by Terrance Heath | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog
As I've noted before, we have a saying in the south that often applies to national politics: "A hit dog will holler": A hit dog will holler: when a group of folks find themselves in a troublesome situation, more often than not, the troublemaker speaks up first to...
by Bill Scher | Aug 17, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney whipped out a whiteboard yesterday primarily to simplify and amplify his brazen lie that President's Obama health care law cuts benefits for seniors -- literally putting "$716B Cut" next to the word "Seniors", when in fact Obama saves $716 billion in the...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog
It's unclear what effect presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's decision to add Rep. Paul Ryan to his ticket will have on his candidacy, if any. But the choice certainly has had a salutary effect on the Obama re-election campaign. Naturally, it...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney's economic plan has a section on trade. While Romney gets it exactly right about China and offers the right proposals, his current actions tell us he might just pull out the old Etch-a-Sketch if elected. His other proposals generally go in the same old...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog
What Vice President Joe Biden said today was, to use his now-famous phrase, "a big effin' deal." No, we're not talking about his "chains" comment which, as usual, has fascinated a press corps obsessed with taking statements out of context and playing "gotcha" games....
