The Democratic presidential campaign began with remarkable unity from the candidates regarding what needs to be done to revitalize the economy and restore America's moral authority -- and their populist themes even spilled over into the Republican primary.

That does not simply speak to the candidates' position papers...

It's very possible that both of Tuesday's primary contests will turn on Clinton and Obama's opposing positions on a temporary gas tax cut, instead of the recent media attention on Obama's former pastor.

Both have ads up on the gas tax. Clinton's is a traditional "contrast" ad:

As I noted here last week, you can be a Weekend Watchdog and help suggest questions to the Sunday talk shows. If we want our media to ask relevant questions to our politicians, we need to speak up.

Each week at the Campaign for America's Future blog, we...

What's notable to me about the ABC debate is conservative radio host Sean Hannity was able to get his question asked, simply by suggesting it on-air to George Stephanopoulos. That is in large part because conservatives have engaged and pressured traditional media outlets for years.

A subtext to their...

Earlier this week, I mentioned that the conservative blog RedState is trying to pressure the traditional media to treat critiques of John McCain's embrace of a 100-year occupation of Iraq as lies and distortion.

Today, RedState sent an email alert to readers to further push the...

Conservatives are stepping up the pressure on the traditional media to call Sen. Barack Obama a liar, because he is mentioning Sen. John McCain's explicit support for a 100-year military presence in Iraq.

Over on LiberalOasis, I previously laid out what I consider the best way to discuss...

I feel like I see ads for the deceptively-named "Free Credit Report" more and more and more, as if the worse the economy gets, the more companies seek to prey on those who are struggling.

As you may know (but obviously not enough do), Free Credit Report is a bait-and-switch...

In the final debate of the 2000 presidential campaign, Vice President Al Gore argued he would spend more on defense than his opponent. Then-Gov. George Bush retorted, "If this were a spending contest, I would come in second."

A fair point. When it comes to public investment, it's never...

For this week's edition of the LiberalOasis Radio Show, I offered a "Guide to Decide" for Super Tuesday, in which (I think!) neither the words "experience" or "change" were uttered.

You can get the audio podcast of the show here, which includes a Super Tuesday preview from Brave...

President Bush delivers his seventh -- and mercifully, last -- State of the Union address on Monday. If it's going to be anything like the previous six, it will be loaded with misleading rhetoric that's completely detached from reality.

For example, as I noted here before last year's...

Sen. George Allen called an Indian-American "Macaca," and it was seen all over the country on YouTube. That was the turning point that sunk his re-election campaign in the "Red" state of Virginia.

Republicans tried to hold the Congress in 2006 with a blizzard of anti-immigrant ads. They lost...

Today is a day that will live in legislative infamy. Conservatives in the U.S. Senate set a modern day record for obstruction, forcing the 62nd cloture vote to move beyond a filibuster -- breaking the record for a two-year congressional session with a full year to spare.

To mark...

On Sunday, ABC's This Week failed to hold Alan Greenspan accountable for his role in the mortgage crisis. But today, the New York Times did, picking up where Salon.com left off.

And as the NYT report shows -- like every other failure of the Bush Era --...

On today's edition of The LiberalOasis Radio Show on WHMP in Western Mass., Glenn Hurowitz, author of the new book, Fear and Courage in the Democratic Party, reported that former Sen. John Edwards would receive a big endorsement next week:

I talked to a major statewide leader with...

One of the reasons why I wrote yesterday's post on the energy bill deal was in anticipation of articles like today's in the New York Times.

...despite the tougher 35 m.p.g. standard, a growing population of drivers would push up total fuel use, as well as greenhouse gas...

A majority in both houses of Congress, reflecting the desires of the American people, wants to shift the direction of our energy policy away from the fossil fuel past and towards a renewable energy future.

To that end, the Senate passed an energy bill in June, the House followed...

David Brooks, Lou Dobbs, and their massive egos may not realize this, but we do not have to choose between their flawed economic visions for American and the world.

But their little Pinstripe Catfight this week does help illustrate the weaknesses in both of their arguments.

Brooks, the conservative New...

Already in the hot seat for her awful record as Chairwoman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission [CPSC], Nancy Nord has been further put on the defensive by a video released this month by Campaign for America's Future.

So Nord is responding, through her top flack, with more misinformation --...

Over the past seven years, crude oil prices have exploded from around $30 a barrel to nearly $100. With prices that high, you don't need to give an oil company executive much financial incentive to drill for more fossil fuel.

Yet clean energy legislation is stalled in Congress...

There's been plenty of conservative dishonesty during the debate over expanding children's health insurance. But every so often, conservative honesty speaks up loud and clear, and helps us make an informed choice between two visions for America.

ThinkProgress today reports on the latest conservative attack...