Who Is John Galt? No, Really.

Stephen Herrington, 03.15.2010

Jock, cowpoke, oil roughneck, founder in Silicon Valley, stock trader and such

John Galt's "rational self-interest" is a fantasy. Tea Partiers and Libertarians need to reconcile with this fact, but it will require far more thought than they have customarily been willing to spare.

Dems Should Go For Broke

Joan E. Dowlin, 03.15.2010

Freelance musician (French hornist) from the Philadelphia, PA area

The Democratic party is in an almost unprecedented position right now in Washington. If the Democrats are facing defeat in 2010, they may as well go down in a blaze of glory.

The Vile Fascination with the Monkey Image of the Obamas (and African-Americans)

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 03.11.2010

Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator

The long, sordid and savage history of racist stereotyping of African-Americans has been the stock in trade of race-baiting and racial ridicule for more than century.

GOP Mocks Own Donors in Document

Mike Papantonio, 03.11.2010

Papantonio hosts Ring of Fire radio, and is a regular contributor to Fox News Channel

Two weeks ago the folks who run Republican fundraising made a sloppy mistake. They left the blueprint for their party fundraising plans at a posh resort where they had hosted a GOP retreat.

Glenn Beck and Michael Moore Agree: 10 Reminders for the Ruling Parties

Bill Shireman, 03.10.2010

President and CEO of the Future 500

Glenn Beck and Michael Moore agree on one thing: If we could just beat the Republicans AND the Democrats this November, maybe we'd have a shot at sol...

Lady Ga Ga Goo Goo

Steven Weber, 03.09.2010

Actor, wise-ass

Along with championing the deregulating of industry, the Republicans have also sought to deregulate grammar.

Marco Rubio's GOP Spending Spree

Mike Papantonio, 03.06.2010

Papantonio hosts Ring of Fire radio, and is a regular contributor to Fox News Channel

In the T.V. show, "I Love Lucy," Ricky Ricardo had a statement he would unleash when he believed that Lucy had been involved in mischief. He would wa...

McPublican's

Dave Hackel, 03.04.2010

TV writer/producer

I don't know who devises and disseminates the GOP's talking points, but they're brilliant. And since brilliance is not a quality that I readily associate with Michael Steele, I'm guessing it's Roger Ailes.

Boehner Admits Letting Eight-Year-Old Son Shape GOP Healthcare Plan

Andy Borowitz, 03.04.2010

BorowitzReport.com

In a bombshell that could dramatically impact the raging debate over health care, House Minority Leader John Boehner admitted that he had allowed his son to shape the Republican health care plan.

Texas Primaries

Jeff Danziger, 03.03.2010

Jeff Danziger is a political cartoonist syndicated by the NYTimes worldwide

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Good Reason African-Americans Give Obama A Racial Pass

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, 03.02.2010

Political Analyst and Social Issues Commentator

The undeniable fact is that President Obama has gotten a racial pass from blacks. This tormenting fact ignited brief finger pointing between the...

Green News Report -- March 2, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen, 03.09.2010

Co-Hosts, Green News Report

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport Now available via Stitcher Radio's way cool app! Listen on your iPhone, Android, Palm Pre and BlackBerry!...

Not a Game

John Kerry, 03.02.2010

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

Senators shouldn't be playing games with unemployment insurance for workers who have been laid-off through no fault of their own. The framers invested the minority with rights to protect the Senate -- not to destroy it.

The Lies and Reconciliation Commission

Marty Kaplan, 03.02.2010

Director, Norman Lear Center and Professor at the USC Annenberg School

Reconciliation may result in the passage of health care reform. But whether the public will think of that as a legislative triumph, or a commie, death panel Democratic coup will depend on the battle of the sound bites.

Ryan Grim On Democrats Health Care Plans, Political 'Kamikaze'

Huff TV, 03.01.2010

Huffington Post Senior Congressional Correspondent Ryan Grim appeared on MSNBC Monday to talk about health care reform legislation and its prospects i...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington, 02.28.2010

Thursday's health care summit could have been dubbed Talking Points-Palooza. The GOP stayed ferociously on message, with speaker after speaker calling on the president to "start over" with a "clean sheet of paper" and take a "step-by-step approach." For their part, Democrats were committed to sending the message that, as Max Baucus put it, "We're really not that far apart." That might be the case -- if Republicans were actually interested in coming to an agreement. But they're not -- as the last 14 months have made abundantly clear. No matter how many conciliatory steps Democrats take in their direction, Republicans just keep backing away. President Obama will announce his plan for moving forward this week. Let's hope he scraps his delusions of bipartisan agreement, and pushes Congressional Democrats to beef up the bill and pass it through reconciliation.

Kristin Davis + Roger Stone = Nonsense

Abe Gurko, 02.27.2010

Writer, I Mean...What?!?

Kristin Davis' campaign slogan will be "GOVERN THIS" Now that David Patterson has officially backed out of the race, look who's planni...

Filibuster Solved

Sen. Fritz Hollings, 02.26.2010

Former South Carolina Senator

1974, the Senate approved the reconciliation rule by a vote of 80-0. No amendment to the rule has been suggested in thirty-five years. So why do republicans oppose it now?

Obama/Democrats: Stop Kissing Republicans' Asses and Just Pass the Dang Health Care Bill Already!

Andy Ostroy, 02.26.2010

New York City-based political analyst

Obama needs to stop pussyfooting around with The Party of No. He needs to stop seeking the Republicans' approval on everything he campaigned on and believes in.

Obama, Dems Enjoy Substantial Public Support on Their Health Care Proposal

Lanny Davis, 02.25.2010

Lawyer and partner, the Litigation Group

Many people are wrong in thinking that the Democrats' comprehensive approach to healthcare reform lacks public support across the ideological spectrum.

Red State Anxiety and The Constitution

Stephen Herrington, 02.25.2010

Jock, cowpoke, oil roughneck, founder in Silicon Valley, stock trader and such

Red States, apparently, do not understand that the further out onto the ice of constitutional education they skate, the thinner the ice becomes for the ideology of conservatism.