Uneasy Dems: Bring back Clinton! Or Bush!

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  October 28th at 04:43 PM  | 

When a deeply polarizing egotist leads an already-unpopular party, the only place to go is down, as endangered Democrats will soon realize. Some, having already learned the lessons of the Pennsylvania and Colorado Senate primary contests, are politely rebuffing–while others still downright rejecting–Barack Obama’s offers to join them on the campaign trail. Instead, they’ve got another president in mind: Bill Clinton, whose presence on the | Read More »

National Health Care Spending to Increase by $311 Billion, Says New Report

By: James Richardson (Diary)  |  April 23rd at 04:49 PM  | 

Those vulnerable Democrats whose votes for health care reform were predicated on the conceit that it would not add to the nation’s bloated deficit have today found themselves in a precarious position, as a new report by federal regulators indicated the health care remake will add $311* billion to the national deficit over the next ten years. A report released Thursday by economic experts at | Read More »