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,...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
Romney promised that he would act on China's currency manipulation "on his first day." So Republicans can pretend Romney won, and actually act on China's currency manipulation! If they would actually do what they promised to do we could get a lot a lot of "job...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 7, 2012 | Blog
“The one word description of this election is spelled J-E-E-P,” said a friend early Tuesday evening. “This proves you can’t keep giving the finger to the American people and be elected president,” he said, with evident relief.True enough, in the final days of the...
