Paul Abrams

Yes, it is a state issue. And yes, the Democrats may lose.

But David Axelrod and David Plouffe must stop calculating every fine point and go with their guts. That is how people vote, and that is where the president must connect.

Wisconsin has been ground zero for the fight...

Mitt Romney's sole claim to the presidency is that his business experience will enable him to accelerate job growth in America.

The GOP debates revealed that Romney was a failure as governor, with Massachusetts 47th in the nation in job growth, and only one of...

Mitt Romney's latest laughable attempt to "prove" he would have ordered the bin Laden raid is now based on comparing himself, supposedly as tougher, to former naval officer and President Jimmy Carter.

President Carter served as a submarine officer in the United States Navy for seven years, eventually...

Sometimes it is necessary to describe the obvious. As shown on these pages on April 6, Mitt Romney would not have found, captured or killed Osama bin Laden -- no way, no how.

When Republicans start complaining about "using" an issue -- count the number of times...

Mitt Romney was not only born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he had the most glittering of golden parachutes from Bain & Co, guaranteeing him a job whether he failed or succeeded and with Bain agreeing in advance to lie about any failure.

Credit Lawrence...

Please note: This article originally stated that Romney would not reveal his 2010 tax returns because they might show he was not a Massachusetts resident. That was an error . Indeed, on Romney released tax returns for 2010 he did list "Belmont, MA", as his home address, but we do...

Strasser: I'm not entirely sure which side you're on.
Renault: I have no conviction, if that's what you mean. I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy.
Strasser: And if it should change?
Renault: Well, surely the Reich doesn't permit that...

Vice President Joe Biden has said, "This is not your grandfather's Republican party." He has not (yet) added, "and this will not be an election you learned in elementary school was the underpinning of democracy."

As the new right-wing voter suppression laws now stand, 3-5 million people will be denied...

Mitt Romney, whose business experience enabled him to be 47th in the nation with respect to job growth when he was a one-term governor of Massachusetts, has told us that he is going to "restore" America.

What is he going to restore us to?

The '00s? Romney's economic and...

At some point, Mitt Romney will have to stop hurling lying epithets at President Obama, and tell the American people what he is going to do as president.

Mitt Romney has committed himself to the following Tea Party/Far Right Conservative policies:

1. Never to raise taxes on anyone for...

The capture and killing of Osama bin Laden presents Republicans with a big problem trying to cast President Obama as weak or indecisive or pro-muslim. They have, therefore, run trial balloons to diminish the event, advancing the notion that the operation was no big deal because any president would have...

Why Nations Fail (by Daron Acemoglu and James R. Robinson) has been lionized by liberal and conservative economists alike for its analysis of the factors that make some nations rich and others poor. Built to Last (by Porris and Collins) defines the characteristics of great organizations, and can be

If Paul Ryan (R-WI) were the CEO of a publicly-traded corporation, he would be liable for criminal prosecution for committing "fraud-on-the-market," which his budget represents. It makes one wonder why we do not hold our public officials at least to the same standards as CEOs.

But, that...

"Only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed" -- (JFK, Inaugural Address)

Dear Mr. Mayor:

I write you because, of all your billionaire colleagues, you have demonstrated by your direct involvement in the political process, to care deeply...

As much as we like to believe that our times are unique, President Roosevelt was the target of the same barrage of lies and distortions that Republicans are today heaving against President Obama.

Indeed, although no one accused FDR of being born elsewhere, they did accuse him of being...

On the second anniversary of the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), Mitt Romney penned an op-ed for USA Today. One must respond immediately, because Mitt may Etch-a-Sketch himself to a different position before this is published.

And, the only reason this is...

"The doctor begins to lose freedom... So a doctor decides he wants to practice in one town and the government has to say to him, you can't live in that town. You have to go someplace else. And from here it's only a short step to dictating where he will...

"At a time, in short, when sacrifice is being asked of everyone... the American people are going to find it hard, as I do, to accept a situation in which a tiny handful of steel executives... could act with such utter contempt for the interests of 180 million Americans." (John...

Dear Governor Palin:

I called the White House to see if the president might be available to debate you. Alas, I was told he was busy running the country and trying to make peace in the world.

So, I was kinda thinkin', you wanna debate, don'tcha? (Mitt Romney is training...

Section 308(b) of the Communications Act includes "character" as one of the elements the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is to use to determine the granting and maintenance of licenses.

The continuing and escalating scandals in the United Kingdom relating to Murdoch-owned and -operated news gathering organizations raise serious...