EVERY DEMOCRAT and progressive had to thoroughly enjoy the Inauguration of President Obama. It was a marvelous ceremony, and the star of the whole day was just as much First Lady Michelle Obama and her high fashion statement, as the President himself. As for President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address, it was a manifesto for what [...]
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The Debate Over Obama’s Boys’ Club Resurfaces
WAKING UP every day and listening to the acrimony on morning political shows, represented today through “Morning Joe,” is bound to color the rest of your day. How can it not? The conversation is toxic on most the cable channels, which ratchets up when the conversation turns to the continued minority of women who hold [...]
Top Story: Why President Obama and Democrats Shouldn’t Be Trusted Anymore than Republicans
Everyone is confused about the Fiscal Cliffhanger. Obama is struggling to make a deal to prolong most of the Bush-era tax cuts. The Republicans are holding back. Yet if a deal is reached, the federal government and the long-term purpose of the Democratic Party are both likely to be ruined for years to come. If [...]
Boehner Opens House on Sunday, Hoyer Invokes Child Hostage Being Shot on Debt Limit
SHOCKING! SHOCKING, I say. Speaker Boehner is bringing back the House on Sunday, because Republicans are looking really small in this and at the bottom everyone knows middle class tax cuts will pass at some point and they might as well appear in the game. But, yes, I still believe a deal will get done [...]
Obama, Pelosi Deserve to Lose on End of Year Grand Bargain Scheme
Hopes of a grand-bargain — to shave trillions of dollars off the deficit by cutting entitlement programs and raising revenue — are shattered. – Fiscal cliff deal increasingly unlikely NOBODY SHOULD think this is the end of the maneuvering by President Obama and Democrats to “reform” entitlements. But at least for now, here’s to the [...]
Fools on the Hill
Things were so bad for Speaker John Boehner Thursday night, support for his Plan B tax bill so diminished, the limits of his power with his own party laid bare, that he stood in front of the House Republican Conference and recited the Serenity Prayer. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I [...]
Social Security Cuts Coming Unless People Raise the Roof
THE HEADLINE says it all and the emergency is very real. Activist progressives across the spectrum have been working to defeat President Obama’s plan to cut Social Security and hand Republicans something they couldn’t do on their own. Social Security cuts are assured, with Nancy Pelosi and establishment Democrats joining President Obama, unless you get [...]
President Obama’s House Poodle, Nancy Pelosi, Puts Her Party Over Middle Class and Seniors
“Yes, I do… I believe the President has shown great leadership in what he put forth…” Pelosi, adding, “Yes, the Democrats will stick with the president — and maybe not every single one of them.” [Huffington Post] WHAT WILL the rest of the congressional Democrats and progressives do? As for Rep. Nancy Pelosi, she can [...]
Poll: 60% of Americans Oppose what Obama is Proposing for Social Security in Debt Deal
Most Americans oppose slashing spending on Medicaid and the military, as well as raising the age for Medicare eligibility and slowing the increase of Social Security benefits, all of which appear to be on the table in negotiations. Majorities call each of these items “unacceptable.” – Poll: Most want ‘fiscal cliff’ compromise but oppose cuts [...]
Take This Deal and Shove It
And Mr. Obama is sticking by his request for additional upfront spending on infrastructure and an extension of expiring unemployment benefits. He would also secure some tax and policy changes long sought by both parties but unattainable in the context of smaller budget deals. His proposal would permanently extend popular business tax breaks like the [...]
Obama Reaffirms Grand Bargain Pitch, as Debt Limit Looms Over Fiscal Scheme Debate [Video]
Boehner and the Republicans don’t want to give up the leverage of the debt ceiling forever, or for 10 years, or even, as John Engler, head of the Business Roundtable and a former Republican governor suggested, for five years. But the White House isn’t very interested in compromising on this issue, as they figure that [...]
Jon Stewart, Fox News, Mark Halperin, CNN, Steve Rattner and Joe Scarborough, Lloyd Blankfein, Politico, Too, This One’s For You
SOMEONE IN the national media just woke up. Consider it an early Christmas present. From Michael Grunwald of Time magazine: Fiscal Cliff Fictions: Let’s All Agree to Pretend the GOP Isn’t Full of It It’s really amazing to see political reporters dutifully passing along Republican complaints that President Obama’s opening offer in the fiscal cliff [...]
Who Will Get Last Fiscal Laugh?
”Right now, the only thing preventing us from reaching a deal that averts the fiscal cliff and avoids a tax hike on 98 percent of Americans is the refusal of Congressional Republicans to ask the very wealthiest individuals to pay higher tax rates. The President has already signed into law over $1 trillion in spending [...]
Top Story — Pending Deal or No Deal? Sen. McConnell Rebuffs Taxing Top 2% *Updated*
IT’S BECOMING clear that since President Obama gave in once on extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest that McConnell and Boehner think he will again. The Hill reports: “We’re insisting on keeping tax rates where they are, first and foremost, to protect jobs and because we don’t think government needs the money in [...]
President Obama Wins Election, John Boehner Decides to Ignore Voters [Video]
“Let’s begin our work with where we agree,” the president said, noting the Senate has passed the measure and that both parties agree on holding down rates for the majority of taxpayers. “If we can get a few House Republicans to agree as well, I’ll sign this bill as soon as the House sends it [...]
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