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The Eight New Positions Romney Took To Win Over Republicans
They don't call it "Super Tuesday" for nothing. Ten states hold primary elections, and results can make or break a candidate who has made it this far. Even when the results aren't all that "super" for any one candidate, the contest can be a defining moment for the candidate who's still standing when the dust settles.
Dear Mitt Romney As One Father of a Daughter to Another How Could You
I've got a daughter who's about the same age as Sandra Fluke, went to law school with her and worked wit her Georgetown's Law Students for Reproductive Rights group. So I want to ask a simple question of Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney, both of whom are also the fathers of daughers. It's a simple question, really:
How could you?
Flip-Flop-Flip: Now Romney Ends Up On Wrong Side Of Minimum Wage Flip-Flop
In January I called attention to the work of our former colleague Anne Thompson, who captured video of presidential candidate Mitt Romney saying that he supported ensuring that the minimum wage kept pace with inflation.
99 Spring April 9-15
Non-violent direct action.
Last month I wrote in, You Should Know About The "99% Spring",
Action Coming -- Spread The Word!
This is a Big Deal, just look at end of this post for the list of organizations that are signed on to this so far - and more coming.
Progressive Breakfast - 3/6/2012
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: Yes, Transportation Spending Creates Jobs
Progressive Breakfast
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: Yes, Transportation Spending Creates Jobs
Honoring Justice
On March 1st, I had the honor of speaking at the memorial service for civil rights hero and respected jurist Judge Robert L. Carter. These were my reflections:
I had the privilege of serving as Judge Carter’s Law Clerk in 1989. But years before that, I was sure that I wanted to know this man, and to be known by him.
American Workers The Best Bet
Remember the fear in 2008? Think of the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Wall Street melting down. Pension savings disappearing. Housing values plunging and foreclosures skyrocketing. Three million workers losing their jobs.
It had all the makings of another Great Depression. As Barack Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, he faced a dilemma.
Mitt Romney Takes Us Back To The Age of Enron
Mitt Romney, in the latest permutation of his "pander-to-win" campaign strategy, has declared that he wants to take America back to the Age of Enron. Remember Enron? "The Smartest Guys in the Room"?
Health Care Reform Was The Tea Party’s First Defeat
FIGHTING FOR OUR HEALTH
