Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
One of the major fallacies of the public perception of a ‘Detroit’ auto crisis is based on simple lack of information. The public doesn’t understand that this is global crisis with, just in the US, 3 million direct jobs at stake and millions of other indirect jobs at stake, and having global bailout requests.
Just in [...]
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Filed under: Consumers, Credit Crisis, Economy, Election '08, In The News, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on November 16th, 2008 by Hart Williams
[NOTE Nov. 18: This post has been featured today on Crooks and Liars (@"above the law"). Thanks Mike!]
I didn’t want to go here, and the country probably doesn’t, either, but Alan Keyes has decided to go there, and that means the gloves have to come off.
From Ballot Access News:
Alan Keyes Files Lawsuit Over Obama [...]
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Filed under: In The News
Posted on October 8th, 2008 by The Country Doc
Amidst a discussion of health care in which both candidates rattled off plans for tax credits, debated employment based health care, and praised electronic health records, it was the question from an audience member that really told of one of those “fundamental differences”.
The question of the night went to Lindsey Trella, “Senator, selling health care [...]
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Filed under: Election '08, Healthcare, The Country Doc
Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
My one word reaction: Homerun!
Barack Obama introduced his running mate with a great speech. Vice-Presidential nominee Joe Biden gave a truly rousing speech filled with hope and great lines. They used words and imagery that framed McCain perfectly. The most obvious example of the Obama-Biden 08’s new framing was the repeated use of the [...]
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Filed under: Democrats, Election '08, General Election, In The News, Obama-Biden 08, Politics, Presidential Election, Sen. Joe Biden, Stuart O'Neill
Posted on June 29th, 2007 by Hart Williams
Whether it’s a bolt from the blue — or, as with many decisions handed down last week, a blot from the blue — the Supreme Court has broken with tradition to reverse itself on whether to reverse a ruling on our weird naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, a country it’s allegedly illegal for Michael [...]
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Filed under: Human Rights, Judicial, Military, Supreme Court
Posted on July 21st, 2006 by BobHiggins
Editor’s Note: The Democratic Daily welcomes Bob Higgins, from Worldwide Sawdust as a guest contributor:
The minimum wage battle continues, with unions and workers fighting for an entry level raise for honest American workers that has been denied for nearly a decade while the dispassionate empty suits of business, their lackeys in local and national Chambers [...]
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Filed under: Congress, Economy, Politics, Republicans
Posted on August 6th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
In today’s Democratic Radio Address, Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., urged Congress to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act.
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Filed under: Civil Liberties/Civil Rights
