Private-sector jobs grew far more under Democratic than Republican presidents, 1961-2012
Picture. A thousand words. Etc. The instant any Democrat uses this chart showing that between 1961 and 2012, the United States added 42 million private-sector jobs under Democratic presidents and 23.9 million private-sector jobs under Republican presi...
Democrats look to unions for convention fundraising; unions unwilling
(Darwinek)
Struggling to raise enough money for the Democratic National Convention after rejecting contributions from lobbyists and corporations and limiting individual donors to $100,000 contributions, the Democratic party is looking to unions to cl...
When a Blue Dog falls in primary, every Democrat in Congress hears it
The Blue Dogs are in trouble (The Political Carnival)
Back on Tuesday, two Blue Dogs—Rep. Jason Altmire in PA-12 and Rep. Tim Holden in PA-17—were defeated for re-election in Democratic primaries. This may not have made national political news, b...
Democrats to introduce WORK Act to give all mothers the same choice Ann Romney had
Shouldn't all women have the choice Ann Romney did to stay home with her kids?
Now that Republicans have flip-flopped on their decades-long denigration of mothers and decided that staying at home to raise children is work—or at least, it's work whe...
The cruel stupidity that is economic austerity
2011 protest, Syntagma Square, Athens (Wikimedia Commons)
When right wing politicians talk about deficits you can be certain that they're waging class warfare. When right wing politicians pursue economic austerity you can be certain that they're wagi...
Daily Kos/SEIU State of the Nation Poll: A tale of two parties
Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos & SEIU. 3/1-4. Registered voters. MoE ±3.1% (Obama trendlines 2/23-26, all others 2/16-19):
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UNFAVORABLE
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PRESIDENT OBAMA
47 (49)
49 (47)
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Sen. Chuck Schumer wants to have Bush tax cut fight before election
Sen. Chuck Schumer (Jason Reed/Reuters)
The Occupy movement scores again. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the guy in charge of communications strategy for the Senate Democrats, wants to have an income inequality debate by fighting over ending the Bush tax...
The Ryan Medicare-killing plan is back, and Democrats will use it
They're back: Rep. Paul Ryan and his plan to end Medicare. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
How committed to ending Medicare is the Republican Party? Committed enough to resurrect the Medicare voucher plan of Rep. Paul Ryan, the plan that enraged seniors and...
