Source: Politico Republican senators feel burned by Al Franken — and not by his old jokes. The Republicans are steamed at Franken because partisans on the left are using a measure he sponsored to paint them as rapist sympathizers — and because...

Source: Open Left by: David Sirota Wed Dec 02, 2009 at 18:50 Per Chris's whip count on the Bernanke nomination, this is pretty huge news from my old boss: WASHINGTON, December 2 - Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today placed a hold on the nomination of...

I cannot support a movement that exploded spending and borrowing and blames its successor for the debt. Reacting to prominent conservative blogger Charles Johnson's announcement that he would not follow the right wing off a cliff, Andrew Sullivan is...

MSNBC mentions "Palingates"! Citizen-bloggers can make it into the mainstream media - here is more proof for it. This is good news for EVERY blogger! MSNBC: Can you now please start to report about Sarah Palin's faked pregnancy with Trig...

Can you imagine an America without a strong middle class? If you can, would it still be America as we know it? Today, one in five Americans is unemployed, underemployed or just plain out of work. One in nine families can't make the minimum payment on...