As we approach the lame duck session of the 111th Congress, we can learn a lot from how previous Congresses dealt with this challenging
Category: Republicans
Lame-duck history, Part 1: 1940-1970
With the presidential election over and quite satisfying results for most progressives, the next step in our political process is for the present (111th)
“Barracuda business class” vs. democracy
It’s November 5, the day before the 2012 presidential election. If polling guru Nate Silver is right, President Obama will win his second term.
FEMA: another example of why states’-righters are wrong
The current conflict regarding FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) is essentially about whether the federal government should have primary responsibility for addressing disasters, or
Who are these undecided voters?
There are Democrats who feel that Barack Obama is not progressive enough. There are Republicans or Tea Party members who feel that Mitt Romney
Ann Coulter wants me to be a Young Repub and stop Obama from ruining America
I’m not young. And I’m not a Republican. So, Ann, you’re calling the wrong number. But I do appreciate the call—because it helps me
Paul Ryan not fit to be vice-president—or president
After the vice-presidential debate, I watched MSNBC’s coverage of a focus group of undecided voters. One young man, who was on the fence before
Will the real Mitt Romney please stand up?
The corporate media may have declared Mitt Romney the winner of the first 2012 presidential debate, but that is only because Romney has changed
Presidential debates: Bi-partisan, fraudulent, corporate controlled theater
The presidential debates are part of the unconscionable fraud that our political campaigns have become. They should be charged with sabotaging the electoral process. Walter Cronkite
Poor Leon Cooperman, Chapter 2
Things just don’t seem to be getting much better for poor Leon Cooperman, about whom I have previously written on Occasional Planet. He still