In Dem Budget Infighting, No ‘Civil War’ Labels From Media
This week marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. But there's another “civil war” of sorts on the horizon, this one between the ultra-liberal wing of the Democratic Party, which has thus far steadfastly refused to accept cuts to entitlement programs in the name of fiscal solvency, and the party's more moderate members (which include, amazingly, President Barack Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi) who recognize that such cuts are all-but-inevitable. But true to form, most of the media, fond of labeling GOP infighting a civil war, has yet to brand Democrats' budget feud with that label. This despite the increasing uneasiness of liberal legislators and organizations who are worried the president has already caved to conservatives on the budget battle. In fact, some groups have gone beyond simply complaining about the apparent embrace of the Bowles-Simpson deficit reduction plan by the president (and key congressional Democrats, including Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Chris Van Hollen). The Progressive Chance Campaign Committee (PCCC) sent an email to its members on Tuesday encouraging them to withhold financial contributions to Obama's reelection campaign if his eventual plan includes any cuts to Medicare or Medicaid,
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