Failing US economy owned by Obama- time to wake up America

Let us take a look at the state of America’s economy and some very sobering facts that point to poor if not intentionally destructive leadership. That failure in leadership goes all the way to the top on...

Filibustering by amendment

Protest to make government work Republicans continue to sabotage government, causing legislative train wrecks, doing nothing, and failing to address essential needs to overhaul the economy. Voters must end it....

The Nation’s last hour

Brokering Along Standby for little news Now, either a quorum of Republicans will demonstrate their loyalty to the nation, or not. Our national integrity and reputation has been tarnished. Our nation’s well being...

Republican Brand Management

From Mitch the pitchman Stuffed shirt Mitch McConnell is pulling out all stops these days and referring to “the Republican brand” is an impressive notion. What is it? I would argue the following:...

Obama will get serious about debt after 2012 elections

Obama’s political chips have value to him until after 2012. Then, they don’t matter anymore. He will be off to becoming a corporate millionaire and his wife will tend to philanthropy. Obama tends to politically...

Bigotry's Okay, Just Don't Take Our Money Away

          Congratulations America, you've really outdone yourself this time. Go on, give yourself a nice pat on the back, and while you're at it kick a puppy. No seriously, kick the damn puppy. Seriously. What's that? That's cruel? That's...

Pro-Torture Mitch McConnell Calls Wikileaks "High-tech Terrorist"

"On Meet the Press, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who has supported the illegal torture of suspects and U.S. mass murder in Iraq, and opposes health care for Americans, called Julian Assange a “high tech terrorist” for his role in publicly releasing over...

Averaging the answer to the deficit problem

In a democracy, solving problems is about finding the new norm, a process that I call averaging. When you are driving down the freeway at top legal speed, you have your eyes on the road and your hands upon the...

Four Immigration Tasks

For the new Congress and for the President, there are four immigration tasks: 1.     Deal with the illegal immigrants 2.     Define and describe capacity and criteria for...

Mitch McConnell, the schmuck from Kentuck

Is it an automatic call that Mitch McConnell must become the Minority Leader of the Senate? He is an old guy with old ideas. He is not representative of the US voter demographic. If Republicans want to lead, how...

Right wing on suicide watch?

IMO, here’s the real deal. American voters in many communities don’t like the incumbents and they don’t like what the mainstream parties are offering as candidates. They turn to the Tea Party as an...

Mitch McConnell misses the pitch

While Mitch McConnell complains that the health care legislation is a big reach for big government, what does he think about a nation whose political system has been stampeded by big business? Republicans are big...

Health Care Bill Pass with Promise of Senate Reconciliation Vote?

The President and the Democrat political party plan on convincing the members of the House of Representatives that if they pass this unchanged and unmodified bill, it will go back to the Senate for a...

Inhofe Wants GITMO Commitment Made Permanent

Today, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, called on his Democrat and Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate to stand by their commitment to prevent Gitmo...

GOP $1.3 Trillion Tax Cuts "OK," $900 Billion Stimulus "Too Much"

As the senate version of the economic recovery package makes its way through Congress, a significant criticism of the package from Senate Republicans is that it is “too big.” For example, Senate Minority...

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