by Bill Scher | Dec 7, 2012 | Blog
The simmering but underreported Senate fight over filibuster reform may have greater impact on the legislative success of President Obama’s second term than the heavily watched budget battle. Without an end to filibuster abuse, Obama’s mandate could once again be...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
They say "walk before you run," but for politicians like Jim DeMint it's the other way around. First you run, then you walk - walk out, that is, on your commitment to serve. But DeMint's performed one public service by abandoning his post: He's given us a glimpse of a...
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog, Education
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," has become a popular mantra of the ruling class. Of course, these are not the people who usually experience the brunt of a crisis. But a pervasive narrative in the mainstream media is that Americans are a people beset...
by Digby | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
Nobody who reads this blog will be the least bit surprised by this turn of events: A growing chorus of Republicans is urging House leaders to abandon their staunch opposition to higher tax rates for the wealthy with the aim of clearing the way for a broad deal that...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
Since the days of Lee Atwater, Republicans have relied on the politics of division and persecution fantasies. James Inhofe road into the Senate in 1994 on a platform of "God, Guns and Gays." Now? Not so much. Americans just aren't as afraid of the gays as they used...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2012 | Blog
The other day in the post Call Your Member Of Congress And Say “Discharge Petition,” I wrote about how Nancy Pelosi wants members of Congress to sign what is known as a “discharge petition” to force a vote on keeping taxes at current levels for people making under...
