He boasted that his budget spends proportionately less on social programs than that of his recent predecessors.read more

In his appointment of Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske, Obama has nominated the most progressive person to hold that position in the nation’s history. Kerlikowske is in a position to change the nation’s “lock ’em up” attitude and refocus the issue of illegal drugs where it belongs: public health.read more

Boehner and McConnell care more about the frozen embryos that are going to be discarded than the real-live human beings who are needlessly suffering today. The Republican leaders are lost in the wilderness of their own barren ideology.read more

His budget proposal is a welcome relief: bold, progressive, and an ideological brush-back to the Republicans.read more

He gave his best FDR impersonation yet, but he needs to do it some more.read more

Did Obama really have to say that he didn’t believe in bigger government? He’s in the midst of a tough ideological battle with the Republicans, and he just surrendered an enormous amount of territory.read more

After Obama’s big speech to the joint session of Congress, David Gergen made the over-the-moon observation on CNN that the first half of the speech sounded like FDR, and the second half sounded like LBJ.

I didn’t hear it that way.read more

Slashing Social Security would be a colossal betrayal.read more