Number of the Day

Zero: The number of countries in existence that have succeeded with a Tea Party model, as observed quite rightly by former President Bill ...

So the President Gave a Speech

As promised , the President unveiled his debt-reduction plan in a speech this morning. The full transcript, as provided by the Office of th...

Headline of the Day

House Speaker Boehner rejects Obama deficit plan . Of course he does.

Obama to Unveil Deficit-Reduction Plan Today

And, aside from the fact that its a deficit-reduction plan ( Question Austerity !) at a time when the economic focus is desperately needed e...

It's Like People Have Noticed They're Unemployed

July 8, 2011 : President Obama's senior political adviser David Plouffe said Wednesday that people won't vote in 2012 based on the u...

Great Jobs Plan. Very Cool.

Liberal Democrats fear payroll-tax holiday will undermine Social Security : Liberal lawmakers in both chambers are hammering the Obama admin...

Number of the Day

46.2 million: The number of people living in poverty in the United States, according to the annual income and poverty snapshot released ye...

The President Proposes the American Jobs Act

[I'm still on holiday, and will be until next Wednesday, but here is the text of the President's speech last night, as prepared, for...

Dispatches from the Two Americas

In the latest CNN/ORC poll, 80% of respondents believe we are in another recession . One-third believe it is a "serious" recessio...

Number of the Day

$1,197,000,000,000: The amount of US dollars spent as of June on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's one trillion, one hundred a...

Interesting Theory of Democracy Ya Got There

We were not elected to represent you; we were elected to protect the federal budget from you. Or something : Despite the devastation caused...

The Password Is: Jobs

I never expected hope and change to feel so underwhelming : President Barack Obama is finalizing a jobs package that could include a program...

Quote of the Day

"Now normally, investors accept the unknowability of bank equity because they have some faith in the system. Does anyone have any confi...

WHAT

Just WHAT?! Pasco couple fear losing home to foreclosure for paying mortgage too early : Seventy-year-old Sharon Bullington may lose her hom...

Recommended Reading

Digby: The Grand Bargain & Jobs Jubilee . I'm not even going to excerpt it. Just go read the whole thing.

Panic on Wall Street

More signs of economic weakness triggered a global sell-off in stocks Thursday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 400 points in a return...

Today in Rick Santorum Says Something Stupid

Letting the family break down and in fact encouraging it and inciting more breakdown through this whole redefinition of marriage debate, and...

Number of the Day

38: The number of US states in which child poverty has increased in the last decade. Nearly 15 million children, or 20 percent of America...

Jobs Schmobs

In case you were worried that President Obama might accidentally pursue some progressive economic policies, DON'T WORRY HE WON'T : P...

Of Course

Lisa Mascaro in the LA Times : Anti-tax group is top donor to super committee members . The conservative Club for Growth and its members gav...