Obama Spending Binge Never Happened

Market Watch, The Wall Street Journal By Rex Nutting, MarketWatch May 22, 2012, 12:01 a.m. EDT WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. As would-be president Mitt Romney tells it: “I will lead us out of this debt and spending [...]

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Romney’s Adversarial View of Russia Stirs Debate

The New York Times By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Published: May 11, 2012 WASHINGTON —Mitt Romney’s recent declaration that Russia is America’s top geopolitical adversary drew raised eyebrows and worse from many Democrats, some Republicans and the Russians themselves, all of whom suggested that Mr. Romney was misguidedly stuck in a cold war mind-set. But [...]

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What Does Romney Have To Hide?

The American Prospect Patrick Caldwell April 9, 2012 Senator Dick Durbin goes after the potential presidential candidate’s Swiss bank account while Obama campaign manager demands further tax return disclosures. The Democrats are putting all their emphasis on touting the Buffett Rule ahead of a Senate vote for next week to coincide with Tax Day. The [...]

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Obama Invokes His Christian Faith In His Call To Raise Taxes On The Very Wealthy (VIDEO)

Addicting Info- February 3, 2012 By Michael Hayne A day after Mitt “Moneybags” Romney stated his lack of concern for the economically disadvantaged (an old school Republican touchstone), President Obama shot back by finally using the right-wing’s bullets against them.  Despite constantly being smeared as a secret Muslim, Barack Obama in fact subscribes to Christianity.  [...]

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Richard Trumka Threatens To Abandon Democrats In 2012 Unless They Fight Harder For Labor

Richard Trumka Threatens To Abandon Democrats In 2012 Unless They Fight Harder For Labor Huffington Post- Sam Stein Posted: 05/20/11 02:22 AM ET WASHINGTON — AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka plans to issue yet another warning to Democrats on Friday, proclaiming that if lawmakers don’t push hard enough to stem attacks on labor’s interests, workers will [...]

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Wisconsin Democrats Win Seat That Was Held By Republicans For Sixteen Years

Wisconsin Democrats Win Seat That Was Held By Republicans For Sixteen Years In Special Election Think Progress- By Zaid Jilani at 9:50 am Wisconsin marks the birthplace of a burgeoning Main Street Movement defending the economic livelihood of the middle class. The movement was spawned after Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) and his GOP allies passed [...]

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Remembering The George Bush Budget Of 2001

. Why you can’t trust conservative deficit warriors: Remembering the George Bush budget of 2001 Crooks and Liars- By John Amato April 18, 2011 09:00 AM As we are witnessing, the Beltway media are pushing the theme of that we need to cut, cut, cut, so that our national debt can be lowered. They call [...]

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Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion During Bush Presidency

During Bush Presidency, Current GOP Leaders Voted 19 Times To Increase Debt Limit By $4 Trillion Think Progress- By Travis Waldron at 11:49 am After pushing the government to brink of shutdown last week, Republican Congressional leaders are now preparing to push America to the edge of default by refusing to increase the nation’s debt [...]

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Cuts In The 2011 Federal Budget

A Look at the Cuts in the New, Leaner 2011 Budget Firedoglake-  By: David Dayen Tuesday April 12, 2011 6:35 am he House Appropriations Committee released the final 2011 continuing resolution text, which reflects the agreement between Congressional leaders and the President. You can view a summary of the CR and the list of final [...]

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Wisconsin Recall: First Petition To Be Filed Against Republican Senator Dan Kapanke

First Wisconsin recall petition to be filed against Republican state Senator Dan Kapanke by Chris Bowers for Daily Kos Fri Apr 01, 2011 at 09:50 AM EDT Please, support the recall effort by contributing $5 to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Democratic state Senate Committee. Recall petition organizers in Wisconsin will file their [...]

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