by Thom Hartmann | Oct 24, 2013 | Current Issues, Economy, The Jobs Challenge
A coalition of public interest groups wants Congress to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership. The groups sent a letter to several ranking members of Congress, asking them to deny President Obama's request to fast-track the T.P.P., and hold on to their Constitutional...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 23, 2013 | Conservatism, Health, This Is The GOP
Republicans are still targeting the Affordable Care Act, but their answer to the problems health care reform is already solving for many Americans hasn’t changed much from that infamous audience response at the September 2011 GOP presidential debate....
by Digby | Oct 22, 2013 | Health, Retirement Security, This Is The GOP
Ruth Marcus fills us in on what constitutes "reasonable" now that the Republicans have proven themselves asses with their government shutdown. And, you guessed it, it's time for Democrats to compromise and agree to cut "entitlements" in exchange for sequestration...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 17, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Health, Retirement Security, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Remember in 2009, when Jim DeMint said health care reform would be President Obama's Waterloo? Four years later, defunding health care reform became the GOP's Alamo. But Republicans aren't done damaging their party, or the rest of the country, yet. Not by a long shot....
by Digby | Oct 16, 2013 | Current Issues, Economy, Retirement Security
I know there is no more trite phrase in America, but Lord, this Thomas Friedman column is bad. It's so bad you have to read the whole thing to experience the full horror of it. In fact, I'm not even sure he wrote it himself. It reads more like something the messaging...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 11, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Shutdown, This Is The GOP
Punishing the Poor In the first days of the shutdown, conservatives alternated between celebrating and downplaying the impact. RedState.com's Erick Erickson insisted Americans would barely notice the government shutdown. But the consequences of the government shutdown...
