by Leo Gerard | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America, Minimum Wage
Barack Obama proved Friday he's got grit. He enforced trade laws. These are special trade safeguard rules called "Section 421" that the Chinese had agreed to obey to gain entrance to the World Trade Organization (WTO). They are, however, laws that had gone unenforced...
by Bill Scher | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog
ABC News' polling director Gary Langer makes a notable observation about the W. Post/ABC health care polls from today and June: "[Our] June poll found that support for a public option drops dramatically if it would put many private insurers out of business, as critics...
by Bill Scher | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The daily Progressive Breakfast serves up what progressive movement members need to know to start their day. Prez Heads To Wall Street To Recharge Reform Effort LA Times previews financial reform speech: "The momentum for those reforms has been weakening recently as...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog
During Take Back America 2008, I spent part of a day running around with a camera and a microphone asking people which issue was most important to them in the upcoming election. Just when I thought I was done, the camera turned to me and I was faced with the same...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 14, 2009 | Blog
President Obama has decided to enforce our trade laws and imposed a 3-year tariff on Chinese tires. I suspect the country is about to witness a corporate hissy fit that will surely rival any righteous teabagger’s demands to see the President’s birth certificate. Here...
