The wingers have been going on about a report in USA Today last week showing a record increase in the number of people receiving federal aid: Government anti-poverty programs that have grown to meet the needs of recession victims now serve a record one in six Americans and are continuing to expand. More than 50 […]
One can only hope so: Amid mounting signs that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor in Chicago, Democratic insiders say President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new chief of staff who’s already in his orbit but has experience with previous administrations. The goal: to keep a comfort level […]
Like many others, I have spent the last few days really contemplating what will happen in the elections this November. As much as I want to be optimistic, I just can’t bring myself to it. Democrats are looking at a very dark mid-term and, as Peter Daou puts it, these are “dark days for the […]
Caroline Baum from Bloomberg has some very interesting advice for Democrats this fall: Congressional Democrats like to blame former President George W. Bush for just about everything: the lousy economy, high unemployment, trillion-dollar deficits, two wars – and probably the bedbug epidemic in New York City. With the 2010 midterm elections 10 weeks away, Democrats […]
If the Republicans win back the House then they plan on letting us relive the bad part of the 90’s: If President Barack Obama needed any more incentive to go all out for Democrats this fall, here it is: Republicans are planning a wave of committee investigations targeting the White House and Democratic allies if […]
Can you pick out the true Libertarian? Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is out with a strong new statement going after conservative critics of the Islamic community center near ground zero that implicitly criticizes his own son, Kentucky Senate candidate Rand Paul. The background here is that Rand Paul has been on the record several times […]
I haven’t really covered the racist rants of Dr. Laura, but after reading this post I have to jump in. Sarah Palin continues to defend Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s use of the word “n****r” and blame liberals for forcing the controversial conservative radio show off the air. But just a few months ago Palin was adamant […]
The Tea Party is really showing their colors of being a corporate party now: The Tea Party Exchange, the Dayton Tea Party’s program that seeks to link conservative consumers with businesses with like-minded owners to support the party’s cause, is getting mixed reactions from the public. Mixing their businesses with politics has caused a backlash […]
The Washington Post has put together a great chart to show how the Democratic tax plans actually help those making less than $250,000 a year more than the Republicans. The Democratic tax plan also costs $36.6 billion less than the Republican one: (Click for larger view) So when you look at it in simple graphical […]
Again we show how the current right has changed over the past couple of years, embracing the crazy conspiracy theories that come out of their base and hope to turn that into political capital. This time it involves the Ground Zero mosque: Tuesday, Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) called Imam Feisal Abdul […]