If you can’t beat them, change the system so you can! Here’s the story. The electoral college is mandated by the Constitution as the way to determine the winner of presidential elections, but it’s up to each state to decide how to apportion their electoral votes. Traditionally, states have chosen a winner-take-all system, because that […]
Apparently not the Republicans. Check out Eric Cantor admitting that extending the Bush tax cuts will increase the deficit: Transcript (via Think Progress): GUTHRIE: [W]ill you just as simply acknowledge that passing these tax cuts worsens the budget deficit problem? I mean, you can’t deny that, right? CANTOR: Savannah, let’s look at it through the […]
I been meaning to post about the whole notion the wingnuts (including Lieberman) have been pushing; that we should go to war in Syria. Let’s think about this for a minute. The war started in Afghanistan. That then pushed the terrorists in Pakistan. We are fighting some in Pakistan and now they are moving to […]
I’m sure we’ll all be breaking open our wallets soon: Evangelical pastor Rick Warren appealed to parishioners at his California megachurch Wednesday to help fill a $900,000 deficit by the first of the year. Warren made the appeal in a letter posted on the Saddleback Church Web site. It begins “Dear Saddleback Family, THIS IS […]
Marcy Wheeler has a must read post in which she shows the major differences between the actual bill and what candidate Obama campaigned on: So let’s review. Ezra lists the following things that Obama promised, but failed to deliver: Public option No individual mandate Drug reimportation Government coverage of catastrophic costs Employer mandate National, rather […]
I’m just spit-balling here, but something has struck me. For years we have talked about how banning abortion was a necessity for Republican victory, as backed up by the evidence of them actually not doing much to deliver once in office. The thought is that Republicans need to keep the abortion debate alive to insure […]
This notion is at the most a pipe dream and we must take a serious look at the Senate today. There are a few major obstacles that need to be overcome. Can it be included in reconciliation? I have seen a lot of liberals throw out the word like it is some instant magic bullet, […]
As I mentioned earlier, a major contributing factor to the huge loss Creigh Deeds suffered last night was from the fact that he ended up running against the Democratic agenda. Markos gives some needed warning to the Democrats on what happened last night: Giving Republicans cover by stymying the reform agenda that won Democrats the […]
Again from NY-23: We crunched the FEC contribution numbers this afternoon to discover that 95 percent of Hoffman’s donations came from individuals and PACs based outside of the district. (Hoffman himself doesn’t even live in NY-23.) Only $12,360 of the $265,341 he’s raised came from potential constituents. Hoffman collected money from donors in 35 states. […]
It has been an interesting weekend. First rumors started flying that Todd and Sarah Palin are getting a divorce, which was immediately followed by a cease and desist from Palin’s attorney to the reporting website. Then we found out President Obama was truly born in Kenya, as proven by a birth certificate. For the former […]