Good polling numbers for Russ Feingold

Russ Feingold (D-WI) shows early strength in his re-election prospects according to polls by Public Policy Polling. [...]

RI Bishop Thomas Tobin faces the Heat on Hardball about Abortion & the Law

To follow-up on Zach’s earlier post on this topic.

What’s the matter with RI?

First we had the governor vetoing a law giving gay partners burial rights, as Zach reference, we now have the Catholic Bishop denying communion to Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy, Jr.  Chris Matthews on Hardball decided to take this position to task.   [...]

Feingold launches “Spotlight on Spending” series

Yesterday Senator Russ Feingold, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, announced the launch of his “Spotlight on Spending” series to highlight actions Congress can take to reduce the deficit. The actions highlighted by Sen. Feingold are also included in the Control Spending Now Act Sen. Feingold authored, and the “Spotlight on Spending” series will [...]

Palin 2012

The conservative litmus test

Gone are the days when the Republican Party was home to conservatives of all varieties, from the far-right conservatives like Barry Goldwater to the center-right like Nelson Rockefeller, as some within the Republican National Committee want to take the Republican Party even further to the right than it already is (emphasis mine):

Conservative members of [...]