by Richard Eskow | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog
The following was co-written with Roger Hickey. Wednesday, the Presidential Deficit Commission's co-chairs released a radically right-wing budget proposal. They acted without any prior announcement, just three weeks before the entire Commission was scheduled to...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 12, 2010 | Blog
Heard any good jokes lately? This headline was making the Internet rounds yesterday: "Sen. Conrad: Extend All Tax Cuts; Time to Get 'Serious' About Deficit." It's easy to see the humor in that. It's almost like saying you're serious about saving money but don't want...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 10, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The conservative wing of the Democratic Party just drove it over a cliff, but you'd never know if from reading Matt Bai's latest New York Times piece. It's the latest in a series of Bai paeans to that odd mix of ideologies and opportunism that Washington types persist...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 8, 2010 | Blog
The President could be on the brink of making a serious mistake, one with grave implications for his political future and even graver implications for aging Americans. If he responds to this election by adopting the Deficit Commission's recommendation to cut Social...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 5, 2010 | Blog
Nancy Pelosi has just announced that she's running for the position of House Minority Leader. As a San Franciscan, maybe she understood that turning her leadership role over to the Blue Dogs would have been like giving the Giants franchise to Oakland. She's been the...
