This report is disheartening not because it so devastating to American families but because the data shows how badly our economic system has performed for middleclass Americans for the last 30 years. That employers no longer able or willing to provide health insurance & that had our safety net not been there so many millions […]

While the stimulus was not near large enough nor did it have enough infrastructure projects, it provably prevented a depression. Healthcare reform while not everything all liberals wanted is a good start that will stop the bleeding of most Americans’ potential of falling into bankruptcy if they get sick. Financial reform while not hard enough […]

While many in the Tea Party are ecstatic with the victories, if the correct narrative is provided will be a great gift to the Democrats given the incoherency of the Tea Party message. The inconsistencies can be easily exploited to appropriately show the movement for what it really is, an arm of the Republican Right […]

Rick Perry has been the governor for 10 years and for many kids, he’s the only Texas governor they’ve ever known. Miguel Alvarez and Javier Bonafont, two of the Filmmakers for Bill White, highlight some of the hypocritical quotes from Rick Perry in this web video. Viewers are encouraged to subscribe and join the conversation for more […]

Forget about apathy. Progressives must vote this cycle or risk the well being of the country. PERIOD. The Tea Party is on a roll with its upset Senate primary victory in Delaware. If the rest of us don’t start raising hell, the Tea Party will have us living it. Are you mad as hell but […]

The most important line of this article … Coming less than two months before the 2010 elections, the findings feed a question often bandied about by Democratic strategists not associated with specific campaign committees — why has the party been so ineffective in focusing the spotlight on the Republican alternatives being offered to voters? The […]

If you asked your neighbor or family of policies they all like without referencing political party or ideology, I will guarantee you that most people will be identified as Liberals. I have actually done an empirical test of this sort in my very conservative neighborhood. I casually discuss policies from a completely nonpolitical stance and […]

With all the information out there that proves that the marginal propensity to consume of the middleclass is more so than the wealthy it is sad that the media does not call Republicans on the stimulative properties of tax cuts to the rich relative to the budget deficit as opposed to that solely for the […]

$21 billion: Toll of Perry’s negligence rising Lawmakers reveal true size of growing budget deficit HOUSTON — Texans face the consequences of Rick Perry’s deliberate negligence of our budget deficit, as state leaders for the first time tallied the budget deficit at nearly $21 billion, the Dallas Morning News reports. "Rick Perry can run but […]

Democrats in Congress are continuing to work to create jobs in America and support small businesses. As the Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297) comes to a vote in Congress next week, Republicans are trying to use it as an opportunity to repeal and weaken the new health care law. Senator Johanns (R-NE) has offered […]