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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Capitol Idea: The Two Parties: Republicans Are Politically Impotent; Democrats Remember Why They Became Democrats in the First Place
I had assumed that the current federal budget/debt crisis in Washington would, at least finally provide some clarity on what kind of nation we wanted to be. Whether we wanted to be a country where we all pull together and tackle big problems like the federal deficit with a sense of shared sacrifice, or instead were satisfied to let the middle class shoulder the entire burden while the rich only got richer. The standoff has demonstrated something else, too,...
Cut, Cap And Balance Is One Of Most ‘Extreme Pieces of Major Budget Legislation,’ Top Budget Analyst Warns
The so-called “cut, cap and balance” approach to federal deficit reduction House Republicans intend to pass on Tuesday is even more extreme than the budget put forward earlier this year by GOP Rep. Paul Ryan, according to a top independent budget analyst in Washington. With their talks with the White House over deficit reduction at a standstill, House Republicans will turn, instead, to a plan they call “cut, cap and balance.” The plan would cut $6.2 trillion in federal...
Poll: 71% Not Impressed With GOP Handling of Debt Crisis
A new CBS News Poll shows that 71% of Americans polled disapproved of the Republican’s handling of the debt crisis. Disapproval of the GOP’s tactics in the debt crisis is not limited to folks on the other side of aisle, just over “half of the Republican respondents (51 percent) voiced disapproval of how members of their own party in Congress are handling the talks.” As the deadline looms for the debt deal the GOP is still standing firm with...
Washington Democrats Put Up 2nd Ad In Wisc. Recall Race
A Washington-based Democratic group is seeking donations to help keep on the air its second TV spot in the recall election of one of the targeted GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin. The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC), tasked with electing Democrats to state legislatures nationwide, says it has an ad up in the race to recall Republican state Sen. Randy Hopper. Hopper is one of six Wisconsin Republican lawmakers which Democrats want to recall because of their support for the plan to...
Our Hope for Change is Still Not Fulfilled
After significant compromise with the recalcitrant Republicans who want to continue to give the wealthy tax advantages while cutting significant social programs, President Obama has finally taken a stand on debt ceiling negotiations. However, in labor, wildlife management, and the environment he is still compromising rather than coming out forcefully for the principles he and the working class believes. The Republican presidential candidates have torn into the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a recent decision supporting organized labor....
Small Town America
We need to summon some of that outrage from revelations of the peeping of the News of the World journalists. And not just the late British tabloid, but its engendering, thuggish culture. (If there were such a thing as a psychic terrorist, Rupert Murdoch would be Osama bin Laden.)
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