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Romney Jumps On The Worker-Bashing Bandwagon

Rick explored why Mitt Romney is compelled to bury his home state of Michigan and the automobile industry that generated his family's wealth. Let's also explore the fertilizer he's using. In his New York Times oped, Romney says: "First, [the US automakers'] huge...

Build, Baby, Build: An Opportunity For Unity

A safe prediction: Compared with the Bush Administration, the Obama Administration is going to invest more public dollars in rebuilding and modernizing American infrastructure. There will certainly be debate over how much investment by our government is needed . The...

Obama: Don't Worry About The Deficit

Bernie Horn is right that the most immediate fight we face is to prioritize massive public investment to get the economy back on track and de-prioritize short-term deficit reduction. One thing now is crystal clear: which side the President-Elect is on. On "60 Minutes"...

Karl Rove's Bad Advice

Looking at the same data I did when diagnosing the conservative "secular problem," Karl Rove concludes: Then there were those who didn't show up. There were 4.1 million fewer Republicans voting this year than in 2004. Some missing Republicans had turned independent or...

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