by Bill Scher | Dec 13, 2007 | Blog
Quite a week for progress-haters. President Bush vetoes, for the second time, health insurance for millions more kids. The conservative minority in the Senate (and oil-drenched Dem Mary Landrieu) scraped up just enough votes to block investment in renewable energy by...
by Bill Scher | Dec 10, 2007 | Blog
Over at the Huffington Post, market analyst (and 1990s dot-com bubble puffer) Henry Blodget asks the inevitable conservative question about the mortgage meltdown: ...in what universe is it fair and right for the government to single-handely change the terms of loans...
by Bill Scher | Dec 10, 2007 | Blog
A rare event: Tim Russert of Meet the Press heard the calls of the people asked a Watchdog question. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani was asked, since our intelligence now says that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, if the "military option" should be taken...
by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2007 | Blog
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....
by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2007 | Blog
The bold clean energy bill that passed the House yesterday was blocked in the Senate today by yet another filibuster from the conservative minority. The bill had majority support from 53 senators, including 5 Republicans (most of whom have tough re-election battles...