Holder Reccomends National Voting Standards

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Like having the wealthiest pay their fair share in taxes, this is wildly popular and probably impossible because ...AWESOME BIPARTISANSHIP!!!
Attorney General Eric Holder said during a speech on Tuesday night at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library that it’s time to consider setting national standards for how elections should be handled. “A recent study by the MacArthur Foundation found that nearly 90 percent of those who voted in last month’s election would support creating national voting standards,” Holder said, according to prepared remarks.

The All Time, Mostly Indisputable, Top 4 Christmas Covers

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4. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" - U2 (1987) There are tons of great covers on that '87 fundraiser for the Special Olympics, but this one really holds up. Phil Spector meets U2 - what's not to like? 3. "The Little Drummer Boy" - David Bowie and Bing Crosby (1977) The banter is crazy 1970's TV special writing, but the beauty of version rescues an otherwise insipid song. Come inside for the final 2....

In addition to being wrong about everything,

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...Republicans have to be the most gullible suckers to ever walk the face of the earth.
According to FEC data released December 6, Dick Morris' Super PAC for America paid conservative news outlet Newsmax Media roughly $1.7 million for "fundraising" in October and November. A significant portion of the super PAC's money likely went to renting Morris' own email list, which is operated by Newsmax Media. A Media Matters review found that in the month before the election, Morris sent at least 21 emails to his mailing list featuring fundraising pitches that were "paid for by Super PAC for America." Super PAC also "paid for" at least 25 emails to Newsmax.com's main email list during the same period.
Separating gullible GOP dupes from their money was taken to new heights this year.

Dear Middle Class America,

CONFIDENTIAL Dear Sirs and Madam, Good day and compliments. This letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine the future of your economy, and the continued existence of the entire members of my family. ...

You can’t bargain with malevolent idiots

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The President, Senator Coons, Rep. Carney - these men keep talking about the need for a "bipartisan" solution to the debt crisis. I get why they think it is important to say that they want a bipartisan solution, but I hope that they don't think real bipartisanship is possible. These modern Republicans are people who seriously believe that the government is bloated and what we need is another round of tax cuts to spur the economy and deliver a double dose of character building poverty to the ungrateful poor. They think any public dollar not handed to defense contractors is a dollar wasted on a hopeless parasites. They hate the President with such a white hot passion that they view ANY deal that he would agree to (regardless of how much is sells out Democratic principles) as unacceptable. Looking at these malevolent idiots in action, I've become convinced that the next mid-term election is absolutely essential to returning the county to rationality and normalcy. The GOP needs to be swept from the field. When the GOP is utterly decimated, Democrats can finally stop talking about the importance of "bipartisanship."

450 Economists Predicted Bush Tax Cut Debacle back in 2003

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>"Passing these tax cuts will worsen the long-term budget outlook, adding to the nation’s projected chronic deficits. This fiscal deterioration will reduce the capacity of the government to finance Social Security and Medicare benefits as well as investments in schools, health, infrastructure, and basic research. Moreover, the proposed tax cuts will generate further inequalities in after-tax income."

Somewhat conflicting messages from the White House re: debt ceiling

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The teabag congress must be loving this:
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Thursday the Obama administration does not believe the 14th Amendment gives the President the ability to ignore the debt ceiling, Reuters reported.
Meanwhile President Obama...
...says he won’t negotiate under any circumstances. And his top advisors say he’s adamant on the point — not just because of the current impasse but to take hostage taking over the national debt off the table for good.