by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Next week the Republicans hold their convention. They will supposedly focus their message on the economy. But after four years of an agenda to block jobs and economic growth so they can campaign on complaints of no jobs and no growth, can they offer anything that...
by Terrance Heath | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog
She's baaaaa-aaaack! The Romney/Ryan campaign has resurrected Reagan's "Welfare Queen." It would be laughable, if they weren't serious, if the stakes weren't so high, and if there weren't so likely to get away with it. "There's a woman in Chicago," Ronald Reagan told...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog
The Romney strategy of offering few or no details about anything lets him be everything to everyone, while denying anything that could be a problem. So we are all left to guess. It's the case with his tax returns -- and its the case with his tax plan. Romney says his...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
As the Republican convention approaches, “Etch-a-Sketch” Mitt Romney continues to reshape himself. Overnight, he’s for allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest, after being against it. Now he’s the savior of Medicare after being the scourge of the entitlement...