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Mitt's Michigan Bailout Wreck

In this morning's Progressive Breakfast, I referred to Mitt Romney's Michigan TV spot as "Romney's Auto Bailout Spin-Out." Well, as it happens, things are worse than I thought. Just to recap, Santorum is pounding Romney in Michigan. This is a little embarrassing,...

Wingnut Welfare Climate Con

Not that we didn't already know it, but the wingnut welfare industry is thoroughly corrupt and it turns out that one of the most thoroughly corrupt is the climate science skeptic sector: The Heartland Institute, an influential rightwing thinktank based in Chicago,...

Obama's Budget: the Good, the Meager and the Ugly

President Obama’s budget, dismissed as “dead on arrival,” by Republicans in Washington, is widely described as a political document, designed to highlight the choices facing Americans this fall in dry budgetary numbers. The president presents Americans with a series...

Washington Insiders Inside The Romney Campaign

Oops. Mitt Romney might want to think twice about taking my earlier advice to ramp up his attacks on Rick Santorum's Washington insider status. At least until he manages to do something about the Washington insiders inside the Romney campaign. For a candidate running...

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