by Richard Eskow | Nov 16, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Only 6% of Americans think Congress should concentrate on reducing the deficit or changing the tax code, according to the latest CBS News poll. Nearly ten times as many people, 56%, want it to focus on creating jobs and fixing the economy. Guess which set of policies...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 10, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The conservative wing of the Democratic Party just drove it over a cliff, but you'd never know if from reading Matt Bai's latest New York Times piece. It's the latest in a series of Bai paeans to that odd mix of ideologies and opportunism that Washington types persist...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 9, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
I have been writing about the Tea Party, and asking what they will do if/when the DC Republicans betray them. CAF has set up a page for the Tea Party Getting Played series. So, how's that new Tea Party Congress working out for Tea Party supporters who expected that...
by Richard Eskow | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Last night's real winner wasn't a party or an ideology. The real winner was Wall Street. Once again the wealthy and powerful have applied the Shock Doctrine to US politics, using a financial crisis to increase their power. The Democratic Party tried to accommodate the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Nov 3, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
The conservative Blue Dog House Democrats, who borrowed heavily from Republican and Tea Party themes in an effort to save their jobs, floundered badly Tuesday. Meanwhile, Progressive Caucus members in contested races had much better success at getting re-elected in...
by Zach Carter | Nov 1, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Tom Perriello always knew it would be hard to hold his seat in Congress. The progressive Democrat from Albemarle County, Va. represents a district designed to nullify liberal votes with a wide swath of conservative countryside. He was elected in 2008, riding President...
