by Zach Carter | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Economic policy has faced grave challenges over the past two years, hamstrung by obstructionist Republicans in the U.S. Senate and Wall Street-friendly advisers in the Obama administration. With the Republican Party now in control of the House, it seems certain that...
by Zach Carter | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog
The votes are in, and while some close races are still being tallied, there is a clear winner from the 2010 elections: Secret corporate cash. Such unaccounted for political donations may end up allowing those accused of wrongdoing to go free. As Joshua Holland details...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The conservative Blue Dog House Democrats, who borrowed heavily from Republican and Tea Party themes in an effort to save their jobs, floundered badly Tuesday. Meanwhile, Progressive Caucus members in contested races had much better success at getting re-elected in...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The election is over and it was about one thing: jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. Democrats didn't deliver enough jobs so they got tossed. That pretty much sums it up. So now the Republicans have to deliver jobs. Republicans in the campaign said the stimulus didn't work...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog, Economy
The bloggers were right, it was about the jobs, jobs, jobs. For the first half of the year all the progressive bloggers were saying that the November election is going to turn out very, very badly for Democrats if they don't focus on jobs. We said please, please drop...
