by Dave Johnson | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Winning Issues for 2014
Watch this video of a smart politician who knew how to campaign in the Midwest. He know what people were thinking had his finger on the pulse of what people wanted to do about it: [fve]http://youtu.be/PF9gpvI2UfU[/fve] Democrats Campaigning As Republicans? A recent...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 13, 2014 | Blog, Winning Issues for 2014
Are Democrats the party of future change or the party of past accomplishment? Are they fighting for what needs to be done or touting what has already been done? Is the economy on the right track or is it rigged to benefit the few and not the many? Are Democrats...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 12, 2014 | Blog, Populist Majority, Winning Issues for 2014
They say that one swallow doesn’t make a summer, and one Politico story certainly doesn’t make a campaign season. But if a recent article there is correct – if the Democratic Party’s strategy this year really is “Running as a Dem (while) sounding like a Republican” –...
by Bill Scher | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog
At The Week today I argued "Why the GOP Should Tank the Midterms." In short, Republicans not ready for prime time. They were too divided to govern one house of the Congress without constantly humiliating themselves, so how do you think running two will do? Much of...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 11, 2014 | Blog, Progressive Vision
No surprise, Americans are in a foul temper. In an August NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, 71 percent considered the country on the wrong track. Nearly half thought the economy was still in recession. Over three-fourths were not confident their children’s generation will...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog
Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "stimulus" just made things worse. Solution: Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to...
