
Brown or Whitman? No contest
And it's a choice that should have national impact, given California's prominence as a pace-setting state.

Republican policies the cause of prison-to-poverty cycle
As the country prepares to go to the ballot box in two weeks, voters would do well to recall the long-term effect of Republican Contract with America polices.

People before Profits: Sound bites about jobs
The Republicans are fond of saying that small business creates 70 percent of all jobs. They don't tell you that small business is also responsible for 70 percent of all layoffs. That's the nature of small business. They start up and go out of business all the time.

Sitting out the elections? Think again
Shoot yourself in the foot if you like, but don't do it on Nov. 2 because the buckshot will hit the rest of us!

Reform, the mid-term elections and the fight for power
If we don't objectively understand our - and our enemies' - strengths and weaknesses, how can we understand which terrain of struggle is most conducive to victory or defeat?
Dems keep House and Senate!
New polls show a much closer race in November.
Lying politicians and the thing that counts
With the 2010 midterm elections right around the corner it is important to understand two things: first, politicians will lie, and second, governing is much more difficult than opposing.

Republican "pledge": kill jobs, give money to rich
While the GOP plan would deliver this harsh blow to working families, it would add some $629 billion to the deficit in order to provide new tax cuts for the richest 2 percent of Americans.
Tea party trying to take New York with a baseball bat
NEW YORK - All bets are off as "Crazy Carl" Paladino, an extreme right tea party candidate, won the Republican nomination for governor last week.
Why is Virginia governor going after immigrant drivers?
Could it be about the November elections?

