This new Washington Post poll shows that everything the Republicans are pushing for (Medicare cuts, Medicaid cuts, Social Security cuts, and even lower taxes on the rich) has very little public support. On the other hand 72% of Americans support what President Obama thinks is necessary: Increased taxes on those making over $250,000/year (ie: letting [...]

Do you think that the President’s compromise to cut the deficit by $4 trillion with massive spending cuts balanced with modest tax increases on the wealthiest Americans (98% of Americans would see no tax increase) sounds like a reasonable idea? Do you think it sounds a lot better than the Republican plan which cuts the [...]

According to polling from the Washington Post 72% of Americans (including a majority of Republican voters!) disagree with Republican politicians (and agree with President Obama) – tax increases on the rich should be a part of balancing the US budget. The majority isn’t always right; but in this case they clearly are. The Bush tax [...]

Notice that these liars misrepresented his idea as “attacking Pakistan” when what candidate Barack Obama really said he would do is exactly what President Barack Obama has done: Authorize a targeted mission to kill Osama Bin Laden based on actionable intelligence. This strategy of going into Pakistan to kill Bin Laden was a part of [...]

Most folks assume President Obama was referring to Donald Trump when he called out “carnival barkers” in his press conference yesterday. Certainly “carnival barker” is an accurate way to describe Trump, but now Jerry Seinfeld has come up with another fitting tag “God’s gift to comedy.” “I love Donald Trump, all comedians love Donald Trump. [...]

The new Republican majority in the House is up to no good. While they haven’t found the time to bring forth a single bill to help create jobs or improve the economy (and in fact their proposals could cost a million jobs) they have found time to do a lot of despicable things. The following [...]

President Obama is hitting back on the Republican political games re: health care reform. To Republicans the health care reform issue is about politics. It’s about winning a political battle against the President. It has nothing to do with improving health care in this country. Watch Obama’s response to a Republican Senator who said that [...]

President Obama is holding a town hall on health care reform at the White House which will be aired on ABC at 10 PM EST tonight. Today’s Recommended Links (1) The AMA is largely responsible for the poor state of health care in the US. It’s important to know that the AMA is the enemy [...]

The DailyKos sponsored Research 2000 3-day tracking poll has Obama’s lead expanding to 9% as of today. The daily results (Obama by 7 on Friday, 9 on Saturday, and 11 on Sunday) seem to indicate an Obama bump from recent events. Most likely that bump comes from Friday night’s debate, Sarah Palin’s disastrous Katie Couric [...]

Maybe John McCain should have met with Sarah Palin more than once before selecting her as his VP? There’s evidence (and a lot of rumors) that her youngest child isn’t actually her child at all but instead the child of her 16 year old daughter. “BabyGate” Part I. “BabyGate” Part II. Update: Now the Palin’s [...]