties, is the result of many disparate factors and events. In the course of the process through which political shift occurred, after the early Cold War era in which the [...]

Even with the relatively good fortunes enjoyed by the Democratic party in the wake of the widely unpopular tenure of President George W. Bush in the White House, concerns have been raised by the national Democratic Committee that the party’s prestige and ability to implement liberal programs of legislation and policy were being imperiled by [...]

In a historic victory for the Democrat agenda, Congressional Democrats managed to pass important legislation in the Capitol on March 21 calling for deep and long-lasting changes to the American health care system intended to make coverage for health services both more affordable and extensive for those already possessing health care plans and more available [...]