Jim Moore, professor of political science at Pacific University, talks with Rachel Maddow about the strange cast of characters that make up the Oregon Republican Party and its wildly wealthy benefactors, including several who aren’t even in Oregon
In reversal of Bush-era politics, RNC urges Congressional GOP to overhaul Patriot Act
Romney has piled more debt onto more unsuspecting companies, written more gigantic checks that other people have to cover, than perhaps all but a handful of people on planet Earth.
Republicans vote against their own measure to raise the debt ceiling while simultaneously call Wall Street to assure them the vote is “just for show”.
In December, 60 Minutes, aired a report about state and local level budget deficits. Entitled The Day of Reckoning, the piece paints a grim picture for states like California and New Jersey
Paul Krugman talks with Rachel about the apparent plan by the GOP to worsen the economy in order to retake the White House in 2012
…to pay for the Bush tax cuts in the long run would be to dismantle large parts of Social Security and Medicare
House Republicans voted NOT to extend the Bush tax cuts today to 99% of the population
“GOP senators refuse to look at any legislation until Democrats agree millionaires shouldn’t be forced into a ’90s tax bracket
Ezra Klein writes about ‘Obama’s bad bluff’ regarding negotiations with GOP leaders on tax cuts and giving away his hand and wearing his poker face.
