The Change We Deserve
It didn't take long for the anti-worker far right to try to spin the results of the 2009 elections as a mandate for their pro-corporate agenda.
It didn't take long for the anti-worker far right to try to spin the results of the 2009 elections as a mandate for their pro-corporate agenda.
Susan J. Demas | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
When extremists are a (vocal) minority, reasonable Republicans and independents come out of the woodwork. And the spoils go to the Democrats, who look comparatively sane.
Robert Creamer | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics
Notwithstanding Republican victories in the N.J. and Virginia governor's races, let's not forget that a lower percentage of Americans now self-identify as Republicans than at any other time in a quarter-century.
Chris Kelly | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York
Doug Hoffman lost his election last night in NY-23. He was supported by a plurality of talk radio entertainers, and a majority of former half-term governors of Alaska -- just not voters who actually live there.
The Wall Street Journal | Jonathan Weisman | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics
After pumping more than $1 million into an upstate New York House race to elect the Conservative Party's Doug Hoffman, the Club for Growth is on the h...
Tom Matzzie | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
The irony of a grassroots movement -- supposedly angry about being victimized by the financial crisis -- supporting the Wall Street candidate in the special election in upstate New York couldn't be more obvious.
The Hill | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics
The Club for Growth took a significant step Tuesday toward opposing Sen. Bob Bennett (R-Utah) in the GOP Senate primary. The Club announced an adve...
Politico | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics
The Club for Growth, the bane of Republican moderates, has taken another shot at Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist, this time nominating him for its Comr...
Kate Clinton | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics
A strong moderate Republican Party might save the Democrats from themselves but not by trying tag it "the Democrat-Socialist Party," calling for secessions or tea-bagging its way into activism.
Wall Street Journal | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics
Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party underscores the clout of Club For Growth, a conservative group that targets Republica...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics
Pure like ice. Pure like fire. That's the way they wanted it. That's the way they'd have it, and they'd leave no tone unspurned. Only true believer...
The Hill | Posted 04.06.2009 | Politics
Former Rep. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) will challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a primary for the second straight cycle, according to Pennsylvania GOP sources. T...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 03.06.2009 | Politics
The day will come when Obama will have no choice but to remind the giant corporations through tough government action that the U.S. is not just another one of their wholly owned subsidiaries.
Edwin D. Hill | Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics