The Republican Dream
They really need to own this: Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) on Sunday said lawmakers who have not signed onto Rep. Paul Ryan's plan to balance the budget…
Words Are Made to Bend
When the Overton Window turns into the Overton Wall
Hell, Yeah!
Representative Anthony Weiner calls out Republican cowards as the GOP denies health coverage to American heroes.
More Like This, Please
The DNC has released a new ad trying Joe Barton and other BP apologists to the Republican party governing philosophy.
Time To Rethink Party Switches?
Two prominent party switchers have gone down to defeat in this election cycle. Republican turned Democrat Arlen Specter was upset by Joe Sestak in the PA-Sen primary and last night Democrat turned Republican Parker Griffith was defeated in the AL-05 Republican primary by Mo Brooks (decisively enough in a 3-way race that no runoff will be needed).
Best Damn Concern Trolls In The Business*
The national media finally starts to notice that the Tea Party is hurting Republicans more than helping them.
Republican Convention Today
You are to be forgiven if you have no idea that the Republicans are meeting today to give out party endorsements. I have only really seen it discussed on the…
God Wants Glenn Urquhart to Win
I guess because his first name starts with the letter "G" too, or something. But Bill Colley speaking for God is not the story. The story is that WGMD talkshow host and blogger Bill Colley apparently is now a bought and paid for shill for the Glenn Urquhart campaign.
Republican policies in 3 words
Republican Energy Policy: Spill, Baby, Spill! Republican Regulatory Policy: For Bedrooms Only Republican Finance Policy: Crash and Bubble Republican Foreign Policy: Loot and Holler Republican Education Policy: Cash for Flunkers…
What Are Republicans Trying to Achieve on FinReg?
I know this isn't as exciting as burning terror cars or oiled-up shrimping grounds, but here's a few words about Financial Reform. Late last Wednesday night, as Senate Democrats were…
The GOP FinReg Proposal — A Good Sign or Bad?
Last night, Republicans released their counter-proposal to Chris Dodd's Financial Reform Bill (full text here). I don't claim to have read either in its entirety, but the general consensus seems…
Immigration Reform and Outing A Senator
Honestly, I wasn't sure what to title this post since the subject matter doesn't exactly flow. But it seems that the immigration debate has taken a turn... William Gheen, head…
Teabagger Round-Up
There seems to be a lot of news about the teabaggers lately, probably because today is their big protest day. A new survey of Tea Party supporters found they are…