“There is no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans.” This is one of the least true and most dangerous things that people often say. I most frequently hear this said by liberals who are justifiably angry that the Democratic Party is not progressive enough. They are understandably upset at the amount of corporate influence [...]

Yesterday the Dow crossed the 12,000 mark for the first time since June of 2008 (before the Bush stock market crash of September 2008.) The Dow was at only 7,949 when the George W. Bush to Obama transition took place in January of 2009. This means that the Dow has gained over 50% since President [...]

Tonight the President gives the State of the Union speech with the theme “Winning the Future.” The President will be focusing on jobs and the economy in the speech. This differs significantly from the Republican majority in the House which so far has focused entirely on telling lies and performing cheap political stunts like voting [...]

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart proves that Fox’s claim that they don’t compare people to Nazis is a lie: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c 24 Hour Nazi Party People www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook Of course when you [...]

In a sign of just how positive things are looking for President Obama lately; even the Republican leaning Rasmussen Reports has good news for the President. Rasmussen’s daily tracking poll as the President at 52% approval today. This marks the first time he’s hit the 52% mark on Rasmussen since September 17th of 2009. I [...]

There’s been a lot of good polling news for President Barack Obama lately and there’s more out today. The President has a +10% point approval rating (51%) minus disapproval rating (41%) on Gallup’s presidential approval poll for the first time since last February. Even the Republican leaning Rasmussen Reports has the President in positive territory [...]

This new CBS/NY Times poll shows that most Americans would choose to cut military spending (55%) before choosing to cut Medicare (21%) or Social Security (13%) as a way to cut government spending. Even among Republicans there is more support for cutting military spending (42%) than for cutting Medicare (31%) or Social Security (17%.) Among [...]

President Obama has kept 134 campaign promises vs. just 34 broken promises during the first two years of his Presidency according to the PolitiFact political fact checking website. This is a pretty good ratio which means President Obama can campaign in 2012 on the many promises he has kept and his great many accomplishments which [...]

In very good news for President Obama’s 2012 presidential reelection prospects Gallup’s daily tracking poll has the President at 51% approval today for the first time since mid May of last year. But that’s not the only good polling news out today for the President. PPP’s new poll says that the President has widened his [...]

Proof of some of the inflammatory violent words that Glenn Beck shares on the Republican Tea Party’s Fox Network: This is not “free speech.” This is like shouting “fire!” in a crowded theater. It’s an incitement of deadly violence that makes its way into the minds of insane people with guns who then turn the [...]