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Todd Rokita Threatens Political Opponents

October 14, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

For the last few months, Secretary of State (and current Congressional candidate) Todd Rokita has been on a campaign against the Indiana State Teachers Association. He’s repeatedly insinuated, while offering no evidence, that the ISTA has commingled political funds with…

Buying Hoosier Elections, Then and Now

October 14, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

This is the 3rd installment in a series of posts. See my previous entries: Who’s Buying Hoosier Elections – a look at the outside groups spending money in Indiana’s Congressional elections Which Hoosier Elections Are Being Bought – a race-by-race…

Which Hoosier Elections Are Being Bought?

October 12, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Yesterday, I wrote about the various outside groups – at least 3 of which are “headquartered” out of PO boxes at retail shops around the country – who are spending money by the thousands in an effort to influence elections…

Who’s Buying Hoosier Elections?

October 11, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Over the past several months, a nonprofit organization has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Indiana’s 8th District Congressional race. According to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Americans for Job Security has spent more than $355,000 since…

Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi on the narcissism of the Tea Party

September 28, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

While I’m not one to mind some adult words thrown into an article, Taibbi seems to rely on profanity as a crutch in his writing. But buried in his four-lettered vocabulary are some important insights. Taibbi realizes, as I’ve argued…

GOP plans to add $4 Trillion to deficit, doubling projections

September 15, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

By prioritizing tax cuts for the wealthiest of the wealthy, Mitch McConnell and the GOP are burdening future generations of Americans with debt that will never be paid off. Over the last year, the GOP has railed against temporary measures…

“The massive resistance Republicans posed to Clinton in 1993 is impossible to imagine,” or it was in 2008.

September 4, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Paul Krugman linked to this piece in a short blog post about the timidity of Obama’s reforms so far. As Krugman writes, “This is crazy: when you’re well down in the polls, minimal steps that won’t move the economy and…

Jamelle Bouie, Digby, and Markos’ American Taliban

September 1, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Two of my favorite political writers are having a bit of a showdown today, and I just thought I’d throw in my two cents. Over at The American Prospect, Jamelle Bouie wrote a thoughtful critique of Markos Moulitsas’ new book,…

Mike Pence takes stimulus hypocrisy to a new level

August 11, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Back in February, Representative Mike Pence issued a statement: One year later, one thing is clear: the stimulus bill has failed. One year later, not one net job has been created as unemployment rose from 7.6 percent to nearly 10…

The Great Stagnation, “a profound crisis of identity for America”

August 1, 2010 · by Brian · in Politics

Terrific look at the symptoms, but gets a little wishy-washy when it comes to looking at the causes. The squeeze on the middle class is reaching an untenable point; where we go from here is an economic and policy decision…

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