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My colleague Isaiah says McCain is offering nothing but "inaction" in his visit to New Orleans' lower Ninth Ward, as McCain continues to offer another eight years of do-nothing conservatism from our government. But apparently he's fine with certain kinds of government...

The conservative war against the war on poverty continues today as Arizona Sen. John McCain goes to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. From what we've seen so far, McCain is coming to the still-devastated city with nothing that will actually address the compounded...

You may not know this, but our media often reports on important issues that affect our lives. However, the reporters on the presidential campaign beat and the punditocracy then choose to assume voters care more about guilt-by-association charges, silly surrogate...

One of the trickiest parts of dealing with the extremist right is figuring out whether a given group is just harmless garden-variety crazy -- or harboring the special kind of insanity that will lead to acts of local violence or outright domestic terror. it's a...

You may recall that last year, the Bush administration issued new State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) regulations that threatened states trying to provide health insurance to kids from squeezed middle-class families, which could put pressure on states to...

Just before the Iowa caucuses, I wrote that the process let us know what Iowa voters wanted: economic populism, health care for all, clean energy, affordable education and ending the Iraq occupation. And just before the Pennsylvania primary, we know that political...

It's now more clear than ever that the so-called economic stimulus package Congress passed earlier this year is inadequate. It is now time to demand that Congress get to work on finishing the job by passing a second economic stimulus package in the coming weeks—and do...

Perhaps the ultimate workplace expression of conservative "you're-on-your-own" ideology is FedEx Ground, where all of the workers who deliver packages are not FedEx employees but are independent contractors. FedEx sells that as "the ability to grow your own business."...

With an extra dose on attention on ABC's George Stephanopoulos after the "Worst Debate Ever," he still failed to put the Watchdog's key questions to Sen. John McCain. He came close, bringing up McCain's contradictory statements on the economy -- even doing the...

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....