Forward and Backward

Barack Obama went forward yesterday.  The world was rocked.  Internet Rock Star George Takei, who seemingly hasn’t a serious bone in his body, got serious.  Twitterers tweeted like twittering machines.  Republican Andrew Sullivan has a great take on the momentous announcement by President Obama’s that he supports gay marriage.  Heck, Andrew Sullivan thinks this will help [...]

Marking Fair Pay Day

Today marks Equal Pay Day in America, symbolizing the average time in a year a woman has to work in 2012 to earn what the average man earned in 2011. To mark the day, elected officials on the state and national level have issued a bevy of statements.

First up is a statement from the [...]

Stark Contrast of Leadership: Obama v. Walker

While Barack Obama was giving his State of the Union speech this week, he calmly hid the knowledge that he had ordered a successful raid by Seal Team Six to rescue hostages in Somalia.  Mr. Obama never batted an eye.  From the Washington Post:

Publicly, Obama did not tip his hand during his [...]

Inconvenient Economic Truths

The only issue that matters in the 2012 election is the income disparity between rich and poor.  And the fact that, as a whole, people are not seeing the benefits of the growth in GDP.

That red line is 1980 (about) when America embarked on a reckless experiment with supply-side economics.  This chart

shows [...]

The Obama payroll tax calculator

As the 2012 election heats up, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama has released their payroll tax calculator, which allows individuals and families to enter some basic information about themselves into the payroll tax cut calculator to find out what they’d save if Congress extends the Obama payroll tax cut, and what they’d pay [...]

Reason #1 for Wisconsinites to Support Obama

He brews his own beer.  I think I’m in love again. . .

Is President Obama losing Democrats?

As President Barack Obama’s approval ratings continue to stay mired under 50% as unemployment hovers just above 9% nationally, it appears some Democratic elected officials are getting more than a little nervous about President Obama being a drag on Democrats nationally in 2012: Elected officials and party leaders at all levels said their worries have [...]