Rep. Alan Grayson: The President Got the Message
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on August 23rd, 2010 4:47 am by HL
Rep. Alan Grayson: The President Got the Message
I want to express my thanks to you, and to the DailyKos community. Many readers here, along with 4,000 other friends, submitted comments for…
Byron Williams: Feigning Patriotism in Order to Spew Un-American Rhetoric
I refer to those who oppose building the mosque at Ground Zero as holding an un-American position because the First Amendment stands in their way, yet they still seek the path of the emotional short cut.
California GOP Hopes Statewide Slate Lifts Others, Too
SAN DIEGO — For the first time in memory, California Republicans have a diverse statewide slate of candidates to field this fall, a lineup their…
Robert Kuttner: Zillions for Wall Street, Zippo for Barack’s Old Neighborhood
Since its founding in 1973, ShoreBank had enabled thousands of Chicago’s moderate income residents to become homeowners, and thousands of small businesses to get credit, without ever playing the subprime game or making a single predatory loan. It was a model bank that earned a modest profit by delivering on a social mission. In the end, ShoreBank succumbed to the aftermath of a financial crisis made on Wall Street. Yet while the Treasury Department found hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue giant Wall Street institutions, it refused to come up with the $75 million for which ShoreBank qualified under the TARP program.
GOP’s Fundraising Handicap Raises Election Concerns
The Republican National Committee’s $5.3 million war chest for the final stretch of the midterm election campaign–which is half the amount of its Democratic counterpart–is…
