Weekly Address: Extending the Payroll Tax Cut for the Middle Class

President Obama urges Congress to extend the payroll tax cut to prevent a tax hike on 160 million hardworking Americans. Related articles President Obama asks America to make its voice heard on payroll tax cut (dailykos.com) Deadline For Payroll Tax Cut Looms, Obama Pushes For Extension (businessinsider.com) Obama, GOP spar over economy in weekly addresses [...]

How to get a Republican to sit on his hands

The applause breaks during the State of the Union tell us a lot about what people think of what the President is saying. But were there any surprises last night when it came to who did and didn’t applaud? Related articles Did Obama ignore #OWS in State of the Union? (occupycyberspace.wordpress.com) Chronicle: State of the [...]

The Elected 1% – US politicians get richer despite recession

While many people in the US continue to find it difficult to make ends meet, Washington politicians have a different experience. Related articles As Americans Get Poorer, Members of Congress Get Richer (abcnews.go.com) Politicians for Sale?….let’s Buy Some (socyberty.com) Success: You’re Richer Than You Think (leadershipmints.com) Congress gets richer and the gap between government and [...]

HermieGate – Herman Cain’s Swan Song – The Complete Ginger White Interview

Haven’t we gotten tired of hearing of Herman Cain’s exploits? Or is America being played like a fiddle, just to sell books?  Ginger White is Herman Cain’s latest accuser, who says she had a 14 year affair with the former GOP front-runner. Part 1 Part 2

We Need to Occupy the Super Committee…

While we’re seeing what democracy looks like in the streets – we’re seeing democratic failure looks like on Capitol Hill. The Gang of 12 – the so-called “SuperCommittee” – announced today that it has failed in trying to come up with a compromise to find $1.2 trillion in budget savings. Related articles Debt Super Committee [...]

Did Anyone REALLY think that the Super Committee would succeed?

Republicans continue to insist on protecting tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, preventing Congress from reaching an agreement to further reduce our deficit.    Related articles Obama: I’ll Veto Any Effort To End Triggered Spending Cuts After Super Committee Fail (mediaite.com) There Was Nothing Super About This Committee (themoderatevoice.com) Breaking: Super Committee declares defeat (hotair.com) [...]

This Week In Republican Wisdom – Boehner: War Drawdown Savings Can’t Go to Jobs

With a special deficit-reduction supercommittee floundering, the top Republican in Congress warned Thursday that he won’t permit savings from winding down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to pay for President Barack Obama’s jobs spending agenda. \ Related articles Boehner rules out using military savings for jobs (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Deadline Looms As Debt Deal Appears Far [...]