by Joshua Holland | Oct 9, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Seven days into a government shutdown, and 9 days away from a potentially catastrophic breach of the nation’s debt limit, and the question everyone is asking is: who will blink first? The White House says that it absolutely will not negotiate over a debt limit hike....
by Bill Scher | Oct 9, 2013 | Conservatism
House Budget Chair Paul Ryan's Wall Street Journal oped "Here's How We Can End This Stalemate" is being treated as an "olive branch" to the President because it doesn't demand any changes to Obamacare and emphasizes the importance of raising the debt limit. The...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
President Obama talked to the news media for over an hour today, but all you really needed to hear was summed up in two words: Just vote. The president once again challenged House Speaker John Boehner to allow a vote on a continuing resolution that would allow the...
by Thom Hartmann | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown
House Republicans continue to point the finger at President Obama for the government shutdown. However, Senate Democrats are moving forward with a plan to prevent economic disaster. According to the New York Times, rather than waiting for the Tea Party to come to...
by Digby | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
There is a lot of the usual Democratic loose talk about Republicans finally being vanquished for all time and so let's stage a celebration right this very minute. Seems to be a defining feature of American liberalism to assume victory before it is secure. However,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 8, 2013 | Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Important to understanding why the federal government has been shut down by a group of unyielding, extremist congressional conservatives is to understand the voters who elected them. That was the goal of a series of focus groups conducted this summer by Democracy...
