Mother Jones tells why Senator Dodd's retirement and likely replacement by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is awesome news for progressives: Back in 2000, David Plotz wrote a great piece for…
On Bill Moyers Journal, he recently talked about the state of the playing field for getting real regulatory reform done for financial institutions with David Corn and Kevin Drum. This was a great discussion and one that every one of us who cares about getting this done should carefully watch. Because what they are laying out here is how regulatory reform for banks is being gutted before our eyes.
A PPP poll released last night showed family values teabagger candidate Scott Brown ahead in the MA-Sen special election. While Democrats wring their hands and try to work up some…
We are about to watch Donovan McNabb's last game as a Philadelphia Eagle. Yes, my prediction is that the Eagles will lose horribly, even worse than last week. This time…
Making the rounds today is revelations from a new book called "Game Change" by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann. One of the revelations is about Harry Reid: On page 37,…
It's the weekend and I hope you're enjoying it. I'm getting a new dishwasher installed today. I can't wait! So let's start this open thread. Michael Steele is in quite…
What would you do if comments like this started arriving in your in-box? As I talked to Johnson in his office, an alert flashed on one of his two giant…
Rudy Giuliani was forced to backtrack on his comments that there were no domestic terrorism incidents under Bush on CNN yesterday: "I usually say, 'We had no major domestic attacks…
Over the past year, we have documented the instances where Mike Castle has lauded stimulus projects that he has voted against. And now the national media is beginning to notice,…
By now, we are all aware of the despicable crimes alleged of Dr. Earl Bradley, a Sussex County pediatrician. Charlie Copeland has now decided that it is all Beau Biden's…