by Dave Johnson | Nov 8, 2012 | Blog
Our trade deficit with China rose to $29.1 billion in September, up from $28.7 billion in August. This is the second-highest trade deficit ever with China. The terrible trade deficit is where our jobs and the economy went. Trade i sour real deficit! But the trade...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 8, 2012 | Blog
I worked the polls in Fairfax, Virginia on election day 2012. I opened the door at 6:00 am, logged voters in, operated the machines, and passed out "I voted" stickers on the way out. At 10:00 pm when our results had been tabulated and machines disassembled, I signed...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 8, 2012 | Blog
In the last election the forces of concentrated wealth and corporate power played the same old divide-and-conquer game they have been playing for decades, but this time it didn't work! They tried to divide us by race, religion, sex, sexual preference, class and every...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
So, let's get this straight: A Republican President is re-elected in 2004 with 284 electoral votes and the pundits say he has the "political capital" to push an extreme right-wing mandate. A Democratic President gets re-elected in 2012 with 303 electoral votes, and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
Though the balance of power in the House did not change significantly Tuesday, there is one noteworthy bright spot: As of midday today 10 of the 181 members who received "zero" ratings in TheMiddleClass.org Voter Guide lost their re-election bids, and another four are...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
So, let's get this straight: A Republican President is re-elected in 2004 with 284 electoral votes, and the pundits tell us he has the "political capital" to push an extreme right-wing mandate. A Democratic President gets re-elected in 2012 with 303 electoral votes,...
