The House will vote in a bit on a motion to “disagree with the Senate” on the payroll tax cut. Why is that? Because then House Republicans can spin and lie saying they didn’t vote against the tax cut. It’s one of the most cowardly moves by a leader playing whore to the extremists in […]
This is a guy who needs a serious visit from the Secret Service. From The Examiner, via Crooks and Liars: California libertarian and Tea Party darling Jules Manson is caught calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama and his children. On Sunday, many Facebook users were greeted by the shocking spectacle of a California […]
There’s a lot of cheering going on about portions of the healthcare bill that has gone into affect, like the 2.5 million young people who recently gained coverage under the changes the bill brought forth. That is great news, but there are serious problems still out there and that could indicate this news: The poll […]
And the rich get an early Christmas present: In what would be a major concession, President Obama and Senate Democrats will drop their insistence that a surtax on millionaires pay for extending the payroll tax cut, a Democratic source tells CNN. This would be part of a new Democratic offer. I don’t really blame the […]
In 2003 Congress passed the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which later became known as Medicare Part D. Remember that? A lot of wonks point to it as a critical piece of legislation that helped Bush win his re-election in 2004. Of course the law didn’t go into effect until 2006 and for […]
Gallup has a new poll out showing Americans fear big government more than anything else. Here’s the results: Needless to say this poll is making its rounds on the right, but I would like to see a further breakdown of this poll, asking what fears. It’s no secret that many people don’t know what laws […]
A new CBS poll asks who the blame should fall on for the economy and the numbers are very interesting (PDF): Has President Obama Made Real Progress Fixing the Economy? Total Rep. Dem. Ind. Yes 28% 9% 52% 23% No 68% 89% 42% 72% That question right there is rather loaded. I’m not sure […]
Yesterday the Republicans again filibustered the payroll tax cut extension. They continued their argument that paying for it with a surtax on millionaires would hurt hiring. NPR decided to look further into that claim and here’s what they found: We wanted to talk to business owners who would be affected. So, NPR requested help from […]
Another example of how the Republicans try to destroy our democracy: A Baltimore jury Tuesday found Paul Schurick, former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s campaign manager, guilty of fraud and related charges for his role in an Election Day 2010 robocall — a decision hailed by government watchdog groups who say that for too long […]
The right would have you believe that Obama will go to any lengths to try and silence dissidence, of course without proof. What they seem to forget is the great lengths the Bush administration went to in order to silence the opposing views. Now the Supreme Court is going to hear one such case: The […]