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Will Obama's "Bipartisan" Voting Commission Enable More Republican Obstruction?
Uh Oh, President Obama is being bipartisan again. You know what that means: Republican sabotage again enabled. This time he's appointing a conservative operative to help "fix" voting problems. Will this just enable Republicans to sabotage the voting commission? The...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Obama’s Liberal Vision ... And Its Limits OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Progressives will surely be pleased by the president’s audacity and scope. There is much worth fighting for in the speech. But its limits are most revealing ... The president...
Progressive Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE: Obama’s Liberal Vision ... And It's Limits OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "Progressives will surely be pleased by the president’s audacity and scope. There is much worth fighting for in the speech. But its limits are most revealing ... The president...
Obama's Liberal Vision
The president certainly can deliver a speech. Last night, he showed he could do a Clinton one better, delivering an hour-long speech packed with policy initiatives, with rhetorical flourishes to rouse his audience.
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Yes to Obama’s New Jobs Focus. But No To Benefit Cuts in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
With tonight’s State of the Union address, President Obama attempted to refocus his new second term with a focus on jobs and supporting the middle class. He clearly wants to stop talking about deficits and debt and start talking about reviving the economy for...
What Do Republicans, Rubio And Rand Have If They Don’t Have Deficits?
Koch-funded Florida Tea-Party Sen. Marco Rubio gave the "Republican Response" to the President's State of the Union speech. Then Koch-funded Kentucky Tea-Party Sen. Rand Paul gave the "Koch-funded Tea-Party" Republican response. (Did the networks ever air a...
Washington's Post-Fact Press Corps
Politico today features a story by Jennifer Epstein detailing 10 proposals from Obama’s previous State of the Union addresses that were mostly frustrated. The report begins with an utter distortion that is nearly universal in Washington reporting: “Perhaps...
Will President Obama Betray Senate Democrats in State of the Union Speech?
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has ruled out Social Security cuts in any plan to replace the sequester. In the State of the Union address, President Obama can either stand with Harry Reid and Senate Democrats--or betray them. Democrats' disagreement over cutting...
8 Subjects Senators Should Bring Up At Jack Lew's Confirmation Hearing
On Wednesday the Senate Finance Committee will hear from Jack Lew, the President's pick as Treasury Secretary, who will succeed the controversial Tim Geithner if confirmed. While Lew wouldn't be taking office during a grave systemic crisis the way Geithner did, it...
Lew's Confirmation Hearing: 8 Constructive Lines of Questioning
On Wednesday the Senate Finance Committee will hear from Jack Lew, the President nominee for Treasury Secretary. If confirmed, Lew will succeed the controversial Tim Geithner. While Lew would not be taking office during a grave systemic crisis, as Geithner did,...
