Day: February 8, 2010

In a new DNC ad, the GOP is taken to task for their desire to cut Medicare.

In a rarity for the “fair and balanced” television station, Fox News analysts get it right on DADT

Last week I wrote about some offensive comments made by White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, and at the time I agreed with Sarah Palin, who called for Emanuel to be fired, but here’s where the story gets really interesting. After Palin’s statement, conservative squawker Rush Limbaugh made more…

As I’ve noted before, Wisconsin’s school funding formula is flawed, perhaps fatally. School districts across the state are facing increasingly difficult decisions on how to balance their desire to provide a quality education to their students with their need to not bust their budgets, and as Forward Our Motto points…

So the national “Tea Party” convention was held this weekend, as despite the presence of conservative darling Sarah Palin as the keynote speaker, 600 folks attended the “Tea Party” convention. For a supposed “national movement,”attendance of 66 at your national convention isn’t that impressive. As James Rowen notes, he’s been…

Down in Illinois, there’s a fascinating (and disturbing) story breaking about Scott Lee Cohen, the Democratic nominee for Illinois Lt. Governor. According to the Chicago Tribune, Cohen has some significant skeletons in his closet, having been accused of abusing women, failing to pay child support and spending lavishly on extramarital…