The Quiet Revolution in America’s Statehouses

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 23, 2012 What's a pittance for a super PAC can buy a state senator, beginning with financing a campaign and continuing support into the statehouse. These campaigns to take over state governments will grow as business sees the possibilities.There's nothing good about the House Republican-Mitt Romney budget plan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Paul Ryan’s Plan for American Decline

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 22, 2012 If the foreign adversaries and competitors of the United States imagined a future that would fulfill their most ambitious objectives, it might begin with a government crippled by the House Republican leadership's "Ryan budget" released on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

What’s Really at Stake in 2012

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Feb 17, 2012 Observing the liberal Democratic critics of President Barack Obama set me wondering whether they ever listen to the Republican candidates. Haven’t they noticed that the Republicans want to dismantle Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and the rest of the economic protections for the poor and the middle class? Observing the liberal Democratic critics of President Barack Obama set me wondering whether they ever listen to the Republican candidates. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

3 Signs Anti-Wall Streeters Are Succeeding

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Oct 31, 2011 We may be reaching an inflection point, the moment when the terms of the political argument change decisively. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Speaking Up for That ‘1 Percent’

Joe Conason / Truthdig Oct 28, 2011 Before Paul Ryan delivers another lecture on the "fatal conceit of liberalism," he ought to examine his own silly conceit: that he and others like him represent the hardworking majority, when he was merely born at the top. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Problem With the Republicans

Staff / Truthdig Sep 5, 2011 Mike Lofgren retired this summer after 28 years as a congressional staffer, 16 of which he spent on the Republican side working with the House and Senate budget committees, and he wants to tell you something about the nature of the current Republican Party. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

No Need to Demagogue the Ryan Plan

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jun 3, 2011 Republicans who invented "death panels" out of whole cloth and insisted, falsely, that Obama's health proposal was nothing but a "government takeover" have a lot of nerve complaining about the "demagoguery" against Rep. Paul Ryan. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

From Wisconsin to Florida, Strong Winds of Political Remorse

Joe Conason / Truthdig May 27, 2011 Still spinning in the vortex of the May 24 tornado in New York's 26th Congressional District, Republican leaders insist that Democrat Kathy Hochul's upset victory on their party's turf was meaningless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Hangover 2

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The Tea Party Is Yesterday’s News

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig May 26, 2011 When will Republicans realize that the anti-government cries they think they hear from "the people" are the voices of no more than 20 percent to 25 percent of the electorate who constitute the die-hard conservative core? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Voters to GOP: Leave Medicare and Medicaid Alone

Staff / Truthdig May 25, 2011 Republican lawmakers who planned to ride Rep. Paul Ryan's proposed Medicaid overhaul to glory can think again, as polling confirms the voter opposition demonstrated in New York's 26th Congressional District on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A Medicare Moment for the GOP

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig May 24, 2011 What concentrates the minds of GOP strategists and candidates -- or ought to -- is the spectacle unfolding in New York's 26th Congressional District near Buffalo. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )