There are some voices of sanity left in Washington DC, and thankfully this voice is coming from the conservative side: House Republicans are calling for the economic stimulus package passed in February to be rescinded starting in 2010 as part of their alternative to President Obama’s budget blueprint. After being criticized last week for lacking […]

Update: More details can be found here: Missiles believed to have been fired from a US drone struck a remote compound linked to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud today – the day after he threatened to attack Washington and took responsibility for the assault on a police training camp in Pakistan. Neither Mr Mehsud or one […]

The one national GOP personality to rally record crowds (and who drew the largest TV audience for any national debate for all time) is being marginalized by those who have failed to succeed nationally: Congressional Republicans decided Tuesday to ditch the former GOP vice presidential nominee in favor of the former House speaker for the […]

Friday is the big day for the national unemployment update, but we get a hint today that it will not be good news: Private employers cut jobs by a record 742,000 in March versus a 706,000 revised cut in February that was originally reported at 697,000 jobs, said ADP, which has been carrying out the […]

April Fool’s Day joke? Sadly not. I don’t know what it is that keeps America behind our new young President, but much of it has to do with how badly the handwringing far right has dominated the conservative movement’s message. And this domination is simply repulsing, not attracting, America. Obama’s poll numbers have shrunk a […]