Month: September 2010

The PermaGov has changed its mind. They gave Obama two years to get the job done and he has not done so. He has lost the confidence of the stockholders, the little people, and they are roiling and seething around at the bottom...

According to this poll by Reuters and IPSOS, a solid majority of Americans want the deficit cut. Their minds must have been embedded with the idea that magically cutting the deficit will solve all our economic woes. With...

Not for the first time, I find myself seeing the Democrats’ strategy to be as clear as mud. From what I can tell, they wanted the Republicans to filibuster the Defense Appropriations Act. What do I base this on? Partly it...

Cross-posted at Winning Progressive Today’s Republican refusal to allow an up-or-down vote on the Defense Reauthorization bill is a perfect example of why we progressives need to fight to protect and expand our Democratic...

I was busy with the Finny and I missed an email from the White House press secretary. WASHINGTON – Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy,...