by Digby | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
I am on the record saying that Hagel never seemed like the brightest bulb to me but I deferred to those who insisted that he's really quite brilliant. I dunno. What I saw today didn't exactly make me change my mind, even as I have to acknowledge that the Senators...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
The deficit problem is largely solved. Yet Republicans are still trying to cut us back into recession. Before the election they had an excuse: if they kept the economy down people might vote against Obama. But now? What is their game? Jobs fix deficits, and to fix...
by Robert Borosage | Feb 1, 2013 | Blog
Despite nearly three years of growth, we have over 20 million people in need of full-time work. Wages are declining. This economy is not working for working people. To recover from this economic downturn, we requires more than a short-term stimulus and certainly not...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 31, 2013 | Blog
The Campaign for America's Future 's Roger Hickey today joins a long list of leaders who are calling on President Obama to name Heidi Hartmann, the founder and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, to be the next Secretary of Labor. "The next...
by Digby | Jan 31, 2013 | Blog
John Nichols compiles a list of quotes from some of the "Randiest" members of congress (and I'm talking about people who have the hots for a dead Russian romance novelist.) But then he features one who makes even the Rand lovin' Paul Ryan look like a casual reader:...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 31, 2013 | Blog
The GOP is perhaps just beginning to digest the message of the 2012 election; in which the demographics of their coalition can be summed up as old, white, wealthy, and male — compared to the diverse coalition that gave Barack Obama a second term, helped the...
