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Conservatives Kill Jobs & Come Back For More

If, in the future, Republicans ever again ask "Where are the jobs?" it will be because they've forgotten where they buried the ones they killed. For now, though, it's clear they remember all too well. Like a serial killer returning to a favorite dump site to reminisce...

The GOPs Pyrrhic Victory Why It Wont Work Pt 1

First, let's just face it. For the next couple of years, at least, this is the end of any progress on jobs or the economy. Democrats will probably have to spend most of their time defending what they've gotten done. Whatever legitimate gripes progressives had with the...

The GOPs Pyrrhic Victory Why It Wont Work Pt 3

It Won't Work Not to pick on Kathleen Parker, but the "narrative" she suggested the Democrats take from midterm elections — "You can't sell people what they don't want" — is more likely to end up being the narrative the Republicans take...

The GOPs Pyrrhic Victory Why It Wont Work Pt 2

It Hasn't Worked Karl Rove actually gets it. Sort of. He at least understands that voters didn't toss out the Democrats because they are "enraptured with the GOP," when he tells Republicans that it's "time to deliver." It just too bad for the GOP...

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