by Dave Johnson | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog
Many of us fought hard to reform the filibuster and fight the Republican obstruction that is blocking everything the country needs to get done. And I do mean everything. We said please just "make them talk," which is what the public already thinks the filibuster is...
by Digby | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog
Dave Weigel has the definitive post today on the Hagel nomination cock-up. He points out that Hagel himself is the only real loser here: He botched up his confirmation hearing, giving Republicans all kinds of reasons to oppose him. (In his "no" statement, Sen. Mark...
by Robert Reich | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
Part of the President’s State of the Union message and of his second term agenda apparently will focus on public investments in education, infrastructure, and basic R&D. That’s good news. But how do we fund these investments when discretionary spending is being...
by Terrance Heath | Feb 14, 2013 | Blog
Watching the various Republican responses — official and otherwise — to President Obama's State of the Union address was a bit like watching a right-wing remake of The Three Faces of Eve, the 1957 classic about a woman who suffered from "multiple...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Politico today features a story by Jennifer Epstein detailing 10 proposals from Obama’s previous State of the Union addresses that were mostly frustrated. The report begins with an utter distortion that is nearly universal in Washington reporting: “Perhaps...
by Digby | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog
Here it is, in living color: Previewing his speech for The Weekly Standard’s Stephen F. Hayes, Rubio said he would make the case that the national debt “has a direct impact on unemployment” and that it is hurting job growth: “The debt has a direct impact on...
