The Death of Reaganomics and The Reagan Legacy
In the last century there have been only 4 US presidents who have won a popular majority twice. They include Presidents FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan and now Obama. The importance of two terms is that...
View ArticleElection Remix 2012
Gravitas Alert, circa Oct 29, 2012. http://www.dailykos.com/...I have a Facebook and Twitter feed to prove I was up REAL late here in Germany, watching the election and putting my bony fingers of...
View ArticleStop celebrating, start thinking
It's been a week, and it was an awesome night. Truly awesome. We've really beaten back the Tea Party for now.But I still see too many diaries, even a week after it is all said and done, about how...
View ArticleDean Chambers Has Reneged.
If I ever hear someone use the words "Republican" and "responsibility" in the same sentence, I will tell them the following story.About two weeks before the election, someone finally made me aware of...
View ArticleUNSKEWED polls back to skewing
There were a few mea culpas by Dean Chambers of Unskewed Polls in the wake of their humiliating "prediction record" on election night. See: Unskewed polls guy admits he was wrongSo, you'd think Mr....
View ArticleElections have consequences, as do demographics, issues, and...
2012 was a big election, there is no doubt, America made a BIG decision as to what general direction it is now going politically. Both major parties laid out pretty clear visions, (called ideology or...
View ArticleThe GOP'S Troubled Connection with Reality -- An Excellent Statement from...
Andy Schmookler ran for Congress in the 6th Congressional District of Virginia in 2012, challenging the incumbent Congressman, Bob Goodlatte. An award-winning author, political commentator, radio...
View ArticleIs it Real or is it Theater?
Clip after clip, quote after quote, it appears that the Republican Party and all its cohorts really, truly believed that Romney was going to win this thing, and maybe win big. The visual, verbal and...
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Abortion: The death of Savita - what can happen when a woman's right to...
I read about it first on twitter -late Tuesday night- the tweet referred to a personal blog in Ireland whose author posted a press release from an Irish pro-choice group. A short while later, European...
View ArticleJon Stewart Sympathizes With Papa 'You're Fired' John: Obama Needs To Fight...
Glorious 'camera three' segment in which Jon sympathizes with 'job creators' opposed to the Affordable Care Act and tells them that single payer health care (also known as Medicare for all) would have...
View ArticleMinnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Reforming Caucus Process
You may remember a mention of the Simon-Rest Committee on Caucuses and Endorsement in this video where DFL Chair Ken Martin explains the DFL Party, which is the Democratic Party in Minnesota:On Monday...
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PBTYA and San Francisco
This blog is cross-posted at StewartAcuff.comI am so excited about the release of Playing Bigger Than You Are: A Life in Organizing as an electronic book--thanks to my friend and mentor Stephen...
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The 47% Romney Never Expected!! - WITH POLL!
ROMNEY SHARE OF POPULAR VOTE IN THE 9 BATTLEGROUND STATES: 47%!!!!! . . . . 426.9 / 9 = 47.43333333
View ArticlePaul Ryan (R-PoopyHead2) and The Urban Vote
Well, waddaya know, it seems like Paul Ryan (R-PoopyHead 2) has finally figured out why the much vaunted, highly qualified pair of goofballs did not win the Presidential Elections in 2012. It's all the...
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Mitt Romney blames his loss on President Obama buying off minorities and...
I should know better than to mix a humorous photo with a serious news story, but I am who I amMitt Romney just doesn’t know when to quit. Rather than seek some recovery of his dignity in silence, today...
View ArticleAGAIN: Romney blames loss on "gifts to minorities"
Mr. Romney once again has shown his true colors by saying that Presidennt Obama offered "gifts" to minorities in order to win the election:In a conference call on Wednesday afternoon with his national...
View ArticleGo (Away) West, Dumb Man!
Alan West, the king of useful idiots in the newly hobbled and crippled Republican party was offered support and safe haven by Sue Everhart, chairwoman of the Georgia GOP, (Huffington Post 11/14/12) “I...
View ArticleBig Brother, Kill Lists, and Secrecy: What to Expect from Obama's Second Term
Barack Obama's reelection ensures 16 full years of George Bush's radically imperial policies and their resultant civil liberties abridgments at home.
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My Breakdown Of The 2014 Senate Races
Here are the top seven races I'll probably write the most diaries on:1. Mark Begich (D) of Alaska. Uploaded with ImageShack.usBegich knows he has a tough race ahead of him but he is ready to fight and...
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