by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
It looks like attacking Mitt Romney's Bain resume has become the bane of Newt Gingrich's campaign. In his latest flip-flop, Newt wants a do-over on his 28-minute Romney attack ad. Newt Gingrich has called on a pro-Gingrich super PAC to edit a 28-minute film attacking...
by Richard Eskow | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Minimum Wage
Here it comes again. This holiday weekend we'll see a lot of media coverage of Martin Luther King, Jr. But we'll hear very little about what he really was - a brave and visionary leader whose vision is as relevant today as ever. One year ago I listed ten quotes by Dr....
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. laid down this marker during his "I Have A Dream" speech in 1963: In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
There's one Newt Gingrich flip-flop I left out of my previous post about his latest flip-flop, concerning his on-again-off-again-on-again attack on Mitt Romney as a vulture capitalist. It's a big one, and — in typical Newt fashion — he says it really...
by Terrance Heath | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The Romney campaign's "Bain problem," which is also now the Republican party's problem, doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon. Sure, Republicans are figuring out that this is not a winning issue for them. Thus they've circled their wagons around Romney, and...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy
President Obama will host a forum on insourcing jobs Wednesday. The forum will feature leaders of several companies who have already shifted jobs back home and are encouraging others to do the same. According to the White House, On Wednesday, January 11, 2012,...
