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...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
It did not take long for a mainstream newspaper—The New York Times, no less—to rush into print an analysis with the headline that Tuesday's Republican election victories "Suggest Wider Appeal of Tea Party." Yes, a number of "tea party" candidates were helpful in the...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 2, 2010 | Blog
It is, once more, the economy, stupid. This election was overwhelmingly about one thing—the lousy economy. Democrats paid the price as voters expressed their discontent. Conservatives in both parties are simply wrong to claim that the vote represents an ideological...
