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A political/economics blog written from a progressive point of view.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 16965 )
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Third Democratic Debate Had The Largest Audience So Far
There have been a lot of accusations of favoritism leveled at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in this race for the presidential nomination. Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama Job Approval Rebounds, Congress Approval Doesn't
Much has been made in the media about the president being upside-down in his job approval ratings -- but three new polls show that has changed. Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
New Polls - New Hampshire, Maryland, National Democrats
These are the latest polls on the Democratic race in New Hampshire and Maryland. The American Research Group Poll was done between January 15th and 18th of 600... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Clinton For President
The 1.5 million member Human Rights Campaign has endorsed Hillary Clinton's candidacy for the presidency. And they promise an unprecedented push to register... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Thoughts About Hillary and Bernie As Potential Presidents
As you know by now, there are two major Democratic candidates for that party's presidential nomination -- Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Do they have... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Presidential Preference Of Utah Democrats & Republicans
To my knowledge, this is the first poll showing us the wishes of Utah voters in this presidential primary season. It is the SurveyUSA Poll -- done between... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Likelihood Of Clinton And Trump Winning Party Nominations
The Rasmussen Poll has new polls out on the likelihood of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump winning their respective party nominations for president. Read more
Posted on 19 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
"Political Correctness" Is Just A Silly Defense Of Hate Speech
(This cartoon image is by Tom Toles in The Washington Post.) One of the favorite terms of the right-wing these days is "political correctness". Read more
Posted on 19 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Political Correctness
Political Cartoon is by Dan Nott at dannott.com. Read more
Posted on 19 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
These Two Charts Should Scare All Democratic Voters
I'm serious about that headline. Democrats could well shoot themselves in the foot in the coming election -- and condemn this country to four years of a Trump o... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Two New Polls Show Clinton With A Huge National Lead
Last week, a CBS News / New York Times Poll showed that the Democratic race for the presidential nomination may be tightening. Read more
Posted on 18 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
GOP's "Hate Machine" Won't End With Obama Presidency
The following post was written by my friend and fellow blogger, Frank Moraes at Frankly Curious. I think he's absolutely right. Shakezula is a very smart guy,... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Iran And United States Relations (Diplomacy Works!)
Today, the United States and Iran are generally considered to be enemies. There is good reason for this -- and both countries must accept part of the blame for... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
A Majority Of Americans Want Marijuana Legalized
These results are from the recent YouGov Poll -- done on December 16th and 17th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, with a margin of error of 4.6... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Obama's Approval Is Not As Bad As Some Want You To Think
These days we are bombarded with stories of President Obama's supposedly poor approval ratings. Just listening to this stories, one could be forgiven for... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Poinson Flint Citizens To Save Money
This is the level of lead in Detroit water -- the water Flint was buying before Michigan's governor intervened. This is the level at which lead becomes a concer... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
More National Polls Show Clinton With A Good Lead
The chart above shows the results from the latest Morning Consult Poll -- done between January 8th and 10th of a national sample of 2,173 registered voters, wit... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Clinton's Net Favorability Higher Than Sanders' Among Dems
The chart above was made from results of a recent Gallup Poll -- done between December 30th and January 14th of a random national sample of 800 Democrats and... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Another Republican Lie About Obamacare Is Exposed
The Republicans told many lies in their effort to stop (or repeal) the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). One of the silliest of them was that Obamacare would cos... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY -
It's Silly To Use "Single-Payer" Expense Against Sanders
As regular readers of this blog will know, I am a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 POLITICS, SOCIETY
