The debt ceiling gambit that Republicans in the House of Representatives have used to tie the U.S. government in knots in recent months is simply the California GOP's tactic writ large.
The debt ceiling gambit that Republicans in the House of Representatives have used to tie the U.S. government in knots in recent months is simply the California GOP's tactic writ large.
It is both sad and ironic that in a time of steady and fervent patriotism we seem to care so little for our republic.
If Democrats are going to cave entirely to the Republicans, they at least ought to accomplish a strategic goal: separate the Bush tax cuts for the top bracket from all the other brackets.
With an ever widening gap between rich and poor and an increasingly ineffectual government, the burden of transforming America back into the land of equal opportunity now rests squarely on the fingertips of the people.
We seemingly jump from crisis to crisis as harsh rhetoric replaces substantive reform. However, the lack of civility certainly apparent today is far from new. In fact, it is as old as our republic and, historically speaking, much tamer.
Every Democrat in America who believes in the values and heritage of the Democratic party owes Harry Reid a debt of gratitude for standing up for what we as Democrats believe.
GOP hardliners are the ones who plan to block any deal to raise our debt ceiling they don't like. Who are willing to force a global depression by tipping America into default, insisting the choice is between unlimited government borrowing forever and shrinking the government.
World events today and wars are depressing, foreclosures are depressing, joblessness is depressing. Figuring out how to fix it all can be uplifting. You just have to suspend belief until you begin to see the results of people working together.
What do John F. Kennedy and Thomas Jefferson have in common with Michele Bachmann? Both former presidents also experienced reoccurring migraines throughout their lives.
It is time to launch a new political party, one with a very simply stated but enormous task, to get the special interest money and lobbying out of our government.
While Iowa and New Hampshire bicker about which is more important to the early voting process, they are overlooking one crucial element: they could both be diminished by an even earlier vote -- Facebook.
Foreign policy will be on automatic pilot for the next eighteen months -- some compelling exigency apart. The political survival instinct trumps all. Conviction will not challenge political caution.
Since it's been over a month since we last took a look at how the 2012 Republican presidential field is shaping up, we're overdue for an update.
Sharia has become a convenient way to harp on nonexistent, yet anxiety-producing, "threats." Since no one knows what you're talking about when you decry Sharia, it's even easier than usual to say anything, no matter how bizarre or duplicitous.
Mary Matalin and Ron Reagan debate whether Obama is winning on the debt ceiling and how Murdoch is going from powerhouse to pariah. Then violent videos, very violent terrorists and Betty Ford.
If you feel fed up by the stalemate over the economy and you want to know who to blame, watch Inside Job. They are all to blame. This past week as the...
Mitt Romney disclosed that 70% of his total fundraising of $18,383,256 came from donors giving the maximum allowable contribution of $2,500. This means that almost $13 million of his total amount raised came from just 5,147 people.
One of the virtues of being on the liberal side of politics is that total obedience isn't required. There are no hidden agendas. Ideology doesn't lead...