by Dave Johnson | Sep 23, 2010 | Blog
It's election season and candidates who once hated on Social Security are hearing from the public and switching positions. At the same time members of Congress have sent a letter to the President declaring that they will not go along with any cuts to the program. Will...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 23, 2010 | Blog
As President Obama meets with Chinese Premier Wen, the House Ways and Means Committee announces it will vote tomorrow on a bill to take action if China does not bring its currency to market rates. This sends a loud and clear signal to China that action is coming, one...
by Bill Scher | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
Yesterday I noted that the highest ranking Senator on the White House deficit commission, Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, heeded the recent warning from 300 economists to put jobs before deficit reduction when he told Bloomberg that we shouldn't embark on deficit...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
In keeping with the Western-themed title of Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders, allow me to set the scene: It's well past high noon, and as the dust settles the economy lies bleeding. Looks like it's all over but the dyin' and the buryin'. But wait!...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 22, 2010 | Blog
Digby confirms a suspicion I've held since the Clinton years: part of the method to the right's madness is to exhaust their opponents with their insanity. It's related to what I previously dubbed "The Tyranny of the Tantrum." Those of you who went through the 90s will...
