by Bill Scher | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
The oil lobby's latest Astroturf concoction is "Energy Citizens." Its website practically looks like it's a group pushing clean green jobs, with it's green-tinted USA map and call to "support American jobs and affordable energy." Its attempt as a grassroots rally...
by Brian Dockstader | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
While reading through the latest news this morning I happened upon a startling, yet much-welcomed story about GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann. It comes as just the latest sign that in the 21st Century we are moving toward an overwhelming pro-choice consensus in this...
by Leo Gerard | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
During a webcast meeting with Organizing for America on Thursday, President Barack Obama outed the covert Republican plot to strangle Medicare to financial death. He explained to the group that if Congress does nothing, if health care reform fails, "Medicare will run...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 21, 2009 | Blog
When Bloomberg reported the Obama Administration was about to name Ron Bloom, now head of the auto task force, as a de facto “manufacturing czar” in the National Economic Council, the chattering heads on the right had the expected knee jerk reaction. Investor's...
by Bill Scher | Aug 20, 2009 | Blog
This week, the NBC/WSJ poll was knocked for dropping the word "choice" from its monthly question about the public health insurance plan option, which led to a drop in support for the idea. Today, Huffington Post reports SurveyUSA has a new poll out showing a whopping...
by Bill Scher | Aug 20, 2009 | Blog
Today, the Institute for America's Future released a new report by policy architect of the public health insurance option Jacob Hacker, sizing up the existing House and Senate bills, and the expected compromise out of the bipartisan Senate Finance Committee talks. The...
