Politics
May 11, 2006 -
For a preview of how it's going to play out in the 2006 midterms, check out this report about a scripted GOP attack against Harold Ford Jr. for taking "Hollywood money." But wait, there's more. It seems the GOP is throwing bricks from inside a glass house.
May 11, 2006 -
Good news from Tennessee. The General Assembly passed legislation yesterday to crack down on predatory mortgage lending practices:
May 9, 2006 -
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Katherine Harris:
May 8, 2006 -
With Bush's approval ratings reaching historic lows -- what one GOP spokesperson, with admirable understatement, calls "a challenging political environment" -- the question arises: who is holding on to support our beleagured president and his party?
May 5, 2006 -
AP-Ipsos has a new poll, and it's not good news for the ruling party in Washington:
May 2, 2006 -
Welcome to those of you coming from Daily Kos, Crooks and Liars, National Review (!), and other places that highlighted our coverage of yesterday's May Day immigrant rights events that shook the South.
April 27, 2006 -
Congress has refused to increase the minimum wage in over a decade, even though the value of the minimum wage, thanks to inflation, is 24% less than it was in 1979, and 7.3 million workers would benefit from an increase.