Bob Cesca points to this line from Newt Gingrich: GINGRICH: “When I was speaker, we had four consecutive balanced budgets.” As Bob points out, we only had two, not four balanced budgets. But there is something else here that has been eating away at me. More and more the right is trying to make it […]
Think about it. Every time the Democrats do something that makes the netroots happy Republicans quickly bash them as being taken over by the “fringe” elements. They quickly blast Move On and DailyKos as “taking over the party”. It always goes through me, like the sound of Coulter, when I hear this used. Are these […]
Since Bob Ney pleaded guilty Friday, we now have a felon sitting on the United States House of Representatives. Now he has said he will resign in the future and the Republicans have vowed to vote him out, but that will not happen until after their recess, which means Ney will continue to draw a […]
Every hour this story seems to multiply now. The latest from Brian Ross shows now that there could very well be criminal charges: In addition to explicit sexual language, former Congressman Mark Foley’s Internet messages also include repeated efforts to get the underage recipient to rendezvous with him at night. “I would drive a few […]
Now we have it. The United States House of Representatives is officially trying to throw their weight into the freedom of the press: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday condemned public disclosure of secret surveillance programs as Republicans stepped up their criticism of news media that published details of a bank-monitoring program last week. […]
A true look into the current chance of Americans rising to the top has taken place and what we use to say about our land is no longer true: America may still think of itself as the land of opportunity, but the chances of living a rags-to-riches life are a lot lower than elsewhere in […]
The following is the text of the letter Tom Delay sent to colleagues announcing his resignation as Majority Leader (via the Associated Press) Dear Colleague: Today, I have asked Speaker Hastert to convene our conference for the purpose of electing a new majority leader, the position I have been honored to fill these past three […]