Tag: election

Lois Beckett: In Minnesota, Democractic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors
January 2013Campaign volunteers feed information into ever-expanding voter databases.


Robert Reich: Why John Boehner May Have More Leverage Over the Tea Partiers in Congess
November 2012Tea Partiers may be more amendable to compromise now than ever before.

Robert Reich: Obama’s Next Economy: Why He Must Take This Opportunity to Reframe the Economic Debate
November 2012With the fiscal cliff approaching, it’s time for Obama to make some big decisions. Here’s what he should do.

Robert Reich: If You Succumb to Cynicism, the Regressives Win It All
October 2012Dear progressives: You may think there’s not a huge difference between Obama and Romney. But there is, and you should still vote.

Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Question-Mark Economy
October 2012Mitt Romney’s election campaign is rife with questions, and wholly uncertain answers.

Tom Engelhardt: Democratic Mockpocalypse
October 2012This year’s presidential campaign is bigger and louder than anything we’ve ever seen before.

Robert Reich: Romney the Detail Man?
October 2012Why it’s decidedly ironic that the New York Times ran a story about Romney being a man of details.

Robert Reich: Obama is Back
October 2012President Obama’s performance in Tuesday’s debate was a significant improvement.

Memo to Joe, Re: Debate
October 2012What Joe Biden needs to know before the vice presidential debate.

Robert Reich: The Politics of the Jobs Report
October 2012Media headlines are crowing over the drop in the unemployment rate—but we need to look closer.

Robert Reich: Romney Wanted to “Harvest [Companies] at Significant Profit”
October 2012No one should be surprised by this video of Romney talking about Bain’s business goals.

Alex Marshall: Hidden Issues in This Year’s Campaign
September 2012Can the free market exist without the government’s imposition?

Robert Reich: Repackaging Mitt as a Compassionate Conservative? It’s Too Late
September 2012No amount of packaging can change what we already know about Mitt Romney.

Tom Engelhardt: Obama Against the World
September 2012Forget Mitt Romney, can the president make it to November 7?

Robert Reich: Four Reasons Romney Might Still Win
September 2012The election’s not over yet, and rumors of Romney’s demise are premature.


Robert Reich: The Real Importance of Bill Clinton’s Wonderfully Long Speech
September 2012Clinton’s speech has given Americans just what they need: facts.

Robert Reich: The Most Important Political Week
September 2012The most important news won’t be anything coming from the Democratic National Convention.

Robert Reich: It’s Inequality, Stupid
August 2012Income inequality is one of the most pressing issues facing the country, but you wouldn’t know it from watching the RNC in Tampa.

Robert Reich: How Romney Keeps Lying Through His Big White Teeth
August 2012How are patently false statements permissible in political ads?

Robert Reich: Romney’s Lying Machine
August 2012Every campaign is guilty of exaggerations, but Romney’s lies are another thing altogether.

Robert Reich: The Five Reasons Why the Ryan-Romney Economic Plan Would Be A Disaster for America
August 2012Introducing the so-called bold, marvelous, and much-needed Ryan-Romney economic plan.

Robert Reich: Whose Plan Destroys Medicare — Obama’s or Romney-Ryan’s?
August 2012Mitt Romney has charged that the Affordable Care Act will make massive cuts in Medicare. Is he right?

Robert Reich: The Terrible Economy and the Anti-Election of 2012
July 2012Facing the worst economy in at least a generation, both presidential candidates are hamstrung by the machines that would elect them

Robert Reich: The Truth About Obama’s Tax Proposal
July 2012There’s the media portraying President Obama’s tax proposal, and then there’s the real thing.

Robert Reich: On Bedrooms and Boardrooms
May 2012The latest election controversies are over gay marriage and abortions, but we’re not in trouble because of what goes on in the bedroom. We’re in trouble because of the CEOs in the boardrooms.

Robert Reich: What Today’s Job Numbers Mean
April 2012The numbers suggest our economic recovery may be stalling, and it’s for the simplest of reasons.


