The president’s speech in Osawatomie Was populist, just as it oughta be He defended the middle, Put one-percenters on the griddle, And decried our
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OCCUPIED Amendment to end corporate money in politics
As a testament to the growing influence of the Occupied movement, on November 18, Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), a member of the House Judiciary
Socialist candidates absent from US ballots in 2011
One thing you could always count on in state and federal elections was that a party with the word “socialist” in it would field
How to stand up to Republicans: lessons from Truman and Eagleton
Eight years after former President Harry Truman died in 1972, Missouri Senator Thomas Eagleton was involved in a tough re-election campaign. His opponent was
Harry Truman figured out Republicans a long time ago
In 1948, President Harry S Truman summed up his view of the Republican Party this way: … I have studied the Republican Party for
No need to jump to conclusions about Herman Cain
The story from Politico broke just a couple of days ago. Two unnamed women accused Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain of inappropriate behavior. The
Are states labs for experimentation–or chaos?
Republicans love to bash the federal government and assert that social and economic policy out to be developed by and implemented by the 50
Herman Cain has done what Dems couldn’t in 2008
It’s become sport to knock the leading GOP candidate de jour off his or her pedestal. Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry were easy targets.
Our leaders need more sleep
As Bill Clinton reflected upon his presidency, he said that the biggest obstacle to making good policy decisions was operating with unceasing sleep deprivation.
We need politicians to do their day jobs
It’s present in the rhetoric of virtually all politicians. “We need to have a work ethic; it’s not American to be lazy.” Like so