Civil rights leader dumps Clinton
Civil rights leader John Lewis has dropped his support for Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential bid in favor of Barack Obama. Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Atlanta, is the most prominent black…
Clinton backtracks on tax returns
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says she won't release her tax returns until she has the Democratic presidential nomination in hand, and not before tax filing time comes in mid-April. Clinton argued…
Congress to Bush: You’ve Lost Mail
The Bush White House has made a mockery of the Presidential Records Act and its requirement that official White House records -- including e-mails -- be preserved for posterity.…
When you lie down with dogs…
When John McCain decided to embrace the rabid right wing of the Republican party, he also left the door open for the racists, bigots, homophobes and hate-mongers who dominate the…
We won in Iraq, now it’s time to come home
The Senate is getting ready to debate Iraq again. Head "spend and stealer" Mitch McConnell has decided to allow debate on this bill. It's something of a political…
Clinton on Russian leader: ‘Whatever’
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, who has argued she would be stronger on foreign policy than rival Barack Obama, stumbled over the name of the likely new Russian president…
Ignorance is NOT Bliss!
The following headline was in the New York Times today. Survey Finds Teenagers Ignorant on Basic History and Literature Questions "Fewer than half of American teenagers who were asked basic…
Steal-and-Spend Republicans
The Dems are missing a solid chance to pin the Republicans with a moniker far more telling than the "tax and spend" label that the other party delights in sticking…
Debate unlikely to change anything
Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are making their final pitches to voters in Ohio and Texas, must-win contests for Clinton, after a mostly somber and policy-filled debate that seemed…
