The proposed spending cuts by GOP Speaker of the House John Boehner would lead to approximately one million lost jobs in the US. These lost jobs could lead to the US economy back into a recession. People absolutely have to remember that it’s Republican policies that brought the US to these tough economic times and [...]

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll released today has President Obama gaining significant public support from their last poll. Their last poll, released in mid December, had the President at 49% approval (vs. 47% disapproval.) The new poll has the President at 54% approval (vs. 43% disapproval.) The new numbers are even more impressive if [...]

A new poll from Washington Post/ABC News of possible 2012 Presidential matchups includes good news for President Obama and very bad news for Sarah Palin. Not only does President Obama beat Alaska’s former half term Governor Sarah Palin 53% to 40% in a head to head general election matchup, but 59% of Americans say that [...]

House Democrats have just passed tax cuts for all working Americans. It’s now up to the Senate to pass it and the President to sign it into law. Democrats in the Senate and President Obama are set to pass & sign these tax cuts for everyone but Republicans in the Senate have said they are [...]

In a very strong move, House Democrats are now planning on voting for just the middle class tax cut (without the tax cut on income over 250K included.) If this vote is successful and then passed in the Senate and signed by the President it would extend tax cuts on all income under 250K. The [...]

According to this Gallup poll more Americans support a new economic stimulus bill designed to create new jobs as the #1 priority for congress than favor cutting federal spending or repealing the health care bill as the #1 priority. The first stimulus bill created or saved about 3 million jobs. Neither repealing the health care [...]

In the Republicans are destroying our country category… CommonDreams.org: “Out Long National Nightmare Isn’t Over…. It’s Just Beginning.” In the “remember; Newt Gingrich is a sick bastard who should never get anywhere close to the White House” category… MSNBC: Even while leading the attack on President Clinton over his affair with Monica Lewinsky, Newt Gingrich [...]

Interesting, although quite sad, story about how false rumors about Barack Obama are being spread in Findlay, Ohio in today’s Washington Post. The Truth: 1. Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. 2. Barack Obama is a Christian. 3. Barack Obama has a track record of public service. 4. Barack Obama does recite the pledge of [...]

In the past week five of John McCain’s top aides have been forced to resign after revelations about their lobbying according to this story in the Washington Post. It’s clear that McCain represents “old politics” and more of the same by the type of people he surrounds himself with. McCain’s chief adviser Charlie Black has [...]

An incredible record breaking crowd of 75,000 people attended the Barack Obama rally in Portland, Oregon today according to this Washington Post story. The Oregon Democratic primary is this Tuesday and Obama is strongly favored to win it. Obama should easily pass the amount of pledged delegates needed to guarantee that he is the pledged [...]