by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2008 | Blog
Perhaps the first sign that racism may not play a determining role in the general election was when the McCain campaign gave up on Michigan. President Bush lost the severely economically distressed state in both 2000 and 2004. But some thought Sen. John McCain had a...
by Greg Colvin | Oct 8, 2008 | Blog
At Tuesday night’s debate, the presidential candidates were asked a question that I believe deserves much more attention. "BROKAW: Sen. McCain, for you, we have our first question from the Internet tonight. A child of the Depression, 78-year-old Fiora from Chicago....
by Leo Gerard | Oct 8, 2008 | Blog
Sarah “Joe-Sixpack” Palin pulled her labor union roots out of the frozen Alaskan soil and started shaking them at normally union-allergic Republican crowds from the day John McCain announced her as his running mate. Recently, she redoubled her efforts to cast herself...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 7, 2008 | Blog
The economy that conservatives until a few weeks ago were calling "fundamentally sound" is actually, in many respects, in the worst shape it's been in since the Great Depression, according to a report by economist Charles McMillion. While the report primarily focuses...
by Bill Scher | Oct 7, 2008 | Blog
A consensus is growing that Sen. John McCain's slippage in the polls is the result of not saying much on the economy, and he needs a big economic idea to turn things around. MSNBC's First Read writes: It's a tough position McCain finds himself in: On one hand, the...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 7, 2008 | Blog
While the recently passed bailout bill may or may not help to stabilize the credit markets (and on Monday it looked as if it may have in fact made it worse) it is absolutely clear that it does nothing to address the fundamental cause of this crisis – declining home...
