It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong. ~Thomas Jefferson   So here we are, about a week away from a huge decision.  Of course we've already delayed this "monumental...
Reid insisted in 2010 that delaying the debt ceiling vote would ensure that the Republicans would own part of the responsibility. And so we find ourselves on the brink of disaster.
The entire world is watching. So let’s seize this moment to show why the United States of America is still the greatest nation on Earth –- not just because we can still keep our word and meet our obligations, but because we can still come together as one nation.
Welcome to our ongoing thread covering the latest updates and opinions from our members on the GOP manufactured crisis of raising (or not raising) the debt ceiling.
Take action to support MN Gov. Mark Dayton in this tense government shutdown, as he fights to fill a $5 billion budget gap by making the wealthy pay their fair share instead of allowing Republicans to squeeze it all out of the middle class once again.
There's so much hostility in our society and media...doesn't it just piss you off?!
New Rule: If we stop treating politicians like the celebrities they're not, maybe then they'll act like responsible people we trust to represent us, instead of the celebrities they're not. May ended well for the Democratic party.  For the first...
  I never wanted to be a pundit. ~Robert MacNeil   Let's get this out of the way early. Almost all of us dislike punditry for various reasons. There may be a voice or two out there that we all hold in some...
My father, a lifelong Democrat and a fervent union supporter, always maintained that even the Left had its limits. "Go far enough to the Left in your opinions," he'd always say, "and before long, you'll find you're someplace on the...
Delivered January, 20 1961 in Washington D.C.   Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, reverend clergy, fellow citizens:   We observe today not a victory of party, but a celebration of freedom -- symbolizing...