by Michael Tomasky
If I were writing a political novel about a presidential campaign, I would never dare have the government-hating, free-market, Rand-adulating vice presidential candidate of the right-wing party have inherited his fortune from a grandfather who made his … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
Stumping in Florida today, Mitt Romney charged President Obama’s Affordable Care Act will “cut more than $700 billion” out of Medicare.
What Romney didn’t say was that his running-mate’s budget – approved by House … Read more »
If you live in Butler or Warren counties in the Republican-leaning suburbs of Cincinnati, you can vote for president beginning in October by going to a polling place in the evening or on weekends. Republican officials in those counties want … Read more »
By Bill Moyers, Reader Supported News
Ever since Barry Goldwater lost his bid for the presidency in 1964, the conservative movement has been looking for a choice, not an echo (Goldwater’s mantra). Reagan came close, but compromised too often on … Read more »
By Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Mark Kleiman points us to a lamentable but revealing column by William Saletan, which illustrates perfectly how the essentially ludicrous Paul Ryan has gotten so far – namely, by playing to the gullibility … Read more »
By The White House
Progress Toward a World without Violence Against Women and Girls Today, President Obama issued an Executive Order on Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls Globally to further enhance the Administration’s efforts to advance … Read more »
By Robert Reich, Robert Reich’s Blog
As Bill Clinton is resurrected by the Democrats, George W. Bush is being erased by the GOP – as if an entire eight years of American history hadn’t happened.
While Bill Clinton stumps for … Read more »
By Paul Harris, Guardian UK
The Sensata plant in Freeport is profitable and competitive, but its majority owner, Bain Capital, has decided to ship jobs to China – and forced workers to train their overseas replacements.
he shock of losing … Read more »
This morning, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan stood on a platform in Norfolk, Virginia, and introduced themselves to the country as “America’s Comeback Team.”
“Go Back Team” would be more appropriate — because a Romney-Ryan administration is the definition of … Read more »
By Alex Slater, Guardian UK
In Washington, conventional wisdom is everything. It’s the driver of perceptions, and often of self-fulfilling political prophecies. That’s why you might notice a guarded confidence amongst the Obama campaign these past few weeks: generally speaking, … Read more »
