So Governor Sanford is another family values hypocrite. How many times did he deny privacy rights and marriage equality to others?

According to OnTheIssues.org, as a Member of Congress, Mark Sanford voted repeatedly against abortion rights; against gay marriage, civil unions, and gay adoptions; and for posting the...

Heartbroken at the ruling according second class citizenship to our LGBT families, relieved that our married friends won't endure forced divorces, it is a sad day for civil rights in California. Yet I believe we will win marriage equality through pride, respect, transparency, and optimism.

Today's California Supreme Court...

Watching President Obama and former Vice President Cheney duel on terror suspects: can Spock replace Rambo in the approach to Gitmo? Does logic ever trump emotion on terror? Obama (Spock the Star Trek logician) set up an extreme contrast between transparency versus anything goes with himself in the middle. Cheney...

We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them. These actions were perpetuated by our leaders, with our resources, in our name, for our safety. That gives us the right -- indeed the obligation -- to declassify what was directed,...

Watching Obama's press conference at the Summit of the Americas discussing economics, narco-terrorism, and guns, the President showcased a new direction in American regional partnerships. The line that captured the essence of Obama's new approach: "other countries see that we are not dug in to policies created before I was...

As storm clouds of cynicism gather over a troubled economy and uncertain world, the Democratic Congress delivers a breath of fresh air: a national call to service that triples AmeriCorps and strengthens our national commitment to the common good.

HR1388, renamed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America...

Remember those AIG commercials from 2008 where the little kids talked about how their
parents invested family savings in AIG? Now those kids and their parents are called to pay bonuses to the AIG executives who ran through those family savings like...little kids.

AIG apologists claim contractual obligations...

A milestone today as America celebrates the 200th birthday of our 16th President. Watching our first African American President honor the author of the Emancipation Proclamation in the rotunda of a Capitol built by slaves is truly inspiring. The American people are hurting and need relief in the spirit of...

As the President said about A-Rod's steroid use: "There are no shortcuts" - you tarnish those who played it straight and your entire career and it's not worth it.

When it comes to the hard work of addressing the economic crisis and the budget debt that President Obama inherited,...

Bringing innovation to tradition, President Obama's weekend wireside chat and prime time fireside chat will combine to help pass his American recovery package.

Obama knows that the drama does not exist in the sensationalist media reports about the legislative sausage-making but in the deep anger and anxiety coarsing...

When Barack Obama addresses the nation to present his economic recovery plan, I hope the President will take the opportunity to speak to our heads, our hearts, and our hopes.

Speak to our heads: we can handle the truth. Show us the numbers behind the economic crisis and what they...

Today, on day 15 of his presidency, Barack Obama fulfills another campaign promise and signs the State Children's Health Insurance Program bill. This tri-partisan triumph, supported by Democrats, Republicans, Independents, and nonpartisan groups from the AARP to the YWCA, will provide health coverage for 11 million American children, and a...

On his first day as president, Barack Obama etched his mark on history. On his first day as incumbent leader of the Democrats, President Obama etched his mark on his party. Today in Washington, DC we the Democratic National Committee just met to elect new party leaders and renew our...

A little over a year ago, President George W. Bush insisted we could not afford to insure 10 million kids through the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP). Despite broad bi-partisan, non-profit support from the AARP to the YMCA, Bush vetoed the S-CHIP bill. His veto was sustained by just...

The news of the Proposition 8 lawsuits came last night as I was addressing my Christmas cards. You know the ritual -- take a photo from the year, mail it to family and friends with holiday greetings. In past cards I've been parasailing, bungee jumping, and skydiving; and now, this...

The debate over family service in public life reaffirms my belief that vacancies should be filled as democratically as possible and that anyone in any generation of public service should run to fill them. U.S. Senate seats should have special elections just as U.S. House seats do. With advances in...

As reflected in the tapes of the perpetrator and the public comments of the prosecutor, Barack Obama did not participate in the wrongdoing related to filling his vacant Senate seat. Facing the American people today, he went out of his way to address doubts, establish distance between himself and those...

One of my proudest political moments was casting my vote for President Barack Obama. Do I applaud every single move Obama has made? Not necessarily. Does Obama owe me or any supporter a litmus test? Absolutely not! In fact, he ran against litmus tests. Barack Obama never promised anyone a...

President-elect Barack Obama chose a security team to implement strength at home and renewed standing abroad, with an understanding that "our destiny is shared with the world." Can Obama's big tent team of friends and rivals really deliver change? If they govern the way they presented today - yes they...

In a strange but fitting coda to the Orwellian "clear skies" initiative, the Bush-Cheney EPA is pushing a final rule on how much pollution to allow into the air we breathe. If you're grateful for clean air this Thanksgiving, please take a minute to help save it.

Of all the...