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The Mortgage Crisis: Yet Another Conservative Failure

On Sunday, ABC's This Week failed to hold Alan Greenspan accountable for his role in the mortgage crisis. But today, the New York Times did, picking up where Salon.com left off. And as the NYT report shows -- like every other failure of the Bush Era -- Greenspan's...

From "Front Edge of a Recession" To "Storm Clouds"

The Bush Administration came into office seven years ago talking down the economy -- saying we're on the "front edge of a recession" in hopes of setting a low bar of expectations for themselves to clear. But the bar just kept dropping. Seven years later, when...

Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up

Another sorry day for the Sunday shows as they go 0-for-3 for the Watchdog. Despite last week being the week when Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the Nobel Peace Prize for rallying the world to combat global warming, and the week where...

Weekend Watchdog

Every Friday in our Weekend Watchdog feature, we post suggested questions for scheduled Sunday guests. You can add your own questions in the comment thread. We'll also include contact information for the shows, so we can let them know what their viewers want asked....

New Book on How Progressives Can Win

As we head into a critical political year, a new compelling book has laid out the road map for progressive victory: Bob Creamer's "Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight. How Progressive Can Win." Creamer has been on the front lines, fighting the forces of...

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