by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
Republicans filibustered an appeals court nominee today. This is, of course, not surprising. What is surprising is that news outlets are telling the public! Today Republicans in the Senate used the filibuster to obstruct the nomination of Robert Bacharach’s to the...
by Brian Dockstader | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Climate
The key comment was made by Shawn McCoy, a spokesman for Romney’s Iowa campaign, who, while explaining how Romney is anti-renewable energy, told The Des Moines Register that the candidate would "allow the wind credit to expire, end the stimulus boondoggles*, and...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
With the elite conventional political wisdom so congealed around the idea that the federal government is broke, that our top priority must be to "cut the spending" without discussing the merits of the government spending we are told we must be eager to cut, and that...
by | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The following media statement was released today in support of the new economic vision, "Prosperity Economics." The full report is available at ProsperityForAmerica.org. *** Professor Jacob Hacker and Nathaniel Loewentheil of Yale University today released their new...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Climate, Making it in America
The game is to underprice your product until your competitors go out of business (like Solyndra & other solar companies). Then you own the market. This is about a lot more than just jobs. Our government is finally doing something about leveling the playing field! This...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
I was on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit" yesterday, to talk about the Obama campaign's tailored health care reform pitch to African Americans and Latinos. It's one of the few times I can recall the White House being as specific about the benefits of...
