In his second inaugural speech, President Obama said: “The commitments we make to each other through Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security, these things
Category: 2012 Election
Reminiscing about the conservative movement of the 1960s
He was considered anathema to progressives; the most conservative member of the Republican Party. The time was the 1960s, and his name was William
Get re-elected. Resign immediately. Go to work for a lobbying group. Repeat.
Political manipulation and cynicism hit a new low in December 2012, when, just 30 days after being re-elected, Jo Ann Emerson, the ten-term Congressperson
Progressive victories in 2012
As the Republican party and “leadership” moves farther and farther out of the mainstream and deeper into the realm of extreme, irrational, anti-democracy, backward-facing,
10 ways to stay politically engaged, even after winning the 2012 election
Obama won. But we’re far from done. How long did it take after President Obama won the popular vote and the electoral college for
10 almost-certain predictions for 2013
1. No team will win hockey’s Stanley Cup because the season will be completely wiped out. As frequently is the case, it will be
Obama sees the poor as well as the middle class
Shortly after assuming the presidency following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson announced his commitment to a war on poverty. That
Blueprint for a federal takeover of national elections
Some Democrats in the last election had a hard time voting. Republicans, like Secretary of State John Husted of Ohio, worked overtime, using a
Our recent history of “Voting Wars”
“Procedures and equipment vary from county to county, with the result that voters’ chances of casting a vote in a statewide election that will
What and why the religious right lost in the 2012 election
Taken together, four letters to the New York Times editor, posted on Nov. 19, 2012, sum up what happened to the supposedly all-powerful religious