by Isaiah J. Poole | Feb 4, 2009 | Blog
Three economists have laid out in stark terms what the stakes are for the economy in the economic recovery debate now going on in the Senate—and brought home just how dangerous conservative obstructionist rhetoric really is. "This cannot be allowed to fail," Alan...
by Bill Scher | Feb 4, 2009 | Blog
Something tells me President Barack Obama has had it with the free ride that fact-challenged conservative obstructionists have been getting lately. In remarks earlier today, the President reminded the conservative minority that the the election was a public rejection...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 4, 2009 | Blog
What will the Obama administration do with the banks that are now on life support? Pump in more taxpayers' money to keep the zombies alive? Radical surgery? Pull the plug? The decision - with new announcements rumored for next week — is critical to any recovery plan....
by Sara Robinson | Feb 4, 2009 | Blog
"Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably will not themselves be realized." -- Daniel Burnham, American architect Most progressives understand by now that the battle over the stimulus is, at heart, a philosophical debate over whether...
by Bill Scher | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog, Rick Perlstein
Before the election, my colleague Rick Perlstein counseled the next president to embrace a big and bold liberal agenda immediately after entering office, in the mold of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson, or else the opportunity for real change would be...
by Charles McMillion | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog
The current recession will soon become the longest since the Great Depression. The U.S. is losing over 500,000 jobs each month, and a new president, elected overwhelmingly, is pleading for unity and urgent action on a scale not seen since the New Deal. At such a...
