Congressman Peter King, arguably one of the craziest of the crazy, was on Hardball today and...
Category - Economy
$789 Billion
They have a deal. And I'll predict that this won't be the only recovery bill that we'll be debating...
More Shoes!
Susie Madrak wants more like this one: On Sunday, hundreds of angry homeowners and volunteers...
Hope for The Geithner Plan
Krugman provides it: But maybe, maybe, it’s a Trojan horse that smuggles the right policy into...
Nationalization Under the Radar
Matthew Yglesias thinks this might be in the fine print of Geithner's plan. If so, here's to hoping...
This Can't Be Good
Lordy: Administration officials were greeted with sarcasm and laughter Monday night when they...
Is Tim Geithner Suicidal?
If this report is true and Secretary Geithner successfully won bank bailout terms that are lenient...
Quote of the Day
"When it comes to how we approach the issue of fiscal responsibility, again, it's a little hard for...
36 Republicans
Every Republican except Snowe, Collins and Specter voted to filibuster the recovery bill -- and...
The Centrists Cut $40 Billion To The States
$40 billion. Knowing that the Nelson-Collins cabal trimmed this much in "silly" aid to the states...
Oh noes! Socialism!
I wonder if Glenn Beck and the other far-right Neo-McCarthyites are willing to give up "socialist"...
Another Republican Myth Debunked
Devilstower presents a pretty thorough debunking of the very insane Republican lie that the New...
Pollgasm: Recovery Edition
More than twice as many Americans approve of President Obama on the recovery bill as approve of the...
The New Lie
It's on. The Republicans, evidently spearheaded by Drudge, are clearly attempting to conflate the...
From The Yanked-From-Ass File
Ezra Klein eviscerates the Nelson-Collins crew: Nelson said, "I think it will be below 800...
'Insane'? Seriously?
Benen quoting Bushie apologist Brad Blakeman: "It's not presidential. An American leader needs to...
Tax Cuts Versus Spending
In response to Lee's post below, no-one on the left is arguing against President Obama's campaign...
Did Liberals & Poor People Cause The Meltdown?
No. (The article is from April, but still relevant considering the screeching from the far-right.)
Debunking the Republican Myths
Media Matters rips apart in detail the Republican myths and talking points on the recovery bill...
Operation Zero Cred: Focus on the House
The House is our last shot and boosting the size of the recovery bill -- at the very least, to move...