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To Win, Presidential Candidates Move ... Left
The punditocracy won't tell you, but Barack Obama and John McCain are moving to the Left. Take Iraq. Sensing that voters did not react kindly to McCain's December remarks expressing comfort with U.S. troops remaining in Iraq for 100 years, he predicted in May that if...
McCain Pledges Allegiance to NAFTA
Arizona Sen. John McCain continues his rousing campaign tour of the swing states of NAFTA this week. He will celebrate July 3 in Mexico City after a jaunt through Colombia to pledge support for the pending free trade accord with that center of cocaine trade. He surely...
Don't Let Anyone Question Your Patriotism
It is a shame that Sen. Barack Obama's speech on patriotism Monday in Independence, Mo., was overshadowed by yet another false controversy, this time over the appropriateness of comments by retired general Wesley Clark about Sen. John McCain's qualifications for the...
McCain's Long Strange Trip South of the Border
The McCain campaign gets ... stranger. The American economy has been battered on multiple fronts, including the loss of 3.4 million manufacturing jobs. The current trade strategy has not only contributed to the offshoring of jobs, but helped harm the lives of workers...
Weekend Watchdog Wrap-Up
Another 0-for-3 day for the Sunday shows, as they ignore the Watchdog's calls for questions on the oil shale boondoggle, the Minnesota bridge collapse, and the Justice Department political hiring scandal. On NBC's Meet The Press, Tom Brokaw asked the Colorado and...
Summer School Assignment
Summer vacation began this week for millions of kids across the country,. But in many communities, school board members, principals, and administrators are still hard at work. Among their tasks for the summer is designing new ways of fulfilling the promise of equal...
Clinton Impeachment Manager Says, Bush Is Worse
Bob and Isaiah voiced concerns last week over the codification of President Bush's abuses of executive power, and the erosion of our constitutional system of checks and balances. Bob called for a "grand inquest into the powers that he has claimed" by the House,...
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....
The Rogues In Robes
You may differ on the merits with the supporters of the District of Columbia's gun ban, who were handed a m
Obstruction Boosts Insurance Fat Cats
Senate conservatives went into their customary obstruction mode again late Thursday, choosing to protect the interests of insurance companies while shortchanging the health care needs of older Americans and ignoring the will of the majority. Thirty-nine conservatives...
