by Robert Borosage | Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
The CNBC Republican presidential debate last night opened with a startling bolt of straight talk: “We are on the verge, perhaps, of picking someone who cannot do this job,” said Ohio Governor John Kasich, ignoring the inane moderator request that the candidates begin...
by Bill Moyers | Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship Only in a world where Cosmopolitan magazine can declare the Kardashians “America’s First Family” and the multi-billionaire loose cannon Donald Trump is perceived by millions as the potential steward of our nuclear arsenal could...
by Robert Reich | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Among the current crop of candidates for president of the United States, who exhibits leadership and who doesn’t? Leadership isn’t just the ability to attract followers. Otherwise some of the worst tyrants in history would be considered great leaders. They weren’t...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, This Is The GOP, Trade
The US has an enormous, humongous and continuing trade deficit, caused by our trade policies. The trade deficit measures the loss of jobs, factories, industries and wealth from our economy. A continuing trade deficit also measures the loss of the "ecosystem" for...
by Larry Cohen | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
I grew up in a row house in North Philadelphia, owned by my great-grandmother who was famous for saying, “I’ll watch your feet, not your mouth.” Today I am proud to stand with Sen. Bernie Sanders and hundreds of Verizon Workers at a Wireless retail store in Manhattan,...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
After spending $4.5 million on yet another Benghazi investigation, and questioning Hillary Clinton for eleven hours, the GOP's latest Benghazi hearing leaves one major question unanswered: Did they forget who they were messing with? Seriously. Given how long Clinton...