This story is a repost from Guardian.co.uk. A few minutes before Scott Brown began his substance-free victory speech last night, a politically connected friend messaged me on Twitter: “This is the most horrifying but fascinating moment I’ve ever seen in Mass politics,” he wrote. “Hope we can figure it out.” We will all be trying [...]
This story is a repost from RawStory.com. George W. Bush rescued the economy from collapse, according to Karen Hughes. Bush’s former campaign director attacked President Barack Obama on NBC Sunday, defending the record of her former boss on the economy. Speaking about Obama’s successes, journalist Mark Halperin praised the current president’s handling of the economy. [...]
I am tired of hearing the conservatives keep speaking about tax cuts for small businesses. They keep saying that if you cut their taxes, they will hire more people. Even Obama said in his state of the union that he wants to eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business investment. I am very [...]
This story is a repost from Guardian.co.uk. Yesterday evening’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann began with his traditional ‘heads up’ diary entry at Daily Kos. Titled ‘Pandora’s Box,’ Olbermann explains before the segment, “Pandora’s box meets the bottomless pit and becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Halliburton. What the Supreme Court did today. My special comment, [...]
This story is a repost from NPR.org. Cindy McCain, the wife of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, and their daughter Meghan have posed for photos endorsing pro-gay marriage forces in California. Mrs. McCain appears with silver duct tape across her mouth and “NOH8″ written on one cheek in a photo posted Wednesday to the [...]
This story is a repost from TruthOut.org. Like the swallows returning to Capistrano, GOP luminaries Pat Robertson and Rush Limbaugh have once again waded into a catastrophic tragedy with all the care and concern of hammerhead sharks unleashed into a fish tank full of orphans. For those not yet in the know, the dynamic global [...]
This story is a repost from Newsweek.com. So whose fault is it? As Democrats pick up the pieces from their shocking loss in the Massachusetts Senate special election that is the question on the minds of Democratic strategists, who will be scrambling to try to prevent a similar result in November’s congressional races. With the [...]
This is a repost from RawStory.com. Inaction will create ‘Congressman from Wal-Mart’ Responding to the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday to overturn corporate spending limits in federal elections, progressive firebrand Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) immediately highlighted a series of moves to “avoid the terrible consequences of the decision.” “If we do nothing then I think you [...]
This story is a repost from NYTimes.com. Like so many good narratives, political stories often unfold along simple lines but invite multiple, at times conflicting, interpretations. And so it happened last week. First came the upset victory by Scott Brown, a Republican, in the special Senate election in Massachusetts, widely deemed a populist uprising and [...]
This story is a repost from apnews.myway.com. President Barack Obama ends his first year in office with his to-do list still long and his unfulfilled campaign promises stacked high. From winding down the war in Iraq to limiting lobbyists, Obama has made some progress. But the president has faced political reality and accepted – sometimes [...]
