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What’s It All About Romney

“What's it all about, Romney? Is it just for the moment we live? What's it all about when you sort it out, Romney? Are we meant to take more than we give. . .” ~With apologies to Burt Bacharach and Hal David who wrote the original song, “Alfie” As Mitt Romney laughs...

The Return of the Man From Bain

Told ya so. I said earlier that Newt Gingrich had pretty much written the script for at least one Democratic television spot, with his double-barreled attack on Mitt Romney's vulture capitalist career at the helm of Bain Capital. I just didn't think I'd be saying "I...

Mitt Unzipped The Real Romney

Ann Romney, apparently a "rock star" in the Romney campaign, recently riffed on her husband's difficulty relating to regular folks, and threatened to unleash the "real Mitt Romney" upon us. During a radio interview in Baltimore, Ann Romney responded to suggestions...

Ritual Humiliation 101

This is an interesting post about Romney's high school years as a bully ringleader and what it say about him today: I don’t mean to suggest that Romney is without compassion. I believe, for instance, that he loves his wife and his children, and that he believes in God...

Progressive Breakfast - 5/14/2012

Each morning, Bill Scher and Terrance Heath serve up what progressives need to effect change on the kitchen-table issues families face: jobs, health care, green energy, financial reform, affordable education and retirement security. MORNING MESSAGE: Show Peter...

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