After the 2008 elections the Democrats had control of: 59% of the Senate (up to 60% after Arlen Specter switched.) 59% of the House. 100% of the White House. How did the Republicans treat the Democratic mandate of the 2008 election? Did they try to work with the President to bring about the changes the [...]

The Republican Party can’t run on their own policy agenda (plans to privatize Social Security and destroy Medicare) because it is so unpopular with voters, so instead they have to try to run attacks against “Tax & Spend Democrats.” But there’s a big problem with that attack: President Obama & The Democratic Congress cut taxes [...]

I think this new Gallup poll reporting high voter enthusiasm from Republican voters in comparison to Democratic voters is a bit misleading. The question it asks is: “Compared to previous elections, are you more enthusiastic about voting than usual, or less enthusiastic?” The obvious problem with this question is that Democratic voters are comparing their [...]

Some recent results from Gallup polls indicate that the prospects for the Democratic Party for the 2010 midterms are looking better. Here they are: (1) Republican advantage in “voter enthusiasm” has shrunk to just 10 percentage points (43% to 33%) from 19 percentage points about a month ago. If the Democrats can continue to shrink [...]

If you haven’t seen this yet, you need to. It’s President Obama’s question and answer session with the Republican obstructionists in congress at a GOP retreat: Obama refuted every single Republican talking point with reason & facts. All of the Republican talking points are either outright lies or distortions of fact. This becomes obvious when [...]

President Obama gave an amazing speech tonight in which he called on politicians in both parties in both the House & the Senate to get past playing political games and to actually work towards the good of the country for a change. Watching this speech tonight was like watching an adult speaking to a room [...]